Spain: Chaos increases in Valencia and solidarity emerges

Some 252 thousand people in the area most damaged by the storm in Spain, the province of Valencia (east), yesterday remained without a telephone line and 15 thousand still do not have electricitywhile some roads have begun to clear and Today several train lines will open for essential trips.

However, the rail connection between Valencia and Madrid, the High Speed ​​train, will take “at most” fifteen days to be operational, since one of the two affected tunnels must be rebuilt, as explained by the Spanish Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente.

On the fourth day of the catastrophe, which has so far left more than 200 deadPuente also indicated that The Government has approved 13 million euros to “urgently” restore the A7 highwaywhich runs along the coast of eastern Spain and is cut off and impossible to travel.

“The works began yesterday, we cannot go faster,” said the minister, who stressed that the situation is “tremendously serious,” with 80 kilometers of the state’s highway network affected by the storm.

The company Iberdrolafor its part, restored electricity supply to 90% of the people who were left without electricity due to heavy rains.

Transporters have also organized themselves to voluntarily help in the transfer of essential products and in the removal of vehicles in the most damaged areas.

The devastating phenomenon that hit the Spanish east with force on Tuesday and during the rest of this week has left 205 dead as of yesterday and about 200 still missing.according to the Emergency Center of the regional government of Valencia.

They report the increase in deaths

The death toll from flash floods in Spain rose to 205 yesterday, and is believed to rise due to the hundreds missing, while initial shock gave way to anger and solidarity.

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