Spain, Paiporta

Vigilante groups patrol Spain's flood-hit Paiporta by night
Vigilante groups, angry at authorities' response to Spain's worst flood disaster in decades, have taken to the streets of the Valencian suburb of Paiporta to prevent what they say are widespread robberies and looting after dark.
Stick-wielding locals patrol in Spain's flood-hit Paiporta
STORY: :: Vigilantes patrol the streets of one of Spain’s worst flood-hit areas to deter theives and looting :: Paiporta, Spain :: November 4, 2024 :: Martin "We are patrolling mainly because we do not want our neighbours to feel the insecurity that they ...
'It is all in ruins.' The shattered lives of Paiporta at the epicenter of Spain's floods
Most everything else in the daycare — the cradles, the highchairs, the toys — was ruined when a crushing wall of water swept through Paiporta, turning the Valencia municipality of 30,000 into the likely epicenter of Spain's deadliest natural disaster in living memory.
Spain: Aftermath of flash floods in Paiporta, Valencia, Spain
November 03, 2024 Cleaning operations of the streets of the town filled with mud with shovels and other tools in the aftermath of the flash floods. More than 200 people were killed in flash floods that affected the area around Valencia,
Drone shows 'cemetery' of cars in Spain's flood-hit Paiporta
Drone footage reveals a 'cemetery' for hundreds of cars destroyed by the floods in Spain's Paiporta :::: Paiporta, Spain:: Julia Escolando, Resident:: "My cars are lost. We had three cars, a motorbike and another car from work.
Drone shows extent of damage in Spain's flood-hit Paiporta
Drone footage showed on Tuesday (November 5) the extent of devastation caused by deadly flooding in the town of Paiporta, in Spain's Valencia region.
Spain: Residents of Paiporta clean streets after flooding
Paiporta, Spain - November 01, 2024 On November 1, 2024, in Paiporta, Valencia, Spain, residents organized to clean the streets following severe flooding caused by heavy rain. A video shared by @sramanitas showed community members working together to remove debris and restore the area.
Spain flood survivors hurl mud at the royals and top government officials
A crowd of enraged survivors hurled clots of mud left by storm-spawned flooding at the Spanish royal couple on Sunday during ...
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Spain’s king stood his ground under a mud barrage. What will the iconic moment mean for his reign?
Spain’s King Felipe VI speaks with people amidst angry Spanish flood survivors in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain, ...
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Protesters hurl mud at Spain’s king, queen and prime minister after floods
King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez were met with anger in Paiporta, a town badly hit by the ...
How Spain’s royal family got it wrong on their visit to Valencia’s disaster zone
Millions in Spain and across the world have watched with heartache the images of Valencians coping with the ravages of the ...
At least 89 people missing from floods in eastern Spain
At least 89 people remain missing after deadly floods in eastern Spain, the regional judicial authorities in Valencia said on Tuesday (Nov 5), and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he was earmarking ...
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Torrent of Mud Catches Parishioners by Surprise During Eucharistic Adoration in Spain
On the afternoon of Oct. 29, between 40 and 50 people had prayed the rosary at 6 p.m. and, a half hour later, the exposition ...
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A week after Spain’s floods, families hope that the missing are alive with 89 unaccounted for
Regional authorities have been heavily criticized for having issued alerts to mobile phones some two hours after the disaster ...
Devastation in Paiporta, at the epicenter of Spain's floods: 'Dozens of people saved lives all around here'
The city on the southern outskirts of Valencia was devastated by a sudden wave of mud almost 2 meters high, on the night of ...
What to know about the unprecedented floods that killed more than 200 in Spain
An enraged crowd in hard-hit Paiporta hurled mud and other objects at officials during a visit to the epicenter of the flood ...
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Spain announces 10.6 billion euro aid package for flood affected areas
People help to clean, following heavy rains that caused floods, in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain, November 4, 2024 [Eva Manez/Reuters] Anger reached boiling point on Sunday when crowds in ...