France, Italy offer ‘solidarity’ and support to Spain after deadly floodingpublished at 12:12
Earlier we told you a number of heads of state have offered support to Spain. More European leaders have since joined in offering their support to the flood-hit communities.
Emmanuel Macron expressed his “solidarity” with those affected and guaranteed France’s “availability” to assist with relief operations.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni echoed the French president saying her thoughts are “with the families of the victims”.
Austria chancellor Karl Nehammer, whose country was rocked by flooding only last month, wrote on X: “Our thoughts and our solidarity go out to the Spanish people and the emergency services who are working around the clock.
The Spanish Securities and Emergencies department has issued weather warnings across much of the country.
In Castellón, Valencia and Alicante, residents are under both yellow and red rain warnings. Valencia is under a red alert through much of the state.
A red warning precedes extreme or unusual weather events and is the departments most extreme alert. Yellow warnings indicate lower-risk weather.
A 71-year-old British man has died in hospital hours after being rescued from his home on the outskirts of Alhaurin de la Torre, in Malaga, the president of the Andalusian government says.
Juanma Moreno, in a post on X, external, says the man was “suffering from hypothermia” and died following several cardiac arrests.
We’ve largely been following the flooding in Valencia today but other areas of southern Spain, including Malaga, were also hit with heavy rainfall and subsequently flooding.
The official number of people killed by the floods still stands at 72.
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