With at least 51 dead, according to Spanish authorities, the number of victims of these floods is the highest in Spain since August 1996.
“The situation is terrible”declared the Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles. “The situation is serious.” (…) I’ve never seen that before.”Consuelo Tarazona, mayor of Horno de Alcedo, a town on the outskirts of Valencia, described on public television TVE. The rising waters were “monstrous”, “We were flooded suddenly, without being able to notify the neighbors”.
