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14 November 2024
Large parts of Spain were hit overnight with more torrential rain, just two weeks after more than 220 people died in flash flooding in Valencia. It is the same weather system affecting Málaga and other parts of southern and eastern Spain. Valencia is still recovering from a year's worth of rain in just eight hours last month.
DANA: Así se ha VIVIDO el TEMPORAL en la PROVINCIA de MÁLAGA, GRANADA y TARRAGONA | RTVE Noticias
9 November 2024
Protests have just begun in several Spanish cities, as thousands of people voice their anger over a lack of warning before the floods in Valencia, which killed at least 219 people.
Survivors say they also felt completely abandoned in the aftermath. There are calls for the regional President to resign, and also questions for the prime minister over why a national text alert warning system was not triggered in advance.
Details with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Madrid, Spain, Sarah Morris.
DIRECTO | Manifestación en Valencia pide la dimisión de Carlos Mazón por su gestión de la dana
5 November 2024
Thousands of rescuers pumped water from submerged buildings, churned through muddy streets and cleared debris on Monday as Spain braced for more deaths from its worst floods in decades.
The toll stands at 217 dead and could spike in the coming days as an unknown number of people remain missing. Around 17,000 soldiers, police officers, civil guards and firefighters spent a sixth day distributing aid, repairing infrastructure and searching for bodies using heavy machinery, drones and sniffer dogs.
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3 November 2024
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez admits immediate response has not been enough as he's deploying 10,000 more troops and police officers to help recovery efforts in the parts of Valencia hit by what he says was Europe's second deadliest flood in a century.
2 November 2024
Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, announces the largest army deployment in peacetime, with 10,000 more police and soldiers being sent to help people recover from the deadly flooding. The death toll in the Valencia region has risen to 211 people. But local have criticized the authorities for being poorly prepared, saying they feel "abandoned by the government". Hundreds of volunteers have now taken it upon themselves to help, as police fear more bodies are hidden in the wreckage of the floods. Sky's Europe correspondent Adam Parsons talks to some of those affected in town of Paiporta.
30 October 2024
At least 51 people are known to have died after torrential rain caused flash floods in south-eastern Spain, authorities have said. Local officials in Valencia say it is "impossible" to put a final figure on the number of people who have died. Much of the country has been badly hit by heavy rain and hailstorms, triggering rapid flooding across multiple areas. In the town of Chiva near Valencia more than a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours.
