Madrid (EFE) – At least 33 people have been rescued in Valencia in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people rescued to 36,605 after devastating floods hit the province and other areas of Spain, killing 219 people.
According to the latest figures from the Spanish government on Friday, the number of missing people remains at 78, while 40 bodies are still unidentified.
On Thursday, the state meteorological agency issued an orange alert in the Catalan province of Girona for heavy rainfall of up to 40 liters per square meter in an hour, or 100 liters in 12 hours.
Around 30 vehicles were swept away by water in Cadaqués, Girona, early on Thursday.
Firefighters said the flooding occurred during the night, causing no injuries, and that the vehicles that were swept away piled up under a bridge and did not reach the sea.
In neighboring Baix Empordà, emergency services received eight calls during the night, mostly for flooding in homes, with no injuries reported.
To date, the Insurance Compensation Consortium has received 116,000 claims from flood victims, 46 percent of which have already been processed.
The registered claims correspond to 33,852 homes, 66,067 motor vehicles, 6,834 shops and warehouses, 509 offices, 2,195 industrial buildings, and 23 public buildings, according to the consortium and the Valencian government.
The National Police has sent six mobile offices in the flooded areas to issue new identity cards to those affected.
Three Family Assistance Offices have been opened for citizens to facilitate the reporting of missing persons and their subsequent identification in the municipalities of Alfafar and Algemesí, Valencia.
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