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Spain sends thousands more troops to flood-hit region


Spain sends thousands more troops to flood-hit region

Hopes of finding survivors more than three days after torrents of mud-filled water submerged towns and wrecked infrastructure were slim

Spain will deploy 10,000 more troops and police officers to the eastern Valencia region devastated by historic floods that have killed 211 people, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday.

Hopes of finding survivors more than three days after torrents of muddy water submerged towns and wrecked infrastructure were slim in the European country's deadliest such disaster in decades.

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