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Spanish authorities This Sunday they increased the preliminary number of moral victims to 222. confirmed due to heavy heavy rainfall caused by an isolated high-level depression (DANA) that largely devastated the Mediterranean province of Valencia, where 214 people died.

Rest seven people died in the border region of Castile-La Mancha (center) and another one in Andalusia (south).

They were already there 195 bodies identified and 140 were delivered to relatives.

Except, 36,803 people had to be rescued from dangerous situations, 82 of them in the last few hours, according to the latest update of official data on the impact of the great flood and severe flooding along its path on October 29.

The total number of affected municipalities is 78. of which 75 are in Valencia, two in Castile-La Mancha and one in Andalusia.

In addition to personal injury, natural disaster caused multi-million dollar material damage to private property of all types (houses, cars, companies and agricultural farms), as well as in infrastructure and public services (roads, railway lines, telephone communications and energy supplies), which are being gradually restored.

156,126 requests for compensation Requests from the Insurance Compensation Consortium provide insight into the scale of the tragedy’s consequences. Of these, 50,679 relate to houses and 92,779 to vehicles.

The Government of Spain and the Regional Government of the Valencian Community support the active deployment of personnel for cleaning, waste removal and reconstruction work, while thousands of volunteers strive to help thousands of affected neighbors.

In total, the Armed Forces have 8,495 military personnel, supported by specialized ground, air and water equipment. The security force consists of 9,728 agents.

Since the crisis began, They arrested 343 people 33 of them in recent hours were for crimes such as looting.

This Sunday, the People’s Party, ruling in Valencia, defended the President of the Autonomous Community, Carlos Masonof which he assured that he has “always shown his face” in the face of a central government that “refuses” to take responsibility for this national emergency.

This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Economy of the PP, Juan Bravo, at a press conference this Sunday at the headquarters of the PP, where he admitted that His party ‘understands’ DANA victims are frustrated with their political leaders.

It’s after Saturday 130,000 people demonstrated in Valencia in protest against the leadership shown by the Valencian government. Under the motto “The Mason has resigned” They demanded the immediate resignation of Mason and his team. for “not knowing how to cope” with the disaster.

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There were moments of tension in Valencia Town Hall Square when some protesters They fired flares and threw dirt and objects. opposite the facade of the town hall building. At this point, the police charged a group of people standing very close to the balcony of the town hall.

Valencia City Council reported what happened “attempt to set fire” to the town hall door. And on the facade and on the floor of the square there was graffiti with slogans such as “The people do not forget” and “Killer”.

(according to information from EFE, Europe Press And Aristegui News)