British Couple Die In Spanish Flash Flood

An elderly British couple have been swept to their deaths in a flash flood while on holiday in Spain. 

The pair, aged 70 and 72, were hit by a wall of water as they sat outside a cafe in the sleepy town of Finestrat on the Costa Blanca.

It came after torrential rain led a river to burst its banks at around midday on Friday, just a few miles along the coast from the popular resort of Benidorm.

It sent water gushing through a dried-up ravine and deluged traders who set up their market stands in the area each week.

And it has now emerged the town's council was fined 83,000 euros for paving the ravine bed without permission last July.   More Read