Spain mounts biggest peacetime disaster recovery operation as death toll reaches 214

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Spain mounts biggest peacetime disaster recovery operation as death toll reaches 214
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VALENCIA, Spain - The deadliest flash floods in Spain 's modern history have killed at least 214 people and dozens were still unaccounted for, four days after torrential rains swept the eastern region of Valencia, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday.In a televised statement, Sanchez said the government was sending 5,000 more army troops to help with the searches and clean-up in addition to 2,500 soldiers already deployed.

Volunteers flocked to Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences center on Saturday for the first coordinated clean-up organized by regional authorities. The venue has been turned into the nerve center for the operation.In Valencia's Picanya suburb, shop-owner Emilia, 74, told Reuters on Saturday: "We feel abandoned, there are many people who need help. It is not only my house, it's all the houses and we are throwing away furniture, we are throwing away everything.

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