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https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/oct/30/spain-floods-valencia-latest-news
Spain's
prime minister makes televised statement
Pedro
Sánchez has just addressed the nation. My colleague Sam Jones has this dispatch
from Madrid:
In a
televised statement on Wednesday morning, Sánchez, called for unity, solidarity
- and vigilance.
“We mustn’t
let our guard down because the weather front is still wreaking havoc and we
can’t say that this devastating episode is over,” he said.
“There are
still weather warnings in Andalucía, Valencia, Aragón, Castilla y León, in
Cataluña, in Extremadura, in Navarra, in La Rioja and in Ceuta. That’s why I’m
asking people in those areas to take special care: to stay off the roads; to
avoid travelling close to ravines, riverbanks and riverbeds, and to heed the
advice of the emergency services and of the police. No one should be putting
their life at risk.”
The prime
minister said that Spain had had more than its fair share of natural and health
emergencies in recent years - mentioning the Covid pandemic, Storm Filomena in
January 2021, and the volcanic eruptions in the Canary Islands that same year -
but said such adversity brought out the best in the country.
“We’re going
to lend a hand and help those who can’t get into their homes or who are looking
for relatives or friends or loved ones,” he added. “But most of all, right now,
we’re going to stand with those who are suffering the loss of their loved
ones.”
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