Latest floods in Spain: 5,000 more soldiers deployed as satellite photos show extent of devastation

Alba Paredes Borja is from the Spanish town of Alfafar, one of the areas hardest hit by the deadly storm, where local authorities are appealing for urgent help in obtaining food, water and medical supplies.

“I'm scared. “Everything looks apocalyptic,” she said The Independent. The floods – known as the “cold drop” or DANA phenomenon – claimed 158 lives, including at least three people in the community, and left the city in ruins and cut off from all communications.

CA Osasuna footballer Ante Budimir has paid tribute to the victims of the most devastating floods in Spain's modern history.

This happened on Saturday during a La Liga match between CA Osasuna and Real Valladolid CF at Estadio El Sadar in Pamplona.

The T-shirt roughly translates to “Strong Valencia”.

Satellite images from NASA Earth have shown the extent of flooding in the Valencia province in eastern Spain.

In a post on These #Landsat images show the extent of flooding on October 30, 2024.”

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he was launching the “largest operation by the armed forces in Spain in peacetime.”

In a televised statement on Saturday morning, he announced that the government would send 5,000 more army soldiers and 5,000 more police officers to help with the search and cleanup efforts.

This is in addition to the 2,500 troops already stationed in the region.

“The government will mobilize all necessary resources as long as they are needed,” Mr. Sanchez added.

The major response came after Europe's worst flooding disaster since 1967, in which at least 500 people died in Portugal.

The death toll from the devastating floods in Spain has risen to 211.

Four days after torrential rains swept the eastern Valencia region, dozens were still reported, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said.

Emergency services have shared footage of the woman and one-year-old baby being rescued after their home was inundated by water on Thursday (October 31).

It captures the moment a military emergency unit rescues the woman using a metal cage attached to a helicopter.

The official number of people killed by the flood disaster has risen dramatically to 158.

Spain's prime minister urged residents to stay at home as he warned the devastation was “not yet over” and declared Valencia a “disaster area”.