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If we can support the region we will do that of course, the other things the league has to decide,
For me it's a tragedy, we also had this in Germany three years ago, it's also horrible to see this,
he said, referring to flash flooding in Germany's Ahr Valley in July 2021 which killed more than 180 people What is happening is very hard,
he told reporters ahead of his side's game against Las Palmas on Sunday There has been a sense of anger that people have been left abandoned here,
said Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego, reporting from Paiporta, one of the worst-hit areas in the outskirts of Valencia This neighbourhood, which is only half an hour from Valencia’s city centre, remained utterly cut off – no water, no electricity, hardly any telecommunications,
I am aware the response is not enough, there are problems and severe shortages... towns buried by mud, desperate people searching for their relatives,
It is the biggest operation by the Armed Forces in Spain in peacetime,
I have been going around the town for three days helping everyone who needs it. We have a backpack full of food and water for anyone who needs it."
Rafael Armero, 19, who was in Alfafar, a suburb of Valencia, told Reuters on Saturday There aren't enough firefighters, the shovels haven't arrived,
Paco Clemente, a 33-year-old pharmacist, told AFP as he helped clear mud from a friend's house We took what we had at home, and now it's time to help. It's emotional, it gives you goosebumps,
There are almost certainly more people who have died because the water washed people away who had got out of their cars."
One survivor told the Telecinco TV channel In principle, cold drops can be seen in the weather models. But where exactly the rain will fall and how much there will be, can often only be estimated a few hours before the event,
In order to be able to make a comparison with the Ahr valley flood, we first need more data from Spain,
German weather expert Walter tells DW If, for example, the Ahr valley rainfall had only come down a little further north, the consequences would not have been so catastrophic,
We need machinery, cranes, so that the sites can be accessed. We need a lot of help. And bread and water,
This 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,
Emilio Cuartero, a resident of Massanassa on the outskirts of the city of Valencia, told The Associated Press I have been there all my life. All my memories are there. My parents lived there, … and now in one night, it is all gone.”
Speaking to the AP, Chiva resident Juan Vicente Perez said It’s the community itself that has to rally around and sort out provisions for everyone as they’ve had no help so far from the regional government,
Around a year’s worth of rain fell in a single day, and as you can tell, it’s had a devastating effect on the community. They’re still cut off – no electricity, no connection to any sort of power system here,
Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego said, reporting from Chiva
