Spain floods: Rescuers wade through chest-high water as death toll exceeds 200

Rescuers in Spain braved chest-high water inside buildings to search for missing people in the catastrophic aftermath of flooding, footage posted on Saturday (2 November) showed.

At least 214 people have died in the extreme weather conditions, with more than 200 of those killed in the hardest-hit region of Valencia alone.

Footage posted by the Guardia Civil police force showed mountain rescue specialists wading through water inside a garage in Paiporta.

An extra 5,000 soldiers are being deployed to the flooded Valencia region to support the “biggest operation by the Armed Forces in Spain in peacetime”, prime minister Pedro Sanchez said.

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My thoughts are with all the families of the victims & lets hope they are all given the help

[AnnHollowell-lv]

Prayers and love for the Spanish people 🙏

[bernadettebocock]

Absolutely awful thinking of all the people who have lost there lives and there poor families 😢

[mariapilarme]

Estos son Los heroes y nunca protestan. Gracias Guardian Civil.❤

[rafffaidate]

No advertising, please, to emergency video. Respect

[lorrainemitchell]

I feel for the families whom have lost and rescue people especially if they find people passed away. It’s got to be horrendous seeing people no longer with their families, having trapped in all the debris around, so devastating. My heart is deeply saddened 😞 love ❤ & light 🕯️

[xosecarlospena]

Callo en 8 horas el agua qué cae en un año, sumale huracanes y electricidad ambiental. Igual a caos

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[fintamaria]

POWER, MONEY, OIL, GOLD, are MUCH more valuable to the Rich of the Planet than stopping the destruction of the

[Prz]

Why is UN Secretary general quiet 🤐🤫.
Is he dumb.
Sack him.😊

[me]

Very sad to see - hope the families are with their loved ones

[shahinabegum]

"But those who deny Our signs We will progressively lead them [to destruction] from where they do not know. And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm." Surah Al-A'raf (7:182-183):😢

[J-PoN]

Genuine hero’s 👍
But I do question weather manipulation going on all over the world 👀