A former Valencia footballer has died in the flash floods which engulfed parts of eastern Spain.
158 people are confirmed dead following the extreme weather on Tuesday with approximately 250 feared missing.Tributes have poured in for 28-year-old midfielder Jose Castillejo.Before retiring in 2020, he left Valencia for Paterna in 2015 before spending stints at Eldense, Bunol, Recambios Colon, Roda, Torre Levante and Villamarxant.La Liga champions Real Madrid's match against Valencia, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed.
Some places still do not have electricity, running water or stable telephone connections. Residents turned to the media to appeal for help. "This is a disaster. There are a lot of elderly people who don't have medicine. There are children who don't have food. We don't have milk, we don't have water. We have no access to anything," a resident of Alfafar, one of the most affected towns in south Valencia, told state television station TVE.
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