Spanish king to return to flood-hit region to oversee clean-up

Madrid [Spain], November 10: Spanish King Felipe VI is to visit the country's eastern Valencia region, which was severely affected by the recent storms and flooding, again on Tuesday, the royal office announced.
The king, who is also the head of state, is to oversee the ongoing rescue and clean-up operations in Valencia, his office said on Saturday.
On his first visit to the region last Sunday, accompanied by Queen Letizia, the king was met with angry crowds, who threw mud and insulted the royal couple.
On October 29, as much rain fell in a few hours in some Spanish towns as would normally fall in a year.
According to the latest figures from the Spanish government, the heavy rainfall, landslides and flooding at the end of October killed at least 220 people. Authorities recovered 212 bodies in the Valencia region alone.
There were eight deaths recorded in the neighbouring regions of Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia. The official number of missing people has been reduced from 78 to 50.
The regional authorities in Valencia said 29 bodies have not yet been identified.
The authorities said 78 people are still unaccounted for, 10 days after the country's most catastrophic storms in a century. The government of the worst-affected region of Valencia, in the east of the country, gave the figure in a post on X on Friday.
Around 8,500 military staff members and 10,000 officers from the national police forces have been deployed in the approximately 80 affected municipalities. Many buildings are still partly or completely inaccessible because wrecked cars and household items are blocking the entrances.
Source: Qatar Tribune