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The bodies of the British residents in the inundated Spanish area were retrieved by volunteers.
Days after the terrible floods in Spain, a British couple who had gone missing was discovered dead.
Following the catastrophe last Tuesday, October 29, over 200 individuals have lost their lives, and thousands of homes have been demolished by the wall of mud and water.
The flash floods, Spain’s biggest natural disaster in recent memory, struck most severely in Valencia’s eastern district in the evening as many residents were returning home from work.
Roads and railroads were inundated with muddy water, which seeped into residences and businesses as motorists fled in their cars.
Many were already on the highways, at work, or submerged in water when authorities sent out a warning signal to cell phones, urging people to stay indoors.
Spain has seen devastation in several areas.
As bodies were found and many were still unaccounted for, soldiers were eventually sent in to assist with rescue operations.
On Sunday, November 3, it was announced that an elderly British couple had been discovered dead in the remains of their house.
Mayor Andoni Leon verified the information, stating that they were located by volunteer citizens in their neighborhood, which is close to Pedralba.
He stated that after a town hall-led effort to find people missing after the disastrous floods since they had not yet received outside assistance, the remains of a Spanish guy were also found.
After being rescued from his flooded home in Malaga by a boat, a 71-year-old man passed away in the hospital, making three British citizens now dead as a result of the floods.
Authorities were notified by his spouse that he was hypothermic and had a heart attack. After multiple organ failure, he was brought to the hospital and passed away early on Wednesday, October 30.
More than 200 people have perished, and more are anticipated.
The first military personnel showed up after Leon expressed his worries about the dearth of assistance in the area.
When King Felipe VI of Spain and other high-ranking government officials visited one of the worst affected districts yesterday, irate survivors threw mud at them.
When they began to stroll the mud-covered streets of Paiporta, just outside of Valencia, where at least 60 people had died, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was also taken from the site.
Even though villagers were crying and telling the King and Queen that they “don’t have any water,” they still made an effort to communicate with them.
Since volunteers and locals handled a large portion of the cleanup, there is a lot of resentment in the area regarding the authorities’ slow response and the delay in their alert.
Sanchez stated, “I want to convey the solidarity of my government and its recognition of the pain, suffering, uncertainty, and needs of the people of Paiporta and the Valencia region.”
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