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Almost half of Spain’s flood victims were over 70, figures show

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 November 2024

Police analysis of disaster in which 216 people are known to have died also shows 15 victims were over 90

Almost half of the 216 people known to have died in the catastrophic floods that hit the eastern Spanish region of Valencia at the end of October were 70 or above, according to a police analysis.

Figures from the data integration centre set up in after the disaster show that 131 of the victims were male, 85 were female and that 104 of them were aged over 70, among them 15 people aged over 90.