Spain’s government to send 10,000 soldiers and police to Valencia after deadly floods

MADRID (AP) — Spain is sending 5,000 much soldiers and 5,000 much constabulary to nan eastbound region of Valencia aft deadly floods this week that killed much than 200 people, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Saturday.

So far, 205 bodies person been recovered — 202 successful Valencia, 2 successful neighboring Castilla La Mancha and 1 successful Andalusia, successful nan southbound — successful Spain’s deadliest earthy disaster successful surviving memory.

Vehicles heap up successful nan streets aft flooding caused by precocious Tuesday and early Wednesday large wind that near hundreds dormant aliases missing successful Alfafar, Valencia region, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Angel Garcia)

Volunteers locomotion successful nan mud to thief pinch nan cleanable up cognition aft floods successful Massanassa, conscionable extracurricular of Valencia, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Mud covers nan area successful nan aftermath past Tuesday and early Wednesday large wind that near hundreds dormant aliases missing successful Paiporta, outskirts of Valencia, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Angel Garcia)

Volunteers hold aft thousands showed up to beryllium assigned activity schedules to thief pinch nan cleanable up cognition aft floods successful Valencia, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Rescuers were still searching for bodies successful stranded cars and sodden buildings connected Saturday, 4 days aft nan monstrous flash floods that swept distant everything successful their way successful nan eastbound of Spain. An chartless number of group stay missing.

Thousands of volunteers are helping to cleanable up nan heavy mud that is covering everything successful streets, houses and businesses successful nan hardest-hit towns.

Vehicles heap up successful nan streets caused by precocious Tuesday and early Wednesday large wind that near hundreds dormant aliases missing successful Alfafar, Valencia region, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Angel Garcia)

At coming location are immoderate 2,000 soldiers progressive successful nan emergency work, arsenic good arsenic almost 2,500 Civil Guard gendarmes — who person carried retired 4,500 rescues during nan floods — and 1,800 nationalist constabulary officers.