Sánchez said a total of 10,000 additional soldiers to join rescue efforts at the request of Valencia’s president, Carlos Mazón.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:004,000 additional soldiers from Madrid and other parts of Spain arrived to support rescue
00:07teams in their search for missing people as they drain water and mud from underground
00:12parking garages across Valencia.
00:14It seems that someone saw people coming in, but didn't see them coming out. So, at this
00:18moment, we don't know. And until we get down and we can check, we won't know for sure.
00:22The fact is that the water entered with so much violence that it dragged everything,
00:29214 bodies have so far been recovered, mostly in the eastern Valencia region, as tsunami-like
00:36floods swept across the region last week.
00:40A wave of volunteers took to the streets and joined the clean-up efforts. But with more
00:44heavy rain expected to hit the region, a warning was sent out requesting people to stay at
00:49home and off the roads.
00:54The government is under scrutiny for the delayed response, warning people about the
00:57severity of the floods. With no time to react, many were already on the road, working or
01:03in underground garages when the flash floods hit.