30 Oct, 2024 @ 12:56
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Watch: Terrifying moment woman begs for help on livestream while holding onto a plant after being swept away during Spain’s deadly Valencia floods

THIS is the terrifying moment a woman begged for help on livestream after being swept away during the deadly Valencia floods.

Maite Jurado sent the video while holding onto a plant in the municipality of Paiporta on Tuesday night.

She can be heard saying how she cannot see anything and that all she has to hold onto is the plant as she pleads for help.

Luckily, her friend shared the clip far and wide on social media.

Under the X account @LausMt they wrote: “She has been trapped by the water, clinging to a plant, and her car has been swept away by the current, she is alone and does not have much coverage.”

Thanks to the tweet, which had a million and a half views, the authorities were able to locate her.

Four hours later, @LausMt reported that Maite had been rescued and was safe, thanking all the users who shared and supported her initial post.

It comes as rescue efforts are continuing across Valencia and Castilla-La Mancha today.

One woman was filmed being rescued alongside her pet dog in Valencia.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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