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Spanish emergency authorities on Friday raised the death toll from the devastating flash floods to at least 205 victims, 202 of them in Valencia alone.
Many streets are still blocked by piled-up vehicles and debris, in some cases trapping residents in their homes. Some places still don't have electricity, running water, or stable telephone connections.
“It's a disaster and there is very little help,” said, a resident of Masanasa, on the outskirts of Valencia. “We need machinery, cranes, so that the sites can be accessed.”
Mayor Amparo Fort told RNE radio that “entire houses have disappeared, we don't know if there were people inside or not.” Members of the security forces and soldiers are searching for an unknown number of missing people. Mayor of Alfafar said the aid wasn't nearly enough “We are organising ourselves, but are running out of everything."
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