13 Sep, 2019 @ 11:34
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WATCH: Water gushes through toilets and sinks at Costa Blanca hospital during gota fría storm

THIS is the moment a Costa Blanca hospital witnessed water gushing up through their toilets and sinks.

A nurse at the Hospital Vega Baja Orihuela posted the scenes around 9pm on Thursday night as the region was hit by an estimated 250 l/m² in just two hours.

The nurse, MV Almudena, said: “We’re soaked.”

It comes as the Costa Blanca was battered by a ‘red alert’ gota fría storm that began in the early hours of Thursday morning, according to Spain’s Met Office (AEMET).

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Joshua Parfitt

Joshua James Parfitt is the Costa Blanca correspondent for the Olive Press. He holds a gold-standard NCTJ in multimedia journalism from the award-winning News Associates in Twickenham. His work has been published in the Sunday Times, Esquire, the Mail on Sunday, the Daily Mail, the Sun, the Sun on Sunday, the Mirror, among others. He has appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss devastating flooding in Spain, as well as making appearances on BBC and LBC radio stations.

Contact me now: joshua@theolivepress.es or call +44 07960046259. Twitter: @jjparfitt

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