Spain's government is deploying 10,000 soldiers and police to Valencia following the devastating floods.

 

On Saturday, November 2, 2024, volunteers waded through the mud to aid in the cleanup efforts following the floods in Massanassa, located just outside of Valencia, Spain.

Spain is dispatching an additional 5,000 soldiers and 5,000 police to the eastern region of Valencia following devastating floods this week that have claimed over 200 lives, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Saturday.

To date, 205 bodies have been recovered, with 202 located in Valencia, two in the neighboring region of Castilla La Mancha, and one in Andalusia in the south. This tragedy marks the deadliest natural disaster in Spain's recent history.

 vehicles were stacked in the streets following the flooding caused by a storm that struck late Tuesday and early Wednesday, resulting in hundreds of deaths or missing persons in Alfafar, located in the Valencia region of Spain. On Saturday, November 2, 2024,

On Saturday, four days after the devastating flash floods that obliterated everything in their wake in eastern Spain, rescuers continued to search for bodies in abandoned vehicles and waterlogged buildings. Many individuals remain unaccounted for.

Thousands of volunteers have joined efforts to clear the dense mud that now blankets the streets, homes, and businesses in the towns most severely affected by the disaster.

Currently, around 2,000 soldiers are engaged in emergency efforts, alongside nearly 2,500 Civil Guard officers who have conducted 4,500 rescues during the flooding, and 1,800 national police officers.

Mud blankets the area following the storm that struck last Tuesday and early Wednesday, leaving hundreds dead or missing in Paiporta, on the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, on Saturday, November 2.