People wade through a flooded street after torrential rains in Orihuela, Spain, September 14, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
ORIHUELA, Spain (Reuters) - A 41-year-old man was found dead in southeastern Spain on Saturday, the local government said, bringing to at least six the death toll inflicted over the past two days by record-breaking rain.
More than 1,100 military personnel have been deployed to the regions of Murcia and Valencia to help rescue people isolated by the deluge and evacuate thousands to safety after a river burst its banks and cascades of water submerged highways.
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