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00:00 They're working hand in hand to clean up the mess after the weekend's bad weather.
00:07 People in the village of Vila Malpia, 40 kilometers west of Madrid, remove muddy water after the
00:12 rain overnight Sunday to Monday.
00:15 "I'm so shocked.
00:17 The stream here had no water in it.
00:19 I got off my shift at work and went to check on the elderly person that I'm caring for.
00:25 I was supposed to go to the house tomorrow, and the person's house wasn't there anymore."
00:31 "I am 74 years old and I've never seen such destruction as we've seen this year.
00:37 But what can you do?
00:39 You have to live with it."
00:42 The people in the village on Monday had no water supply and had to get it from a tanker.
00:48 Parts of central Spain suffered significant damage.
00:52 The country is regularly hit by torrential rains at the end of summer.
00:55 The water struggles to penetrate the soil, swelling riverbeds.
01:00 The rain and flooding follows last month's intense heatwave and persistent high temperatures