Floods in Spain: “People live with bodies in their homes,” says Aldafar city mayor in Valencia

Unspeakable destruction in the deadly floods in which they have cost life so far to 205 people, while the number of missing persons remains unknown. The more the days pass, the more difficult the finding of survivors in Valencia and the surrounding areas of the deadly floods that hit Spain on Tuesday (29/10/2024) and Wednesday (30/10/2024). Fears are expressed that there are people who remain trapped in damaged vehicles or flooded homes and garages while according to skynews the mayor of the city of Alfafar in Valencia, who has been hit by floods, pointed out that “there are people living with corpses at home”! For lack of food he said that “it is very sad. We organize, but we’re running out of time. We go by trucks to Valencia, buy and return, but here we are completely forgotten.” REUTERS/Nacho Doce REUTERS/Nacho Doce REUTERS/Nacho Doce Resident of the same city described the situation as a “destruction”, as he said: “There are many elderly people who do not have drugs. There are children who have no food. No milk, no water. We have no access to anything. Nobody even came to warn us on the first day.” Cars have been stacked on top of each other, homes and businesses have drifted, trees have been uprooted and roads and bridges have been dismantled. “Unfortunately, there are dead inside certain vehicles,” said Spain’s Transport Minister Oscar Puente. In the La Torre area of Valencia, nine bodies were discovered inside a garage, with a local police officer among the victims. Luis Sanchez, a welder, said he saved several people from flooding on the V-31 motorway south of the city of Valencia. “I saw bodies floating. I shouted, but nothing, Firefighters first took the elderly when they were able to get in. I’m close by, so I tried to help and save people. People were crying everywhere, they were trapped,” he stressed.