10,000 more police and soldiers to help with flooding recovery efforts in Spain

Mud covers Paiporta, on the outskirts of Valencia, after widespread flooding (Angel Garcia/AP/PA)

Spain is sending 5,000 more soldiers and 5,000 more police to the eastern region of Valencia after deadly floods this week that killed more than 200 people, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced.

So far, 211 bodies have been recovered in Spain’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory.