Tens of thousands of Spaniards have taken to the streets of Valencia a month after floods devastated the city. They’re demanding regional officials step down after fumbling the emergency response that led to the deaths of more than 230 people.
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00:00130,000 people have taken part in a major march in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia
00:07a month after the devastating floods.
00:11They're demanding the resignation of regional officials who they accuse of fumbling the
00:14emergency response that led to the deaths of more than 230 people.
00:20They say emergency alerts were only sent to their mobile phones after some areas had already
00:24been submerged.
00:26The president of the Valencian community, Carlos Mazon, has resisted such calls, instead
00:31reshuffling his cabinet and appointing new faces to lead recovery efforts.
00:36Mazon refuses to take sole responsibility of the tragedy but acknowledged that mistakes
00:41were made.
00:42He says the floods were apocalyptic and unprecedented in nature, indicating that not much more could
00:48have been done to change the outcome.
00:50But Mazon insists his government is fully committed to recovery efforts and are working
00:54hard at restoring the city's infrastructure to pre-flood levels.