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00:00Many homes and cars are still submerged after the catastrophic floods.
00:05Emergency services are using drones and sniffer dogs to help locate survivors and bodies.
00:11We've been here all day pulling out cars, checking there's no one inside.
00:15Many were submerged and it has not been possible to check from the surface.
00:19More than 1,000 Spanish soldiers have already been deployed to help
00:23and 500 more are being sent to the Valencia region.
00:27This comes amid criticism of local authorities for a lack of support
00:31and some residents complained aid was coming too slowly.
00:35There are thousands of volunteers helping with the effort.
00:39There are people injured, there are still people trapped and we have to rescue them.
00:44The emergency services are helping but we want to go and help too because many hands are needed.
00:50The emergency services are finding it very difficult to get in though,
00:54and ambulances are trapped by traffic jams.
00:58While electricity has been restored to most areas,
01:01there are still many people without running water or basic necessities.