- Title: Valencia flood death toll hits 202, rescuers yet to reach some areas
- Date: 1st November 2024
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- Embargoed: 15th November 2024 14:45
- Keywords: Spain UME body europe floods volunteers weather
- Location: PAIPORTA AND L'ELIANA, SPAIN
- City: PAIPORTA AND L'ELIANA, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Europe,Floods
- Reuters ID: LVA005645101112024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Valencia regional leader Carlos Mazon confirmed on Friday (November 1) the local death toll rose to 202 after heavy rains caused dramatic floods in the Spanish region.
Mazon also reminded volunteers not to block streets with private cars to allow emergency services to work faster.
Spanish rescuers opened a temporary morgue in a convention centre and battled to reach areas still cut off on Friday as the national death toll from catastrophic floods rose to 205 people.
Officials said the death toll is likely to keep rising.
It is already Spain's worst flood-related disaster in modern history and the deadliest to hit Europe since the 1970s.
The number of deaths has prompted anger as well as grief in Spain, with some people accusing authorities of being poorly prepared and not having warned people soon enough about the dangers posed by the storm.
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