Spain: the number of missing rises to 93 after the floods which ravaged the south-east of the country

More than 90 missing. According to the latest report communicated by the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencia region, in Spain, a total of 93 people are wanted since the floods which ravaged the south-east of the country eight days ago. Tuesday evening, this court indicated that 89 people were wanted since the bad weather, which caused at least 219 victims, mainly in the Valencia region, according to reports provided by national and regional authorities.

In a press release published Wednesday, November 6, the court specifies that four new disappearances have been officially reported to the police and gendarmerie forces. The number of missing people “may increase or decrease depending on new identifications of deceased persons, the increase in the number of reports of disappearances or the location of living persons”, however, he specifies.

15,000 soldiers and police deployed

On the ground, search operations continued on Wednesday, particularly in underground car parks and waterways in the suburbs of Valencia, the area most affected by the floods. The 15,000 soldiers and police deployed in the region also continue to participate in the clearance and restoration work of roads and infrastructure destroyed by bad weather.

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Faced with the scale of the disaster, the government announced on Tuesday an emergency grant of 10.6 billion euros, providing direct aid for affected residents and businesses and support for work undertaken by municipalities. On Wednesday, the European Investment Bank (EIB), led since January by the former Spanish Minister of the Economy Nadia Calviño, announced financial aid of 900 million euros to help with the reconstruction of the region.