Couple die in each other's arms after getting trapped in car during storm as they drove home to their children after attending a wedding

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A couple were found dead in each other's arms after their car was washed away by a flash flood during a storm.

Mariano Robles, 28, and Solana Albornoz, 32, were returning home to their children after a wedding in Tafí Viejo, northern Argentina, when extreme weather forced them to pull over.

They sent a message to their nanny, explaining they intended to wait for the rain to pass before resuming the drive - but that was the final time they were heard from.

Mr Robles and Ms Albornoz were last seen dancing happily at the reception, before they set off at around 1am on Sunday.

Their children, aged five and nine months, were expecting to wake up to their parents back home in the morning.

When they failed to turn up, worried relatives and guests from the wedding posted alerts on social media.

Mr Robles's brother went to the police station on Sunday morning to report their disappearance.

Hours later, their white Nissan Versa was discovered upside-down in an irrigation ditch - with the couple inside.

It transpired that a flash flood had dragged the car towards the ditch, where it overturned and fell in.

When emergency workers recovered the couple's bodies they were locked in an embrace inside the wreckage. 

In the last known images of the couple alive, they can be seen dancing merrily with friends at the wedding reception.

Mr Robles had worked as a civil servant, while Ms Albornoz worked for the state-run savings bank Caja Popular de Ahorros.

An investigation into their deaths has been launched.

A third person was confirmed to have been killed by the storm in the Tucumán region, also in the north of the country, on Saturday night.

Lisandro, 12, was reportedly electrocuted to death after touching a utility pole in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán while playing football with friends.