MADRID — The devastating torrential rains that overruned rivers and usually dry canals in eastern Spain last week setoff flash floods that immersed whole neighborhoods and eliminated ratings of individuals.
The deluge left behind a landscape of destruction, specifically in Valencia, the hardest-hit area. The search for the dead and missingouton continues, more than a week because the Oct. 29 floods hit — as well as a gigantic clean-up and healing effort.
Here’s a appearance at Spain’s mostdangerous natural catastrophe of the century, by the numbers:
The historical floods triggered 219 deaths, 211 of them in the Valencia area alone. Another 7 individuals passedaway in surrounding Castilla La Mancha and one more in southern Andalusia.
Ninety-three individuals haveactually been formally stated missingouton, however authorities confess that the genuine number might be greater. Another 54 bodies stay unknown. In overall, 36,605 individuals haveactually been saved, according to authorities.
The complete degree of the damage is unidentified, however Spain’s Consortium for Insurance Compensation, a public-private entity that pays insurancecoverage declares for severe threats like floods, approximates that it will invest at least 3.5 billion euros ($3.8 billion) in payment.
The consortium has got 116,000 insurancecoverage declares for flood damage, with 60% of the declares for automobiles and 31% for homes. Spain’s Association of Insurance Companies preparesfor the flooding will break a historical record for payments.
The Transport Ministry has so far fixed 232 kilometers (144 miles) of roadway and rail tracks however the highspeed train line inbetween Valencia and Madrid is still destroyed.
The main federalgovernment hasactually authorized a 10.6 billion-euro ($