A crowd of enraged flood survivors pelted the Spanish royal couple with mud and rocks during their first visit to the epicenter of the nation’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory. Officials rushed Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez from the scene soon after his contingent started to walk the mud-covered streets.
Angry Spanish flood survivors confront King Felipe VI in the devastated town of Paiporta, near the city of Valencia , on Nov. 3, 2024. Spain ’s Queen Letizia reacts as she visits people affected by the floods in Paiporta, near Valencia , Spain , Sunday Nov. 3, 2024.
Officials also rushed Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez from the scene soon after his contingent started to walk the mud-covered streets of one of the hardest-hit areas, where over 60 people perished and 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.
But the public rage over the haphazard management of the crisis has been building. Felipe heard some jeers when he took part in a tribute to the dead of a deadly 2017 terror attack in Barcelona, but that was nothing comparable to Sunday’s reception.“We don´t have any water,” one woman told her. The floods had already hit Paiporta when the regional officials issued an alert to mobile phones. It sounded two hours too late.
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