region.Emergency teams in Spain are continuing their efforts to locate dozens of people still missing in what is the worst flooding disaster in generations.
More than 200 people are known to have died, with most fatalities happening in the Valencia region, but the death toll is expected to rise.
The floods destroyed bridges and covered towns with mud – leaving cut-off communities without water, food or electricity.
Some residents say more lives could have been saved if the local authorities had been quicker to warn of the flood risk.
Tell the world that we have nothing,” says one man as we talk in the town of Albal. There are growing calls for a nationwide protest against what is seen as the slow response of authorities.
But there are also mesmerising stories of survival. In Catarroja, we meet Arkait Iniguez, who returned from his high school in Valencia because of a warning of bad weather.
Emergency teams in Spain are continuing their efforts to locate dozens of people still missing in what is the worst flooding disaster in generations, according to bbc.
More than 200 people are known to have died, with most fatalities happening in the Valencia region, but the death toll is expected to rise.
The floods destroyed bridges and covered towns with mud – leaving cut-off communities without water, food or electricity.
Some residents say more lives could have been saved if the local authorities had been quicker to warn of the flood risk.
Among them is Juan González, who lives in the town of Aldaia in Valencia. He told the BBC that the loss there was devastating.
“This is an area prone to flash flooding. It’s outrageous that our local government didn’t do anything about it, knowing that this was coming,” he said.
Another local, Augustin, said the flat where he lived with his wife and children had been completely flooded and they have had to move in with his parents.
