Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez also asked for support from the European Union to help Spain recover from what he called, "the most serious flooding that our continent has seen so far this century."
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00:00Volunteers have begun arriving in the Spanish town of Paiporta to help clear up mud and
00:07debris after this week's catastrophic flooding. With at least 60 of the 214 confirmed deaths
00:13reported in Paiporta, local media is calling the town ground zero of the floods. As police
00:19and emergency workers continue the grim search for bodies, authorities appear overwhelmed
00:25by the enormity of the disaster. Survivors are relying on the goodwill of volunteers
00:30who have rushed in to fill the void, with some even flying in from abroad. Meanwhile,
00:35Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited the headquarters of the military emergencies unit near Madrid.
00:41He saw firsthand the work the UME has been carrying out since last Tuesday, which focuses
00:46mainly on search and rescue operations. Earlier on Saturday, Sanchez said an additional 10,000
00:52troops will be deployed to the hardest-hit eastern province of Valencia.