Spain laces 10.6 billion euros in aid package after devastating floods!

Spain laces 10.6 billion euros in aid package after devastating floods!

Paiporta, Spanien - Spain faces a humanitarian disaster! After devastating floods that cost at least 217 people and destroyed countless houses and shops, the Spanish government has announced a huge aid package of 10.6 billion euros ($ 11.4 billion). Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday that this package not only provides immediate help for those affected, but also includes a comprehensive plan to restore the infrastructure.

The auxiliary package includes 838 million euros ($ 902 million) in cash for small companies and freelancers who suffer from the consequences of the disaster. In addition, 5 billion euros ($ 5.4 billion) will be provided to state -guaranteed loans. Sanchez emphasized that the national government will cover 100 percent of the clean -up costs for the affected communities and half of the repair costs for the infrastructure. "There are still missing people, destroyed houses and shops that are buried under the mud," warned Sanchez in a press conference in Madrid.

rescue actions and public anger

The rescue campaigns are in full swing, but the situation remains tense. Hundreds of people are still missing and the authorities fear that the number of fatalities could continue to increase. In Valencia, Castile La Mancha and Andalusia, at least 89 people are reported missing. The regional judicial authorities have confirmed that this number only includes the cases in which families have provided data and biological samples to identify their relatives.

The anger of the population is unmistakable! In Paiporta, a suburb of Valencia, there were protests in which the people of Prime Minister Sanchez and King Felipe VI. thrown with mud and insulted them as a "murderer". "Only people help ... where are the politicians? Why didn't they warn in time?" Matilde Gregori, a affected business owner. This emotional reaction illustrates the frustration of the supposedly slow response from the government to the disaster, while the cleanup is supported by almost 15,000 police officers and military