THE death toll following a flash flood at a campsite in northern Spain rose to 83 yesterday when the body of a three year old girl was recovered, officials said.
More than 600 people continued searching for the missing along a treacherous 15 km stretch of the swollen River Gallego.
The girl was one of an official list of six missing people cited by regional Aragon leader, Mr Santiago Lanzuela, on Saturday.
Now the search is on for a further three children and two women whose families reported them missing to the authorities.
Regional government spokesman, Mr Juan Carlos Cordoba said the final death toll may remain uncertain for some time, as some of the missing may not have been reported to the authorities. All 83 of the known dead have been identified.
Among the 150 injured, 15 were still in hospital yesterday, including five in a serious condition, according to regional authorities.
The search operation is concentrated on the section of river extending from the campsite at Biescas, which was devastated by flooding last Wednesday, to the Sabinanigo dam.
Nearly 2,000 people attended a service in honour of the victims at the cathedral of Jaca, near Biescas. "We do not understand why the mystery of evil always surrounds our lives," Bishop Jose Maria Conget Arizaleta said in his sermon, before reading a telegram of condolences sent by Pope John Paul II.
A legal investigation was opened into the causes of the disaster on Saturday.
Meanwhile, dozens of holiday makers fearing a repeat of Spain's disaster, fled in a hailstorm from a camping ground in southern France overnight, officials said yesterday.
They sheltered at a gymnasium in the village of Vendre, near Beziers, after high winds blew off tents and felled trees. No one was injured and soldiers set up 150 emergency tents.