A fourth demonstration took to the streets of Valencia on Saturday to demand the resignation of the regional president, Carlos Mazón, and his government for how they handled deadly flooding last October.
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00:00Thousands took to the streets of Valencia to demand the resignation of the regional
00:06president Carlos Mazón and his government for the response to devastating flooding which
00:12killed hundreds.
00:13Though smaller than the three previous protests in the Spanish city, officials say the march
00:18drew around 25,000 people.
00:20Mazón is under immense pressure after his administration failed to issue flood alerts
00:26to citizens' cell phones until hours after the flooding started last October.
00:31Mazón has also been criticised for what people perceive as the slow response to the
00:36natural disaster.
00:38It took days for officials to mobilise emergency responders.
00:42Residents who face a long, costly rebuilding process also say the government has been slow
00:47to deliver aid.
00:48Mazón has defended his handling of the crisis, saying that its magnitude was unforeseeable
00:54and that his administration didn't receive sufficient warnings from central authorities.