View: Floods Tear Apart Bridge In Spain’s Valencia As Death Toll Climbs To 155

Last Updated: October 31, 2024, 23:28 IST Rescuers likewise discovered 8 dead bodies in a garage in La Torre, a residential area of Valencia. A view reveals a location impacted by heavy rains that triggered flooding near Valencia, Spain. (IMAGE: REUTERS) Following torrential rains that provided a year’s worth of rainfall within simply 8 hours, the Paiporta bridge was swept away as the river’s rising water levels required the whole structure to collapse. The rains, which caused ravaging flash floods in the eastern part of the country, resulted in over 155 deaths in the Valencia area. Rescue groups found the bodies of 8 individuals on Thursday who had actually been caught in a garage after the terrible flash floods. Regional authorities have actually not divulged the number of individuals are still unaccounted for after Europe’s most dangerous floods in years and Defence Minister Margarita Robles stated the last nationwide death toll might be much higher. Opposition political leaders implicated the main federal government in Madrid of acting too gradually to alert homeowners and send out in rescue groups, triggering the Interior Ministry to state local authorities was accountable for civil defense procedures. Valencia Mayor Maria Jose Catala informed press reporters that a regional police officer was amongst the 8 bodies discovered drowned in the garage in the city’s residential area of La Torre. In the very same area, she included, a 45-year-old lady was likewise discovered dead in her home. “Those individuals would not have actually passed away if they had actually been cautioned in time,” Laura Villaescusa, a neighbour and supervisor of a regional grocery store, informed Reuters. Meteorologists have stated a year’s worth of rain fell in 8 hours in parts of Valencia on Tuesday. The floods have actually damaged Valencia’s facilities, sweeping away bridges, roadways and rail tracks and immersing farmland in an area that produces about two-thirds of the citrus fruit grown in Spain, a leading worldwide exporter of oranges. Countless individuals bring bags or pressing shopping trolleys might be seen on Thursday crossing a pedestrian bridge over the Turia river from La Torre into Valencia city centre to stockpile on important products such as bathroom tissue and water. Maribel Albalat, mayor of the neighboring town of Paiporta, stated they had actually never ever gotten caution of the impending risk of flooding. She stated 62 individuals had actually passed away in her town. “We discovered a great deal of senior individuals inside their homes and individuals who went to get their automobiles. It was a trap,” she informed TVE. HOLDING ON TO PILLAR In Godelleta, a town 37 km (23 miles) west of Valencia city, Antonio Molina, 52, explained how he made it through a flash flood on Tuesday night by c
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