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Spain sends 10,000 more troops to flood-hit region as death toll reaches 211

Spain sends 10,000 more troops to flood-hit region as death toll reaches 211

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The number of troops and police officers being deployed to the Valencia region is reported to be 10,000, although an earlier report mentioned that the government had accepted a request for 5,000 more troops. The total number of fatalities is reported to be 211, with almost all deaths occurring in the Valencia region. Thousands of security and emergency services personnel are clearing debris and mud in the search for bodies. A large number of volunteers are also mobilizing to help the victims.

Pedro Sánchez
1. I want to express our deepest love to them and assure them that the government of Spain and the entire state, at all its different administrative levels, is with all of them.
2. The situation we're experiencing is tragic and dramatic.
3. There are still dozens of people looking for their loved ones and hundreds of households mourning the loss of a relative, a friend or a neighbour.
4. Tomorrow, another 1,000 military personnel will arrive … I've also ordered the deployment of an amphibious navy boat that has operating theatres, helicopters and a fleet of vehicles that will arrive at Valencia port in the coming hours.
5. That is why the Spanish government is today sending 4,000 more personnel from the military emergencies unit to Valencia province.
6. I am aware the response is not enough, there are problems and severe shortages... towns buried by mud, desperate people searching for their relatives.

Spain sends 10,000 more troops to flood-hit region as death toll reaches 211

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