The Spanish government has launched the Armed Forces' largest peacetime operation in Valencia, four days after torrential rains devastated the eastern region.
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00:00The deadliest flash floods in Spain's modern history have claimed at least 211 lives, with
00:08dozens still missing, four days after torrential rains hit the Valencia region.
00:14Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Saturday that an additional 5,000 troops will be deployed
00:20to assist in search and clean-up efforts, joining the 2,500 soldiers already on the
00:26ground.
00:27We know that the aid is taking a long time to reach many points, that there are still
00:32houses and garages blocked, municipalities denied and many people disabled.
00:38That is why I celebrate that President MazĂłn has decided to raise his request for military
00:46troops from 500 to 5,000, and I announce to you, as I have conveyed to him in the call
00:50I made before appearing before the media, I announce to you that the Government of Spain
00:56will proceed immediately to this request.
00:59Sánchez called it the armed forces' largest peacetime operation in Spain, pledging that
01:04the government would mobilize all necessary resources as long as needed.
01:09The tragedy is already Europe's worst flood-related disaster since 1967, when at least 500 people
01:16died in Portugal.
01:18In the meantime, volunteers gathered at Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences Centre, which has
01:23become the coordination hub for the first official clean-up, led by regional authorities.
01:29In Valencia's Picanha suburb, residents and volunteers urged for greater support from
01:34the military and government to address the destruction.
01:37We feel it, but we are abandoned, because there are many people who need help, in my
01:43house, there are all the houses, and we are throwing furniture, we are throwing everything.
01:48When will the help come to have fridges and washers, we can't even wash our clothes,
01:53we can't shower, where are you?
01:56This is a disaster, man.
01:59Desolate, like all Valencians, sunk, because here you don't see much light at the moment,
02:06not because they are not coming to help, they are already coming from all over Spain, but
02:10because until this becomes a habitable area again, there is a long time to go.
02:15The storm triggered a new weather alert in the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia,
02:21where rains are expected to continue during the weekend.