According to the official data, the missing from the deadly floods in Valencia amount to 89.

At the same time, there are 62 bodies that have not been identified.

Twice as many soldiers are operating in the flooded areas

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced today that he had doubled in three days to almost 15,000 the number of troops deployed in the field after floods ravaged the country’s southeast.

“During the 72 hours that have passed since I last spoke (…), the number of soldiers, members of the national police, gendarmes, deployed by the Spanish government has increased from 7,300 to 14,898,” he explained Sanchez at a press conference.

These almost 15,000 people are assisted by 287 rangers, about a hundred customs officers and 44 forensics, Pedro Sanchez said, also speaking of “600 vehicles and special machines for pumping, cleaning and supplying the affected zones”.

Thousands of rescue operations

Sanchez explained that this massive deployment, of people and technology, allowed 1,300 rescue operations to take place.

It also supported the local authorities, the local population in missions such as, for example, picking up cars, also from the ruins, inspecting the parking lots and distributing 95,000 liters of water,” he added.

According to the prime minister, electricity has been restored to 98% of affected households, and telephone connection to 68%, while 40 kilometers of roads and 74 kilometers of railway lines have been repaired, he said.

219 dead

According to national and regional authorities, 219 people have died in the floods, which are the worst natural disaster in Spain’s recent history, according to the Spanish government.

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