Paiporta, Spain - 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,

At a press conference from the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Sánchez reiterated that “the central government is ready to help” after announcing the largest peacetime deployment of troops of state security forces and of the armed forces in Spain’s history.

Crews in Spain searched for flood survivors as teams stepped up efforts to pump water from flooded carparks into Monday, per Spanish outlet El País. Why it matters: The climate-change related flooding has killed 214 people as of Monday morning and building anger in affected communities over the government's response culminated in Valencia residents throwing mud and other objects at Spain's visiting King Felipe,