Valencia floods, horror death toll rises to 202 as survivors plead for help, saying they have no food or water… with MORE storms on the way

The death toll from the Valencia flood has risen to 202 as survivors have appealed for help as they have no food or water to live on, amid warnings that Spain will be ravaged by a new round of storms.

Residents of the decimated city told local media they are terrified for their lives as authorities try to count the dead.

‘This is a disaster. There are many elderly people who do not have medication. There are children who have no food. We have no milk, we have no water. We have no access to anything,” a resident of Alfafar, one of the worst-hit towns in southern Valencia, told state television TVE.

“No one even came to warn us on the first day.”

Juan Ramon Adsuara, the mayor of Alfafar, one of the hardest-hit towns, said the aid is not nearly enough for residents stuck in an “extreme situation.”

‘There are people who live with corpses at home. It’s very sad. We are organizing ourselves, but everything is running out,” he told reporters.

People remove mud from the street on November 1, 2024 after the devastating effects of flooding in a residential area in the city of Massanassa, Valencia region, eastern Spain

This photo, taken on November 1, 2024, shows the devastating effects of flooding in a residential area in the city of Massanassa, in the Valencia region, eastern Spain

‘We go to Valencia in vans, we buy and come back, but here we are completely forgotten.’

Residents of communities such as Paiporta, where at least 62 people died, and Catarroja, have walked miles to Valencia to get supplies, passing neighbors from unaffected areas who brought water, essential products or shovels to help remove the mud.

Social networks have channeled the needs of those affected.

Some posted images of missing people in the hope of getting information about their whereabouts, while others launched initiatives such as Suport Mutu, or Mutual Support, which matches requests for help with people offering help.

Others organized collections of basic goods or launched fundraising campaigns across the country.

It comes as Spanish authorities have warned citizens to brace for more severe storms, which could further drive up the already high death toll.

Warnings have been issued for heavy rainfall in Tarragona, Catalonia and part of the Balearic Islands, such as that in Valencia.

Members of the fire brigade, part of a search and rescue unit, carry out work as cars and debris block a tunnel following the recent flash floods in the nearby municipality of Benetusser on November 1, 2024 in the municipality of Benetusser in Valencia, Spain

Floods swept over and dumped cars and vans across the city

Spain’s Mediterranean coast is used to autumn storms that can cause flooding, but this was the most powerful flash flood in recent history

Spain’s Mediterranean coast is used to autumn storms that can cause flooding, but this was the most powerful flash flood in recent history.

Scientists link it to climate change, which is also responsible for increasing temperatures and droughts in Spain and the warming of the Mediterranean Sea.

Man-made climate change has doubled the chance of a storm like this week’s deluge in Valencia, according to a partial analysis published Thursday by World Weather Attribution, a group made up of dozens of international scientists who study the role of global warming. study in extreme weather.

Spain has suffered a drought for almost two years, which worsened flooding because the dry soil was so hard that it could not absorb rain.

In August 1996, a flood destroyed a campsite along the Gallego River in Biescas, in the northeast, killing 87 people.

More to follow.