Spain to send 10,000 more troops, police to flood-hit region

Vehicles pile up in the streets on Nov. 2, 2024, after flooding on Oct. 29 and 30 left hundreds of people dead or missing in Alfafar, Valencia region, Spain, Nov. 2, 2024. Thousands of volunteers show up at the City of Arts and Sciences cultural complex on Nov. 2, 2024, to be assigned work schedules to help with the clean up operation after floods in Valencia, Spain.

Spain will deploy 10,000 more troops and police officers to the eastern Valencia region devastated by floods that have killed 211 people, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday.