Volunteers arrive to help flood relief efforts in Paiporta, Spain
The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, announced the support Saturday, adding to what has already been the country’s largest peacetime military deployment — for what he called the “terrible tragedy” that
“There are still dozens of people looking for their loved ones and hundreds of households mourning the loss of a relative, a friend or a neighbour,” Sanchez said in an address broadcast Saturday morning. “I want to express our deepest love to them and assure them that the government of Spain and the entire state, at all its different administrative levels, is with all of them.
A two-day deluge transformed dozens of Spanish streets into roaring rivers with cars piled up like Matchbox toys across the eastern coast of Spain. Sanchez also said that while he’d ordered “the largest deployment of armed forces and police personnel that’s ever been seen in our country during peacetime,” some of the rescuers were having trouble reaching flooded houses and isolated villages.Volunteers and residents walk in the mud four days after flash floods swept away everything in their path in Paiporta, on the outskirts of Valencia, Spain.
Jason Kelce slams Penn State student’s phone to ground after brother Travis gets called a slur for dating Taylor SwiftVolunteers and residents walk in the mud four days after flash floods swept away everything in their path in Paiporta, on the outskirts of Valencia, Spain.Civil Guard officers search for survivors in cars trapped under the foundations of a building in Paiporta on Nov. 2, 2024.
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