Spain, Paiporta

Vigilante groups patrol Spain's flood-hit Paiporta by night
Vigilante groups, angry at authorities' response to Spain's worst flood disaster in decades, have taken to the streets of the Valencian suburb of Paiporta to prevent what they say are widespread robberies and looting after dark.
Drone shows extent of damage in Spain's flood-hit Paiporta
STORY: :: Drone footage shows piles of debris in eastern Spain a week after deadly floods hit :: November 5, 2024 :: Paiporta, Spain Piles of debris and dozens of destroyed cars could be seen on the streets as emergency services vehicles were cleaning the ...
'It is all in ruins.' The shattered lives of Paiporta at the epicenter of Spain's floods
Most everything else in the daycare — the cradles, the highchairs, the toys — was ruined when a crushing wall of water swept through Paiporta, turning the Valencia municipality of 30,000 into the likely epicenter of Spain's deadliest natural disaster in living memory.
Spain: Aftermath of flash floods in Paiporta, Valencia, Spain - 3 Nov 2024
Paiporta, Spain - 03, 2024 Cleaning operations of the streets of the town filled with mud with shovels and other tools in the aftermath of the flash floods. More than 200 people were killed in flash floods that affected the area around Valencia,
Stick-wielding locals patrol in Spain's flood-hit Paiporta
STORY: :: Vigilantes patrol the streets of one of Spain’s worst flood-hit areas to deter theives and looting :: Paiporta, Spain :: November 4, 2024 :: Martin "We are patrolling mainly because we do not want our neighbours to feel the insecurity that they ...
Baby girl and her mother among those lost in Spain's catastrophic flooding
Jorge Tarazona is mourning the loss of his three-month-old niece and sister-in-law after they died in last week's ...
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Tense scenes as locals throw mud towards Spain’s King Felipe as he visits flood-ravaged Paiporta
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Spain’s King Felipe VI and top government officials were pelted ...
A week after Spain’s floods, families hope that the missing are alive with 89 unaccounted for
Francisco Murgui went out to try to salvage his motorbike when the water started to rise. He never came back. One week after ...
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What to know about the unprecedented floods that killed more than 200 in Spain
In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away almost everything in their path.
How Spain’s royal family got it wrong on their visit to Valencia’s disaster zone
Millions in Spain and across the world have watched with heartache the images of Valencians coping with the ravages of the ...
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Torrent of Mud Catches Parishioners by Surprise During Eucharistic Adoration in Spain
On the afternoon of Oct. 29, between 40 and 50 people had prayed the rosary at 6 p.m. and, a half hour later, the exposition ...
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Spain announces 10.6 billion euro aid package for flood affected areas
People help to clean, following heavy rains that caused floods, in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain, November 4, 2024 [Eva Manez/Reuters] Anger reached boiling point on Sunday when crowds in ...
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89 people are confirmed to be missing 1 week after catastrophic floods hit eastern Valencia
Spanish authorities said Tuesday that 89 people are confirmed to be missing one week after the catastrophic floods in the eastern Valencia region. It is the first figure of the missing to be made ...