Debris on a street in Paiporta, in the region of Valencia, Spain following the floods in 2024. Photograph: Jose Jordan/ AFP via Getty Images
Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to gather in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia this Saturday as fury at the handling of the country’s worst natural disaster in recent memory refuses to fade, a year on.
On October 29th, 2024, torrential rain caused flooding in towns near Valencia, killing 229 people in the surrounding region. Seven more people died in the neighbouring Castilla-La Mancha region, and one person died in Andalucía.
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