BARCELONA, Spain — At least 52 people died in Spain's Valencia region after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers, and disrupted rail lines and highways in the worst natural disaster to hit the South European nation in recent memory.

Emergency services in the eastern region confirmed the death toll on Wednesday.

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