12 Nov, 2024 @ 13:01
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Watch: Fears DANA flood victims were buried alive in Valencia as cars are filmed submerged in rubble

THIS is the moment a local in flood-ravaged Valencia discovered multiple cars completely submerged in rubble following the deadly DANA storm.

Footage shared online shows rear tyres of vehicles pertruding out of the ground in the outskirts of Cheste.

The area was among the worst hit zones following the historic storms on October 29.

More than 200 people have been confirmed dead but dozens remain missing.

Cheste is situated in the pathway of the now infamous Poyo ravine, one of three to have burst its banks during the worst of the DANA event.

The Olive Press visited the town last week and was shown an area where a potentially life-saving dam was due to be built some 20 years ago.

The project was shelved due to a lack of political will, which shrivelled away during the financial crash of 2007/8.

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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