A man talks on the phone near car wreckages towed away following devastating flooding in Sedavi, south of Valencia, eastern Spain, on November 5, 2024. The death toll from Spain's worst floods in a generation has climbed to 217, according to rescuers. Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP.
Sedavi, Spain: Spain’s central government approved a 10.6-billion-euro relief package for 78 communities on Tuesday that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez compared to measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic.
They include direct payments of 20,000 euros to 60,000 euros to owners of damaged homes, among other financial aid for businesses and municipal governments.
"We have a lot of work left to do, and we know it,” Sánchez said.
Sánchez said that he will ask the European Union to help pay for the relief.
