Catastrophic floods in Spain, over 200 dead. People say no or poor warnings

[WhatInThe]

Catastrophic floods hit Spain. Over 200 dead. Region of Valencia hit hard. People blame the government for not doing enough or giving warning as to what floods and rain would do. So angry they protested a visit by the king.

Angry crowds throw mud and shout insults at Spanish king as he tours flood damage

RIP deceased speedy recovery to survivors

 

[Twostep]

It took us several days to catch up with friends on WhatsUp. Alive, not much left.

 

[hollydolly]

I've been following it for days. It's an absolute Catastrophe....212 dead so far in the Valncia province where I have my home, which thank the good lord is not near the stricken towns.

It's really hard to take in what's happening there...

 

[oscash]

It broke my heart to watch all those cars crashing into each other. I'm sure some people were trapped inside and couldn't get out. It's going to take years for the people to recover.

 

[chic]

It was like hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Catastrophic.

 

[hollydolly]

It broke my heart to watch all those cars crashing into each other. I'm sure some people were trapped inside and couldn't get out. It's going to take years for the people to recover.

they just rescued an 87 year old lady today who was trapped in her flooded car for 3 days.. alongside the dead body of her sister ...

it's not just water it's thick filthy mud sludge, and sewerage

In Alfafar a small town outside valenica City, the Mayor said there are people living with Corpses at home...







"It's very sad. We are organising ourselves, but we are running out of everything," he said. "We go with vans to Valencia, we buy and we come back, but here we are totally forgotten."

A resident from the same town described the situation as a "disaster", as they said: "There are a lot of elderly people who don't have medicine. There are children who don't have food. We don't have milk, we don't have water.

 

[hollydolly]

There was a years worth of rain in just a few hours....

they are now searching in the flooded underground car parks where they fear there's mass graves...

 

[hollydolly]

 

[hollydolly]

These are the unsung heroes ..volunteers who have turned out to do what they can to rescue and help those in the affected villages and towns..

 

[DebraMae]

It is unimaginable. My heart goes out to them.

 

[Alizerine]

It was like hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Catastrophic.

My former neighbor who now lives in NC came to visit on Thursday. She related some of the horrors of her visit with friends in nearby Ashville. Apparently some of the homeless slept by the river and they just disappeared. There was no warning. The situation in Spain sounds similar.

 

[chic]

My former neighbor who now lives in NC came to visit on Thursday. She related some of the horrors of her visit with friends in nearby Ashville. Apparently some of the homeless slept by the river and they just disappeared. There was no warning. The situation in Spain sounds similar.

I saw a house floating away in Ashville on TV. It was extraordinary.