It took days for officials to mobilize the thousands of police reinforcements and soldiers that the regional government asked central authorities to send in.
In Spain, regional governments are charged with handling civil protection and can ask the national government in Madrid, led by the Socialists, for extra resources.
A woman consoles a man in Paiporta, Valencia, Spain, on Tuesday.
Emilio Morenatti / APMazón has defended his handling of the crisis saying that its magnitude was unforeseeable and that his administration didn’t receive sufficient warnings from central authorities.
We want them to resign!”A man stands among flooded cars piled up in Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024.
Persons:
Carlos Mazón, “ Mazón, Mazón, Emilio Morenatti, Sara Sánchez Gurillo, Candido Molina Pulgarín, “, ” Sánchez, Manu Fernandez, ”
Organizations:
Police, À, Popular Party, Socialists, Socialist, AP
Locations:
Valencia, Valencia’s, Mazón, Spain, Madrid, Paiporta, Cheste