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Valencia, .., SPAIN · Nov 8, 2024
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BGUK_3081259_026
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Nov 8, 2024
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BGUK_3081259 - Paiporta 10 Days After The Catastrophic Flood. Paiporta town, Valencia, Spain 10 days after the catastrophic floods in the province of Valencia affecting 69 towns, people works hard to return to normality in Paiporta, one of the towns more affected by the flood. The streets of Paiporta became rivers of three meters depth and rough waters razing everything on its way and letting mud and destruction after. House ground floors , commercial establishments and parkings were flood to the ceiling, ruining homes, enterprises, farms, meadows, stocks and harvests, and mudding fields, streets, homes, and thousands of cars of its population. Paiporta itself has the record of casualties, estimated 75, and missing people whose bodies are being now search buried in the muds or dragged to the coast. The search tasks to retrieve disappeared people remain at the time of cleaning and restoring public services like running water, sewerage, power and communications, as well as the access structures to restore domestic and economic activities. An enormous reconstruction of private belongings, businesses, public goods and whole lives, in this town is done by thousands of volunteers , the army, displaced emergency corps and private donations. The local victims complain of the slow and insufficient aid of the State to rebuild their lives to normal, what makes deeper the sorrow and higher the fury of population, and this caused a riot when Prime Minister visited the area, calmed down by the Royals who did not scape to hug, listen and support the inhabitants. DANA, INUNDACION, BARRO, CATASTROFE
Location
Valencia, .., SPAIN
