There is no doubt that the Spanish Paiporta is the hardest-hit municipality. Floods caused by the weather phenomenon DANA have reportedly killed more than 60 people in the municipality. “We don’t know what happened, but within ten minutes the village was flooded,” said Mayor Maribel Albalat. Many people tried to get to safety in their cars and were killed.
Six fatalities also occurred in a residential care center in a suburb of the city. Various images have now emerged on X of what happened in that residential care center. According to Spanish media, residents and employees were surprised by the flooding during dinner. Men and women in wheelchairs were terrified as the water rose in the dining room. The brown water was up to their waists for many who could not stand up from their chairs.
The ground floor of the residential care center flooded with water and caused a lot of panic. Staff managed to evacuate most of the 120 residents to the upper floors, but six people could not be rescued in time. “The elevators no longer worked and many elderly people in wheelchairs were carried upstairs by people on their shoulders,” the partner of an employee told the newspaper. The Country. “They did the impossible.”
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