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In lieu of racing in Valencia, MotoGP will instead race for Valencia,
MotoGP said in a statement
We are going to take the measure of closing the cemeteries from 14.00 hours this Friday until next Monday,
Javier Bonet, Palma’s first deputy mayor, said on Thursday ... as per the Majorca Daily Bulletin
That one doesn’t look too bad,
he said, suggestingThis is a disaster. There are a lot of elderly people who don’t have medicine. There are children who don’t have food. We don’t have milk, we don’t have water. We have no access to anything,
a resident of Alfafar, one of the most affected towns in south Valencia, told state television station TVE
The situation is unbelievable. It’s a disaster and there is very little help,
said Emilio Cuartero, a resident of Masanasa, on the outskirts of ValenciaI have been there all my life, all my memories are there, my parents lived there ... and now in one night it is all gone,
Chiva resident Juan Vicente Pérez told The Associated Press near the place he lost his homeThere are people living with corpses at home. It’s very sad. We are organizing ourselves, but we are running out of everything,
he told reportersWe're going from car to car looking for any petrol we can find,
said one firefighter who had travelled to Valencia from the southern region of Andalusia to assist rescue efforts, carrying a plastic tube and empty bottles to collect the petrol from the cars' tanks
We’re going to send a clear message,
the agency wrote on social media
I have just requested the incorporation of the army and the available land, sea and air forces to reinforce the logistical tasks and the distribution of aid to the population."
In a post on X Carlos Mazon previously said
Look at what I'm picking up:
said Nieves Vargas in a local supermarket whose doors had been tossed aside by the water and was unattended by staff
We all know someone who has died,
said pharmacist Miguel Guerrilla, standing outside his chemist shop which has been covered in thick mud
There's a total of 158 people to which must be added dozens and dozens of missing,
news agency Reuters reported quoting Angel Victor Torres, minister in charge of cooperation with Spain's region
Unfortunately there are dead bodies in some vehicles,
Puente told reporters,According to the forecast … it is expected that around 6 p.m. its intensity will decrease” in the Valencia region
he said, possibly referring to AEMET’s “red” warning, which at the time was in force until 6 p.m. that day
What is clear is that scientific predictions were already warning that something very big could happen,
said Juan Jesús González Alemán, the senior AEMET meteorologist who first warned of the storm’s magnitude last weekUnfortunately, lifeless bodies have already been found,
he saidOrganizations that are the sole responsibility of the central government — such as the AEMET — provide the information with which the Valencian government formulated its emergency response to the catastrophe,
he saidWhen we saw that nobody is bringing us water, nobody is telling us anything, we’ve decided to go to the supermarket and grab what we can,
one woman carrying bags of goods told Spanish television in the town of Paiporta
People of Valencia, we are not going to leave you alone,
Sanchez said, pledging all necessary resources and efforts to save as many lives as possible