[Síguenos ahora también en WhatsApp. Da clic aquí]

Spanish rescue workers opened a temporary morgue at the convention center and struggled to reach still-isolated areas on Friday as the death toll from catastrophic floods rose. increased to 205 people This is the worst climate disaster in Europe in the last five decades.

In Valencia, the eastern region hardest hit by the destruction, at least 202 people diedAccording to regional authorities. Three died in Castile, La Mancha and Andalusia.

The death toll is now almost equal to the 209 who died during the strong floods in Romania in 1970.

Flood in Portugal in 1967 led to deaths almost 500 people.

Some 500 soldiers were involved. to search for people still missing and help survivors after the storm prompted a new weather warning in Huelva, southwest Spain.

You might be interested>Images | Before and after Valencia after passing Dana; There are 158 deaths in Spain.

The death toll is likely will continue to increaseDozens of people are still missing, Spain’s Minister for Cooperation with the Regions, Angel Victor Torres, said at a press conference on Thursday evening.

With about 75,000 homes still without power, firefighters pumped gasoline from cars abandoned during the floods. for power generators restore domestic supplies.

“We go from car to car, looking for all the petrol we can find,” said a firefighter who traveled to Valencia from the southern region of Andalusia to help with the rescue efforts. carry a plastic tube with you and empty bottles for collecting gasoline from car tanks.

A year’s worth of rain fell in just eight hours on Tuesday evening, devastating roads, railways and bridges like the rivers overflowed.

According to Reuters.