Death toll climbs to at least 158 people with many more unaccounted for, with Valencia region worst hit
People walk next to piled-up cars on Friday morning after floods in Alfafar, from where the mayor said: ‘We’ve been forgotten.’People walk next to piled-up cars on Friday morning after floods in Alfafar, from where the mayor said: ‘We’ve been forgotten.’Residents in Spain’s Valencia region have been warned to brace for more rain, days after rivers of mud-coloured waters left a trail of devastation and as an additional 500 soldiers were earmarked to help with the rescue operations.
One day earlier it had warned that the adverse weather conditions were expected to continue in the coming days. “We’re going to send a clear message,” the agencyDays after the flash floods coursed across parts of the country, sweeping away bridges, cars and streetlights, the number of missing people remains unknown.more than 1,000 soldiers from Spain’s emergency response unit were deployed to bolster the efforts of local emergency services.
A mobile morgue had also been deployed, along with psychologists, as well as specialised teams capable of locating bodies. “This is a horrible tragedy,” she“One has to keep in mind that this is a storm that is unprecedented, not just in this century but even in the last.”
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