Floods
Rescue workers found the bodies of a German couple who went missing after flash flooding on Mallorca, bringing the confirmed death toll to 12. A young child is still missing.
The Germans’ last communication was a call to a friend on Tuesday evening saying they were caught in a vehicle.
Yesterday around 800 people taking part in Clean Up Operations were still looking for the boy.
The Spanish government has taken the first steps to declaring the area a “zone of catastrophe,” which will unlock funds for recovery, reconstruction and compensation of victims.
Meanwhile
Tributes have been paid to an elderly British Couple killed when the taxi they were traveling in got caught up in the floods on Majorca.
The couple Anthony and Delia Green from the south of Scotland, are understood to have died along with taxi driver Juan Sillero when their car was swept away by a torrent of water.
the couple were visiting the island for a holiday.
And Passers By were forced to leap into action after two women were trapped underneath a car as Tarragona was also hit by floods.
A 21-year-old woman was crossing the street when a motorbike that was being carried by the flood water hit her and trapped her underneath a parked car.
A 45-year-old woman who rushed to help her was toppled by the strong currents and found herself trapped under the same car.
Bystanders and a passing Fire crew went to their aid and pulled the women from beneath the car.
The two women were rushed to hospital.
The 21-year-old is said to be in a critical condition. The other woman is described as ‘stable’.
Orihuela Building Collapse
A British man who had to be pulled from the rubble of his home when it collapsed on top of him has died.
Malcolm Lawrence is thought to have died from emphysema and liver failure, although his condition may have been made worse by dust and the stress of the incident, in which firefighters had to cut through iron bars to rescue him in September.
They then pulled him through a window of his apartment in La Zenia on the Orihuela Costa.
An insurance company survey has blamed the collapse of the building on an underground stream undermining the foundations.
Bravery Award
A Spanish man .. hailed as a hero in the UK for his courageous but fatal decision to try to save a women’s life by hitting an attacker with his skateboard during the London Bridge terror attack last year was posthumously awarded a bravery award yesterday
Ignacio Echeverría .. who was 39, rushed to assist a woman who had been stabbed and fought off her assailant before he himself was killed .. was awarded the George Medal for civilian courage during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace attended by Queen Elizabeth and Ignacio’s parents.