Spanish authorities will send to the flood-hit Valencia another 10 thousand soldiers and police officers

Spanish authorities will send to the flood-hit Valencia another 10 thousand soldiers and police officers

Spain is sending 5,000 more soldiers and 5,000 more police officers to the eastern region of Valencia after deadly floods killed more than 200 people this week, the country’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Saturday, according to the Associated Press.

So far, 205 bodies have been recovered – 202 in Valencia, two in neighboring Castile-La Mancha, and one in Andalusia in the south – from the deadliest natural disaster in Spain’s history.

On Saturday, four days after monstrous flooding swept away everything in its path in eastern Spain, rescuers were still searching for bodies in cars and buildings.

An unknown number of people are still missing.

Thousands of volunteers are helping to clean up the thick mud covering streets, homes and businesses in the worst-hit towns.

Some 2,000 soldiers are currently involved in the emergency work, along with nearly 2,500 Civil Guard gendarmes, who have carried out 4,500 rescues during the floods, and 1,800 national police officers.