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Aerial view of the floods in Molina del Segura, September 13, 2019. Juan Manuel Garcia Fernandez / REUTERS TV via REUTER

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited the southeastern regions of Spain on Saturday (14 September) hit by a flood that killed six people, according to a new report, while rail links were still interrupted and flights canceled .

The dead body of a man, who was reported missing on Friday, was found in a field near the city of Orihuela in the Valencia region, a spokesman for the authorities said without providing details. Five other people were killed in the previous two days as they tried to cross flooded roads in their car, including a man whose car was trapped Friday in a flooded tunnel in Almeria.

¡Sin palabras! Situación muy complicada in the comarca of the #VegaBaja del Segura. Calles converts in ríos in #Bigastro (#Alicante). @ecazatormentas @InfoEmerg. Vídeo: Jesús Ruiz. pic.twitter.com/edqr1GqZ2M

MeteOrihuela (@MeteOrihuela) September 13, 2019

Since Wednesday, torrential rains have caused chaos on the roads, caused the interruption of public transport lines and overflowed the rivers. The floods took cars and submerged homes in the regions of Valencia, Murcia and Andalusia.

After observing the damage aboard a helicopter flying over the city of Orihuela in the Valencia region, Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish Prime Minister, visited a command center for relief operations.

Tremly lamentamos una nueva víctima mortal in Orihuela. Todo mi cariño para sus familiares y mi solidaridad con todas las personas afectadas por las intensas lluvias.

Coordinados, volcaremos todos los recursos y ayudas para atender a la población y recuperar la normalidad. pic.twitter.com/p9gg710GEa

Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) September 14, 2019

Repair the damage caused

Upon his arrival in Murcia, he assured that the government would help the victims "so that they can at least repair most of the material damage " caused by the floods. He stressed that it was necessary to wait for a drop in the water level so that the government could make an estimate of the total cost of the destruction.

While 1,500 people have been evacuated, the authorities on Friday evacuated 2,000 residents of the town of Santomera in the Murcia region as a precaution due to the release of water on a dam to avoid an overflow, said the Interior Ministry.

The storm progressed westward Saturday in the province of Malaga, causing occasional flooding and material damage.

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( With AFP )

It is the Mediterranean coast of Spain, the regions of Valencia and Murcia, which have been the most affected by the torrential rains of recent days. Google map