Valencia region deluge leaves streets covered in mud and vehicles unusable in Torrent

In Torrent, a city of around 85,000 people in the Horta Sud area, streets were covered in mud, with several vehicles damaged or left unusable, and emergency crews in the town rescued 15 people blocked inside a fast‑food restaurant as water poured in. Local residents told the AFP news agency that similar flooding had occurred previously and criticised the absence of structural measures to prevent it. Residents also questioned the timing of Spain's ES‑Alert emergency warning system. The ES‑Alert, sent at 10:08 pm by the regional emergency centre, urged people to avoid travel, stay away from streams and ravines and move to upper floors if water levels rose, but many said it came after streets, basements and tunnels were already underwater.