This is very sad. People are very angry because they were alerted too late. Perhaps more lives could have been saved, especially the shopping centre where the 5k+ underground car parking area flooded in minutes... they are sending down scuba divers to assess the situation, which has been described as a cemetery.
Here's an article from the Guardian that sums up pretty well the situation following a visit to one of the worst stricken areas by King Felipe and Queen Letizia.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...d-hit-town
and here's a quote:
Here's an article from the Guardian that sums up pretty well the situation following a visit to one of the worst stricken areas by King Felipe and Queen Letizia.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...d-hit-town
and here's a quote:
Quote:Hundreds of people have heckled Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia, as well as the prime minister and the regional leader of Valencia – throwing mud and shouting “murderers” – as the group attempted an official visit to one of the municipalities hardest hit by the deadly floods.
The scenes playing out in Paiporta on Sunday laid bare the mounting sense of abandonment among the devastated areas and the lingering anger over why an alert urging residents not to leave home on Tuesday was sent after the flood waters began surging.
Much of the fury appeared to be directed at the elected officials, as calls rang out for the resignation of Pedro Sánchez, the country’s prime minister, and Carlos Mazón, Valencia’s regional leader.
Sánchez was swiftly evacuated as bodyguards used umbrellas to protect the group from the barrage of mud. “What were they expecting?” one furious local asked the newspaper El País. “People are very angry. Pedro Sánchez should have been here on day one with a shovel.”
