Flash flooding in eastern Spain has killed at least 62 people, leaving towns and roads underwater, local authorities said Wednesday.

An unspecified number of corpses have been found in areas affected by flash floods that are devastating southeastern Spain, the leader of the Valencia region told reporters early on Wednesday. "Dead bodies have been found,

Spanish authorities say at least 63 people have died after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers and disrupted rail lines and highways.

Several bodies have been found after parts of southern and eastern Spain were hit by severe flash flooding on Tuesday, with some locations receiving up to 12 inches of rain in just a few hours.

Spain's state weather agency AEMET declared a red alert in the eastern Valencia region and the second-highest level of alert in parts of Andalusia in the south, where a train dera

At least 63 people have died in eastern Spain after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers and disrupted rail lines and highways in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory.

At least 13 people have died in flash floods affecting southeastern Spain, state broadcaster TVE reported on Wednesday, citing police. Hours earlier, the leader of the Valencia region told reporters that an unspecified number of corpses had been found but did not provide a number "out of respect for the families".

An unspecified number of bodies are recovered amid flash floods in Spain, the leader of the Valencia region says.