Mud flung at Spain’s king as clean up and search efforts continue in flood aftermath

Angry crowds have thrown mud and other projectiles towards Spain’s King Felipe VI in Paiporta, Valencia, as the search for people missing in the country’s flood-hit areas continued.
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On Saturday, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, announced that thousands of troops would be deployed to help response efforts. The death toll from the floods has risen to more than 210

Spain floods: 10,000 troops and police drafted in to deal with disaster ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/02/spain-floods-disaster-5000-more-troops-drafted-in-to-deal-with-aftermath

Spain’s apocalyptic floods show two undeniable truths: the climate crisis is getting worse and Big Oil is killing us ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/02/spain-apocalyptic-floods-climate-crisis-worse-big-oil-cop29

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50 COMMENTS

  1. Preventing this kind of flood damage through engineering is just not economically feasible and will people let government charge more taxes to build mega projects for prevention of these flood ?

  2. What I know for sure is..I have not hear about this flood at all and would have shown little interest. Then after the king took the anger from the residents, suddenly I am aware of the flood and damage and started to look for charity to donate.

  3. Let everyone know, that the international media are lying, the king went with the president of Spain and the president of the Valencian community, these two people fled like rats and it was the king who was the only one who listened to the people, the screams of murderers were not for him, but for the politicians, the king has no political power

  4. The Guardian should report on the entire event. The main ire of the crowd was directed towards the prime minister Pedro Sanchez, who fled the scene while sticks were thrown at him and people attacked his car. The king was able to stay because he was not the main object of hatred of the crowd as he is mainly a figurehead. Political angling between the national government led by the PSOE and the regional government led by the PP has led to a devasting delay the in arrival of military aid and fire departments from other regions, and the chants of the crowd clearly state that their beef is with Sanchez. It should also be noted the the huge convoy of SUVs for the visit was a magnificent display of political entitlement, as they arrived empty-handed when said vehicles should have also been filled to the brim with material aid during the visit. On a final note, the visit of the heads of state also blocked the arrival of aid for several hours due the security reasons.

  5. The Spanish Royal House has no competences attributed in this. All the powers are of the Central Government, which has looked the other way and has refused to send all the resources and instruments of the State necessary to alleviate this catastrophe. The boos and insults were not for the King, they were for President Pedro Sánchez, who fled from this situation. This for those who really want to know the real situation we live in Spain at the moment.

  6. The headline is wrong!
    They were not shouting or throwing mud at the king, but at Pedro Sanchez the prime minister of Spain and Carlos Mazon the President of Valencia. All the anger was aimed at the politicians. The source of this original headline which is in error spreading around the world is the state funded Spanish press, protecting the public image of their boss, Sanchez.

  7. Greed played a part if the resources were correctly distributed across the land rather then funding lavish lifestyles then this may have been far less devastating. Greed not climate. As humans what they are doing

  8. I get the anger of the people going through this. The king certainly can't control the weather, but walking the streets just to show face means nothing in the eyes of those who lost everything. People want their properties and loved ones back. Not a king walking the streets.

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