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Unfortunately there are dead bodies in some vehicles,
Puente told reporters,
Right now the most important thing is to safeguard as many lives as possible,
he told reportersThere's a total of 158 people to which must be added dozens and dozens of missing,
news agency Reuters reported quoting Angel Victor Torres, minister in charge of cooperation with Spain's regionAccording to the forecast … it is expected that around 6 p.m. its intensity will decrease” in the Valencia region
he said, possibly referring to AEMET’s “red” warning, which at the time was in force until 6 p.m. that day
What is clear is that scientific predictions were already warning that something very big could happen,
said Juan Jesús González Alemán, the senior AEMET meteorologist who first warned of the storm’s magnitude last weekOrganizations that are the sole responsibility of the central government — such as the AEMET — provide the information with which the Valencian government formulated its emergency response to the catastrophe,
he said
For those who at this moment are still looking for their loved ones, the whole of Spain weeps with you.”
After the storm receded, having dropped a year’s worth of rain in a few hours, and the rescuers began to wade through the mud and wreckage with the cadaver dogs, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told his nation
When we saw that nobody is bringing us water, nobody is telling us anything, we’ve decided to go to the supermarket and grab what we can,
one woman carrying bags of goods told Spanish television in the town of Paiporta
People of Valencia, we are not going to leave you alone,
Sanchez said, pledging all necessary resources and efforts to save as many lives as possible
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If nations do not implement current commitments, then show a massive increase in ambition in the new pledges, followed by rapid delivery, the Paris Agreement target of holding global warming to 1.5C will be dead within a few years, and 2C will take its place in the intensive care unit,
said Inger Andersen, the UN environment chiefI could hear people from the residence screaming, ‘help, help’,
Marisol Lara, a 62-year-old woman, said through tears, London’s Daily Telegraph reportedCarbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than any time experienced during human existence, rising by more than 10 per cent in just two decades,
it saidWe don't know how fast the DANA [Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos - high altitude, isolated depression] will move; we have to keep a close eye on it, because although it is weakening, it is still active
warned Amengual
Our priority is to find the victims and the missing so we can help end the suffering of their families,
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said after meeting with regional officials and emergency services in Valencia on Thursday, the first of three official days of mourning
This storm front is still with us,
the prime minister said[The ... They said] that they received no information, that they eventually did get alerts but those alerts sounded on their phones after the flood occurred,
she saidI have been told of people who were clinging to trees, but the force made them let go and they were carried away, calling for help. Trucks, everything was going from here to there,
said Sanchez, 32.
Nobody warned of anything... they took out the owner of the bar here dead, drowned, chaos,
Rigon told AFPPlease, stay at home... follow the calls of the emergency services,
pleaded Prime Minister Pedro SanchezNeighbourhood after neighbourhood, street after street, there is not a business standing,
he told AFP