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I am aware the response is not enough, there are problems and severe shortages... towns buried by mud, desperate people searching for their relatives,
That is why the Spanish government is today sending 4,000 more personnel from the military emergencies unit to Valencia province,
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,
he said in a televised address on Saturday morning The situation we’re experiencing is tragic and dramatic,
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 It is the biggest operation by the Armed Forces in Spain in peacetime,
The torrent of water took her away,
said Ms. Sánchez’s daughter-in-law, Pilar Zahonero I’d never seen rain like this,
said Concepción Feijoo Martínez, 66, as she stood in her house in Chiva, which had been torn open on one side by the rushing waters let loose when a nearby river overflowed its banks They say there is no climate change,
We took what we had at home, and now it's time to help. It's emotional, it gives you goosebumps,
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 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,
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 In lieu of racing in Valencia, MotoGP will instead race for Valencia,
MotoGP said in a statement We are still waiting for people to come help us,
the TikToker wrote in the caption to her post on Thursday
