A British couple have been found dead in their car after the devastating flash flooding that swept through the Spanish province of Valencia.
Terry, 78, and Don Turner, 74, originally from Staffordshire, lived in a house outside the village of Pedralba, some 25 miles north-west of the city of Valencia.
The couple’s daughter, Ruth O’Loughlin, confirmed to the BBC that her parents’ bodies were found in their car on Saturday.
Ms O’Loughlin said they moved to Spain about 10 years ago because they had “always wanted to live in the sunshine”.
She said she was told the pair were missing on Thursday, after friends checked on them and found only their pets at home.
Her mother had said she was “popping out” to get some gas, Ms O’Loughlin added.
At least 217 people have been confirmed dead with many more believed to be still missing after Spain’s worst flash floods in modern history hit the eastern region of Valencia last week.
Andoni León, Pedralba’s mayor, announced at the weekend that volunteer rescue workers had found three dead from the flooding, including the British couple.
The three victims lived in “scattered areas” outside the village centre, Mr León said.
The discovery brings the total of UK citizens who died as a result of last week’s torrential storms across eastern and southern Spain to three.
A 71-year-old British man died in hospital after being found suffering from hypothermia near Alhaurín de la Torre in Málaga province.
Mr León said that there were still “one or two more people missing” in Pedralba.
The mayor said that volunteers were performing search-and-rescue tasks and that supplies had reached the village, thanks to the solidarity of people from all over Spain.
The third confirmed victim in Pedralba has been named as 44-year-old Francisco Quesada, whose body was found by his wife five days after the disaster struck amid debris in his own home.
“We, his family and friends, found the body of my husband,” Ruth Rodríguez told the news agency EFE.
The provisional death count from flooding across Spain has reached 217, with 213 of the victims found in the province of Valencia.
Authorities in Castilla-La Mancha confirmed on Sunday that the body of a 70-year-old woman from the flood-hit village of Letur had been found seven miles from her home in the Segura river.
The centre of Letur suffered extreme damage after the local river, a tributary of the Segura, burst its banks. Four other residents of the village remain missing.
In Valencia, the clean-up and rescue operation is continuing amid heavy overnight rain in some areas and warnings of more possible storms.
At least 7,500 troops have been deployed, the Spanish government said on Monday, amid rising discontent over the response to the catastrophe.
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Schools have been closed in the city of Valencia on Monday as a precaution.
Soldiers from the UME military emergency unit continue to pump water and clear vehicles from flooded underground car parks after dozens of those confirmed dead were found in cars they were attempting to salvage from the floodwater.
