00:00Volunteers have begun arriving in the Spanish town of Paiporta to help clear up mud and
00:07debris after this week's catastrophic flooding. With at least 60 of the 214 confirmed deaths
00:13reported in Paiporta, local media is calling the town ground zero of the floods. As police
00:19and emergency workers continue the grim search for bodies, authorities appear overwhelmed
00:25by the enormity of the disaster. Survivors are relying on the goodwill of volunteers
00:30who have rushed in to fill the void, with some even flying in from abroad. Meanwhile,
00:35Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited the headquarters of the military emergencies unit near Madrid.
00:41He saw firsthand the work the UME has been carrying out since last Tuesday, which focuses
00:46mainly on search and rescue operations. Earlier on Saturday, Sanchez said an additional 10,000
00:52troops will be deployed to the hardest-hit eastern province of Valencia.
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