Accusations fly in Spain over who is to blame for flood disaster
A week after flash floods hit eastern Spain, recriminations are flying over who was to blame for the country’s worst natural disaster in living memory amid angry scenes on the part of those ...
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Angry crowds boo and throw eggs at Spanish king as he visits flood-hit Valencia
Angry residents in flood devastated areas of Valencia, booed King Felipe of Spain and pelted him with eggs and mud as ...
Spain’s royals face brunt of growing public anger at politicians over flooding disaster
Spain’s royals face brunt of growing public anger at politicians over flooding disaster - With the flooding having killed ...
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Spain’s opposition demands a ‘national emergency’ be declared over the devastating Valencia floods
THE leader of Spain's main opposition party- the conservative Partido Popular(PP)- has said he wants the national government ...
Valencia’s governor posed for photos amid flash flood red alerts
Carlos Mazón and his regional government failed to send out emergency warnings 12 hours after the country’s meteorological agency ...
Misinformation about Spain: anger was directed to the politicians, the King calmed the crowd
This past Sunday’s events in Paiporta, Valencia, during the official visit of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, accompanied ...
Here's what led to the Spain floods becoming so deadly
Mazón’s administration waited long to issue alerts despite a series of increasingly dire weather forecasts from the national ...
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Volunteers flocking to Valencia ‘are delaying emergency workers’: President considers travel restrictions
TRAVEL restrictions could be imposed to stop well-meaning people blocking roads to get aid through to flood victims in ...
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Why Spain’s floods were so deadly
Residents walk past piled up cars following deadly floods in Valencia's De La Torre neighborhood Wednesday. Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images For Carlos Mazón, Tuesday — the day of the flood — was ...
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Valencian president downplayed floods while Spain’s rivers rose
For Carlos Mazón, Tuesday — the day of the flood — was a fairly light day by the standards of the president of Spain’s fourth-largest region. After kicking off the day by receiving a certificate for ...
Spain Struggles to Make Sense of a Flood That Killed Hundreds
Three days after flash floods swept through Utiel, a tiny town in the eastern province of Valencia, volunteers trudged ...
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Heavy rainfall causes flooding in Spain, kills at least 62 people: See photos of damage
Carlos Mazon, the regional leader of Valencia, one of Spain's most important agricultural regions, said some people remained isolated in inaccessible locations. "For those who at this moment are ...