At least 89 people could have gone missing in recent floods in the autonomous community of Valencia in eastern Spain, the region’s high court said in a statement on the X social media platform, Report informs via TASS.
"The combined offices of <...> forensic experts and law enforcement officials have recorded 89 cases of missing persons," the statement reads.
On October 29, the Spanish State Meteorological Agency issued weather warnings for various regions of the country due to heavy rains. In the southern and eastern parts of Spain, where rainfall has been particularly intense, the danger level was raised to the maximum. Spain’s eastern province of Valencia was most affected by the disaster. So far, 211 deaths have been reported, and the search for the missing continues.