Two people died when their car overturned as torrential rains and flooding hit southeastern Spain Thursday, sparking travel chaos and closing schools in a move affecting hundreds of thousands of children, officials said. A 61-year-old man and his 51-year-old sister died when their vehicle was swept away as fast-moving waters swamped a road in Caudete, a municipality around 100 kilometres (60 miles) southwest of the city of Valencia, the emergency services said.

Officials had initially said the victims were a couple in their 70s but later corrected themselves. In Albacete province, where Caudete is located, firefighters rescued 13 people who were trapped inside their cars or on the rooftops of their homes, the emergency services added.

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