Daniel Burguet was trapped inside the Whitby English language school in Paiporta, Valencia with the children, one of whom was his 11-year-old daughter, unable to reach a higher floor as the road became engulfed in water. He eventually managed to break the door of the building next door and pulled the children to safety.

Thousands of students in Spain's eastern Valencia region returned to classes on Monday, two weeks after floods killed over 200 people and devastated towns in the area. Controversy over the regional government's handling of the floods still rages,

By Michael Francis Gore, Vincent West and Jon Nazca VALENCIA/MALAGA (Reuters) - Spaniards braced for further heavy rain and storms on Wednesday, just two weeks after rain and flash floods prompted rivers to overflow in Valencia and other parts of Spain killing more than 200 people and destroying homes and property.

The flash floods were caused by heavy rain, which by Wednesday morning had begun "easing off," according to the country's meteorological agency.

Valencia, Spain - 09, 2024 This footage illustrates huge crowd of people in the streets of Valencia protesting against authorities' handling of recent deadly floods after storm Dana, demanding the resignation of regional head Carlos Mazón.