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Flash flood kills British couple on the Costa Blanca
A British couple have died after being swept away in a flash flood on the Costa Blanca.
Kenneth and Mary Hall, aged 72 and 70, from Merseyside, were at a street market in the coastal town of Finestrat when they were hit by a wall of water.
It is believed the couple were on holiday in Benidorm.
According to the BBC, they were sitting outside a stall at the market when they were hit by waters up to a metre high.
The flash flood was caused by heavy rain inland which rushed downhill into a dip where the market was being held.
Witnesses said the water was so powerful it knocked over a wall and wrecked cars and stalls.
Authorities in Finestrat have declared two days of official mourning for the couple.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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