Watch: Woman and her pets rescued from floodwaters in Spain

UTIEL, Spain – From the video Spain It shows emergency crews completing a complex aerial rescue as a woman and her partner pets advance flood water.

flash flood in spain claimed dozens of lives this week Regions like Valencia received more than a month’s worth of rain in just a few hours.

Incredible video recorded in Utiel on Tuesday showed a woman holding her dog in waist-deep brown floodwater as an emergency team moved away from the helicopter to reach her. The neighbor who recorded the video told local television that he also had more than one cat and that they believed the cats were in the bag he was carrying.

“The woman was asking us to call emergency services, but the line was down,” Ballesteros told local media. “The water kept rising and was up to his waist.”

An emergency first responder swims to a woman and her dog in floodwaters near Valencia, Spain, on October 29, 2024.

(Credit: Javier Ballesteros via Story Javier Ballesteros)

First responders waded through the water to reach the woman, then spoke to her calmly and swam back through the floodwater to retrieve her harness. The woman, her rescuer and their pets were then safely lifted into the helicopter above.

At least 62 people have died in devastating floods in the Valencia region, according to authorities. Emergency Coordination Center. The rise in death toll points to the worst flood The disaster that has been happening in Europe since 2021, where nearly 200 people lost their lives, especially in Germany.