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Thousands sign up with effort to clean up catastrophic Spanish floods

An arts and science centre which typically plays host to opera efficiencies was on Saturday changed into the nerve centre for the clean-up operation after devastating floods in eastern Spain which have declared at least 207 lives.

Volunteers went to Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences for the first collaborated clean-up organised by local authorities.

On Friday, the mass spontaneous arrival of volunteers complex gain access to for expert emergency situation workers to some areas, triggering authorities to design a plan on how and where to deploy them.

Carlos Mazon, Valencian regional president posted on X on Friday: Tomorrow, Saturday, at 7 in the morning, together with the Volunteer Platform, we will introduce the volunteer center to better arrange, (and) transport the help of those who are assisting from the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was because of attend to the nation on Saturday morning.

In some of the worst-hit areas, individuals have resorted to looting since they have no food or water. Police stated on Friday they had apprehended 27 people for robbing shops and offices in the Valencia area.

More than 90% of the homes in Valencia had actually restored power on Friday, utility Iberdrola stated, though thousands still lacked electrical energy in cut-off areas that rescuers struggled to reach.

Some 2,000 soldiers were released to search for people who are still missing out on and assist survivors of the storm, which triggered a new weather alert in the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia, where rains are expected to continue during the weekend.

Authorities stated the death toll is likely to keep rising. It is currently Spain's worst flood-related catastrophe in more than 5 years and the most dangerous to strike Europe since the 1970s.

(source: Reuters)