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Those people wouldn't have died if they had been warned in time,
Laura Villaescusa, a neighbour and manager of a local supermarket, told Reuters We found a lot of elderly people inside their homes and people who went to get their cars. It was a trap,
Unfortunately there are dead bodies in some vehicles,
There's a total of 158 people to which must be added dozens and dozens of missing,
Angel Victor Torres, minister in charge of cooperation with Spain's regions, told a press conference Right now the most important thing is to safeguard as many lives as possible,
This storm front is still with us,
Our priority is to find the victims and the missing so we can help end the suffering of their families,
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said after meeting with regional officials and emergency services in Valencia on Thursday, the first of three official days of mourning [The ... They said] that they received no information, that they eventually did get alerts but those alerts sounded on their phones after the flood occurred,
All of Spain weeps with all of you ... We won't abandon you."
Sanchez expressed his condolences in a televised address on Wednesday, saying The storms are not over yet,
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned during a visit to Valencia, the worst hit area It has been agreed to postpone matches that were to be played in professional and non-professional competitions, both in 11-a-side football and in indoor football [in the Valencia region],
Be very careful and avoid unnecessary trips,
he said urging people to heed the authorities' advice When the water started to rise, it came as a wave,
said Guillermo Serrano Perez told BBC It was like a tsunami,
a 21-year-old from Paiporta, near Valencia, is one of the thousands of people who were affected by the flash flood It had been a long time since this happened and we're scared,