It was a trap': flood alert came too late for residents of Paiporta, Spain

It's like a zombie apocalypse that you see in the movies, said Leticia Cardona Teruel, stressing the shocking devastation from the storm that swamped Paiporta.

The absence of any warning before the flood was a significant issue, with many residents caught unaware and trapped, as Mayor Maribel Albalat stressed.

Of the reported 155 deaths in the Valencia region, nearly half were from Paiporta, leaving the town in grief and anger over the lack of alerts.

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