Number of deaths flood in Spain increased to 205 – rescuers announced on Friday. The balance is likely to increase due to the still large number of missing people.
The agency coordinating emergency services in the eastern Valencia region said a death had been confirmed there 202 people. Earlier, officials in Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia confirmed a total of three deaths.
Flood in Spain. The government introduced mourning
Violent storms, floods and flooding in eastern Spain are the result DANA. The phenomenon occurs when cold air masses will meet warm and moist air masses from the Mediterranean Sea. This leads to a collision and then extreme meteorological situations.
Storms remain a threat in Tarragona in the east of the country, as well as in the Balearic Islands and Andalusia in the south. In Jerez, in the province of Cádiz, in southwestern Spain, 300 families were evacuated as a precaution on Thursday due to the risk of flooding of the Guadalete River. On Friday, over 200 people returned home.
A three-day mourning period has been in force in Spain since Thursday, announced by the government of Pedro Sanchez. – The Spanish government will not leave you alone – assured the Prime Minister.
The tragedy is now the worst flood disaster in modern Spanish history, as well as one of the largest Europe. The death toll is now almost the same as last year Romaniawhere 209 people died in 1970. In turn – as AFP reminds – as a result of the flood in Portugal in 1967, almost 500 people died.
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