93 people have been officially declared missing in Spain’s worst natural disaster in decades, after torrential rain battered the eastern region at the end of October.
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00:00Some shops and businesses have started to reopen in Valencia's suburbs just over a week
00:07after catastrophic flooding devastated eastern Spain.
00:11At least 219 people have been killed in the worst natural disaster in decades after torrential
00:16rain battered Valencia at the end of October.
00:19Meteorologists say a year's worth of rain had fallen on the region in just eight hours.
00:25Ninety-three people have been officially declared missing, but authorities admit that
00:29the real number could be higher.
00:31Another 54 bodies remain unidentified.
00:35Authorities say more than 36,000 people have been rescued.
00:39The full extent of the damage is unknown, but Spain's Consortium for Insurance Compensation
00:44estimates that it will spend at least 3.5 billion euros in compensation.
00:50The emergency operation mobilized by central authorities has grown to more than 17,000
00:55troops and police officers.
00:59Meanwhile football pitchers in the region have been turned into junkyards to free the
01:04streets from the thousands of car wrecks that remained piled up.
01:08Tow trucks drove to Valencia province from all over Spain to remove the wrecks to clear
01:12the streets for emergency vehicles.