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Body of five-year-old boy is discovered in Spain’s flood disaster zone: Dozens remain missing

Desolation and solidarity are the two words that define the floods in Valencia: harrowing images of streets flooded with mud and cars piled on top of each other due to the effects of the DANA, the storm that devastated the metropolitan area of Valencia. Desolación y solidaridad son las dos palabras que definen las inundaciones en Valencia: imágenes dantescas de calles anegadas por el lodo y coches apilados unos sobre otros por efecto de la DANA, la tormenta que devastó el área metropolitana de Valencia. News-Cronaca-Valencia,Spain Friday, November, 1, 2024 (Photo by Eric Renom/LaPresse) (Photo by Eric Renom/LaPresse/Sipa USA) *** Local Caption *** 57473529

THE body of a young boy has been discovered in Spain’s flood-ravaged Valencia.

The unnamed five-year-old was found by the Guardia Civil in the town of Loriguilla on Wednesday.

The grisly discovery was only announced on Thursday afternoon.

The boy was found by sniffer dogs specially trained in finding human remains, reported Las Provincias.

The body had been in a flooded area close to the A-3 road as it passed through Loriguilla.

The corpse was taken to the City of Justice in Valencia, where an autopsy and official identification will be performed.

As of 8pm on Thursday, the number of deaths stood at 207, with at least 40 remaining unidentified.

Meanwhile, at least 78 people remain missing.

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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