A crowd of enraged survivors hurled clots of mud left by storm-spawned flooding at the Spanish royal couple on Sunday during their first visit to the epicenter of their nation’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory.
By David Melero and Joseph Wilson, Associated PressSpain's King Felipe VI speaks with people amidst angry Spanish flood survivors in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain, Sunday Nov. 3, 2024.
Spanish fury has been unleashed against a state that appears overwhelmed and unable to meet the needs of people used to living under an effective government. Rescue workers dig out a half buried car after floods in Paiporta near Valencia, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. But even after being forced to seek protection, King Felipe VI, with flecks of mud on his face, remained calm and made several efforts to speak to individual residents. He insisted on trying to speak with people as he tried to continue his visit. He spoke to several people, patting two young men on their backs and sharing a quick embrace, with mud stains on his black raincoat.
Spain's King Felipe VI, centre, leaves the scene after crowd of angry survivors of Spain's floods have tossed mud and shouted insults at the King and government officials when they made their first visit to one of the hardest hit towns. after floods in Paiporta near Valencia, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. Volunteers carry buckets of mud after floods in Paiporta near Valencia, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024.
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