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"Instead of giving them the estimates for temperatures or rainfall at some point in the future, we can give them the water levels."

Wise said he had originally put the song together thinking it would be for another water level.

The A3 motorway connecting Valencia to Madrid was one of many roads where motorists were trapped as the water level rose, leaving them unsure whether it was safer to stay in the vehicle or not.

Meanwhile, the mayor of Horno de Alcedo, a town just outside Valencia, told BBC Newshour how the water levels rose by more than a metre in just a matter of minutes.

Water is pushed in the direction in which the winds are blowing, causing the water levels to rise.