Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledges a 10.6 billion euro aid package for affected regions from Spain's flood, describing it as a 'good first step' to recovery. In addition, Sanchez says nearly 15,000 troops have been deployed to affected regions, in particular the Valencia region. The floods are Spain's deadliest in a generation, killing at least 218 people, with the death toll likely to increase as authorities search for missing persons.
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00:00It is 10.6 billion euros, this first response of the first phase of this immediate response plan
00:08of reconstruction and relaunch of the Valencian community.
00:13It is a good first step, an agile and ambitious step with concrete, realistic measures
00:20that are already in force and that will help people, companies in the coming days and weeks.
00:28The number of military, national police and civil guards deployed by the Spanish government
00:35in the province of Valencia has gone from 7,300 to 14,898.
00:44I repeat, 14,898.
00:49They have been reinforced by the presence of 287 forestry brigadists,
00:58by a hundred customs officers,
01:02by 44 forensic doctors
01:05and 600 vehicles and machinery specialized in pumping, cleaning and supplying affected areas.