Volunteers and soldiers clean the streets. (photo: Independent)

The Prime Minister said that this is the second deadliest flood in Europe in this century and Spain is deploying the largest number of military and security forces in peacetime. The Government pledges to mobilize all necessary resources to overcome the consequences of the flooding.

Valencia in eastern Spain is the hardest hit region by the floods. Thousands of houses and infrastructures have been flooded and destroyed while transport has been paralyzed. Locals are struggling with a shortage of clean water, electricity, and food. The government's priority is to restore order and distribute reliefs to flooded-localities.