PAIPORTA: Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on Sunday just after midday arrived in the Valencia region where devastating floods have killed more than 200 people, television images showed. The royals, accompanied by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, visited Paiporta — one of the worst affected towns — and were due to move on to Chiva, another battered town close to Valencia, later in the day.
Hopes of finding survivors ebbed five days after torrents of muddy water wrecked towns and infrastructure in Spain's worst such disaster in decades. Nearly all the deaths have been in the Valencia region, where thousands of security and emergency services frantically cleared debris and mud in the search for bodies. Restoring order and distributing aid to destroyed towns and villages — some of which have been cut off from food, water and power since Tuesday's torrent — is a priority. The monarchs' visit comes as Spain's meteorological agency issued a fresh warning for heavy downpours in the Valencia region. — AFP
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