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00:00It's a never-ending nightmare for the residents of Paiaporta.
00:05Streets are still covered in water, nine days after the floods.
00:09The muddy water is mixed with sewage and rubbish, but they have to make daily progress, no matter
00:15what.
00:16Little by little, I'm getting there.
00:20It's going to take more than six months to clean it all up.
00:23The problem now is that they've thrown mud into the sewage system.
00:26It's all clogged up.
00:28That's why the water is no longer being drained.
00:32This resident is desperate to reach her neighbour, who is stuck at home with her children.
00:39What do you need for the children?
00:41Milk and nappies.
00:44That's all I need.
00:46I'm with the children all day and I'm at my wits' end.
00:49It's like being in prison, but at home.
00:52The situation has even deteriorated.
00:55With the sewage system now blocked, authorities fear that the stagnant water could lead to
01:00epidemics.
01:01They've issued a call for tankers from all over the country.
01:07Look at the amount of rubble and mud inside.
01:12These volunteers have come from Toledo to help.
01:14If we don't clean it up, there'll be war here.
01:18Their efforts pay off this time.
01:20This sewer is unblocked.
01:24But in the city, there are still dozens of clogged drains, streets to be cleared and
01:30hundreds of wrecked cars to be evacuated.
01:34Another priority for the authorities is to search for the bodies of the 93 missing people.
01:39But the search is proving difficult as the water may have carried them for kilometres.