Search continues for 93 people still missing, a week after devastating floods

Valencia’s superior court of justice had on Tuesday listed 89 people as missing but said another four missing persons had been reported to law enforcement officers on Wednesday.

The worst floods to hit Spain in a generation have killed at least 219 people, mostly in the Valencia region.

That figure is expected to rise with many of the missing people presumed to have died, although the court said that authorities have not ruled out finding some of them alive.

Search and rescue operations on Wednesday targeted underground garages and waterways in the Valencia region.

The 15,000 police and soldiers deployed to the region have been helping clean up the devastation and repair roads and infrastructure.

Spain’s central government on Tuesday announced an aid package worth €10.6 billion to rebuild the devastated regions. ALSO READ: Destruction caused by Valencia floods to cost state and insurance sector over €10 billion.

On Wednesday, the European Investment Bank also pledged €900 million to finance reconstruction in the affected regions.

ALSO READ: Spanish royals, PM and regional president pelted with mud by flood survivors.

ALSO READ: Death toll now over 200 in Valencia region alone, as residents appeal for help: ‘There are people living with corpses at home’.

🫂 Cada vida es valiosa e insustituible.

Nuestros compañeros #GuardiaCivil #GREIM #GEAS #SeguridadCiudadana #USECIC, #ServicioCinológico no están escatimando ningún esfuerzo y no pararán hasta dar con el paradero de todos los desaparecidos.

¡Que buen vasallo, si hubiera buen… pic.twitter.com/d829zyNsY0

— UniónGC-Unión de Guardias Civiles (@UnionGC) November 2, 2024

Toma de muestras ADN y datos necesarios para localización familiares desaparecidos #DANA.
RECUERDA
Importante acudir a denunciar para que esta parte del proceso nos facilite el trabajo. pic.twitter.com/BJxYpf2dXW

— Guardia Civil (@guardiacivil) November 7, 2024

A vista de dron, compañeros @guardiacivil, en labores de búsqueda de desaparecidos en #BarrancoDePelos (#Chiva)#DANA pic.twitter.com/QR3JwLPpJC

— Guardia Civil (@guardiacivil) November 7, 2024

8.000 efectivos de las #FuerzasArmadas desplegados en #Valencia para ayudar en todo lo necesario a los ciudadanos y localidades afectadas por la #DANA. @UMEgob, @EjercitoTierra, @Armada_esp y @EjercitoAire, codo con codo, el tiempo que haga falta. Valencia somos todos. pic.twitter.com/oxW3ZnS2KB

— Ministerio Defensa (@Defensagob) November 6, 2024