Thousands protest in Spain’s Valencia over handling of deadly floods

Thousands of people have demonstrated in Spain’s eastern city of Valencia to protest the authorities’ handling of one of Europe’s deadliest natural disasters in decades and call for accountability.
Large crowds gathered in the central part of the city on Saturday night, with some clashing with riot police in front of Valencia’s city hall. Police were filmed using batons to beat back protesters who were marching towards the seat of the regional government.
In Spain, regional governments are charged with handling civilian protection and can ask for extra resources from the national government in Madrid.
The current regional leader is Carlos Mazon of the conservative Popular Party, who is facing calls for resignation after his administration failed to issue flood alerts to citizens until after the water was filling people’s homes.

Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands reports from Valencia, Spain.

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[marhinggantamba]

Semoga Allah memberikan pertolongan pada saudara2 di Valencia Spain

[pangkiatloh]

It is like Malaysia flooding in Disember 2023. Victims waiting for helps on top of roof of houses under the rain for 8 hrs. Women, childrens & old folks. The ministers in charge went oversea for holidays. No coming back although been informed.

[lennartambros]

It happen regularly... so why people didn't adjust? Amsterdam is 2 meter below see level, that is why get high is legal over there. How is that Nederlands never get floods? even if basically live under water ?

[lennartambros]

A flood on 14 October 1957 in Valencia, Spain, [2] resulted in significant damage to property and caused the deaths of at least 81 people. In response to the tragedy, the Spanish government devised and enacted the Plan Sur, which rerouted the city's main river, the Turia.

[litsaludgate]

Κρίμα τα άτομα 😢😢 που έχασαν τους δικούς στους 😢 ο Θεό να σας δώσει δύναμη κουράγιο ελπίδα τής ανάστασης Ιωάννης πέντε ικοση οκτώ ικοση εννέα το γράφει το κατά Ιωάννη Ευαγγέλιο πίστη

[cliffordwebb]

I'm still waiting for some detail. Was all this mud from land which farmers left bare? Some people from Valencia and Spain in general will know.

[willia]

Look. Nobody believed something like this was possible. Not on this scale at least. Thye'd do better to spend their limited energies on recovery. Or relocation. Either/or.

[prematureoptimism]

We've passed well beyond the point of voting effectiveness. We're now in the realm of inevitability.
We'd been warned and naturally when some politicians try to take measures on the climate emergency that too spurs protest and people's move to the right.
Oddly enough people should also be angry at America's newly elected president. It was Donald Trump who took the US out of the Paris Climate Accord.
So we're unfortunately at a point where what will be, will be. ⏰

[ujhpl]

Gaza will receive more aid than Spanish flood victims will ever dream to get.