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We are devastated because there is not much light to be seen here at the moment, not because they are not coming to help, they are coming from all over Spain, but because it will be a long time before this becomes a habitable area again.
Nurse Maria Jose Gilabert, 52, who also lives in Picanya, said We feel abandoned, there are many people who need help
In Valencia's Picanya suburb, shop-owner Emilia, 74, told Reuters on Saturday The situation we're experiencing is tragic and dramatic
As criticism of the local and central government response mounts, Sanchez said After three days we've found a person alive in a car.
He looked visibly moved as he told them, wearing his mud-covered uniform after his life-saving work assisting the victims of one of Europe's worst-ever natural disasters Fortunately he’s been stabilised and we’ve spoken to him and we hope he recovers as soon as possible."
Isla Cristina’s mayor Jenaro Orta said The situation is unbelievable. It’s a disaster, and there is very little help,
Emilio Cuartero, a resident of Massanassa on the outskirts of the city of Valencia, told The Associated Press I have been there all my life. All my memories are there. My parents lived there, … and now in one night, it is all gone.”
Speaking to the AP, Chiva resident Juan Vicente Perez said It’s the community itself that has to rally around and sort out provisions for everyone as they’ve had no help so far from the regional government,
Around a year’s worth of rain fell in a single day, and as you can tell, it’s had a devastating effect on the community. They’re still cut off – no electricity, no connection to any sort of power system here,
Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego said, reporting from Chiva In lieu of racing in Valencia, MotoGP will instead race for Valencia,
MotoGP said in a statement We're going from car to car looking for any petrol we can find,
said one firefighter who had travelled to Valencia from the southern region of Andalusia to assist rescue efforts, carrying a plastic tube and empty bottles to collect the petrol from the cars' tanks We are still waiting for people to come help us,
the TikToker wrote in the caption to her post on Thursday Nothing can come through, no food, nothing. The only thing that comes are the rescue trucks that can maybe bring a bit of food, but you need to walk 15-20 km (9-12 miles) to buy some bread,
said Rafael Lopez, 59, who lives in a neighbourhood next to Paiporta To Paiporta, to help,
answered a group of young men, walking briskly, when asked where they were headed, referring to one of the hardest-hit suburbs of the regional capital, Spain's third-biggest city It's amazing - thousands of people coming from Valencia, like a big corridor of people helping the victims of this incredible disaster,
he said, as he headed to help The disaster motivated me to come,
There is still a pile of cars in the industrial estate, mountains and mountains of cars,
Amparo Fort, mayor of the town of Chiva, told public radio RNE Many must be empty, but we are sure others are occupied,
I have just requested the incorporation of the army and the available land, sea and air forces to reinforce the logistical tasks and the distribution of aid to the population."
In a post on X Carlos Mazon previously said We climbed into the scoop and he took us to safety up at the hotel, which is the highest part of town,
