Mud and insults thrown as Spanish king and PM visit flood hit town

Mud and insults thrown as Spanish king and PM visit flood-hit town

King Felipe heckled in Paiporta, one of the municipalities worst affected by last week’s floods. Hundreds of people have heckled Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia, as well as the prime minister ...

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Angry crowds hurl mud and insults at Spain's king in flood-hit Valencia

Angry residents in the town of Paiporta shouted "murderers" and threw mud at Spanish King Felipe VI as he was surveying the damage from historic flash floods that killed more than 200 people in the ...

Mud flies as Spain's king and queen visit flood-hit region

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Angry crowds throw mud and shout insults at Spanish king as he tours flood damage

Anger and frustration erupted in Spain on Sunday as King Felipe VI arrived in the town of Paiporta to survey the damage from historic flash floods that killed more than 200 people on Tuesday night.

Angry crowds throw mud and shout insults at Spanish king as he tours flood damage

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WATCH: Protesters throw mud at Spain’s King Felipe during visit to flood-hit area

Spain's King Felipe VI was confronted Sunday by some angry residents while visiting a town devastated by catastrophic flooding, with some pelting him with mud and chanting "asesinos," or "murderers."

Angry crowd confront Spanish king during visit region devastated by floods

Spain's worst floods in decades have left whole neighborhoods covered in mud and strewn with mangled cars and debris. More than 200 people have died and many more are missing.

Spain's king and queen pelted with mud in flood-hit Valencia

Protesters shouted "murderer" at Felipe VI, and the prime minister had to be evacuated as the crowd grew hostile.

Flood survivors pelt Spain's royals with mud and premier is evacuated during a visit

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In Spanish Town Devastated by Flood, a Grim Search for Bodies

Rescuers in Paiporta, where more than 60 people died, were still pulling bodies from the mud. “We are alive,” a resident said. “But we have lost everything.”

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After Floods in Spain, Protesters Throw Mud at King Felipe VI and Officials

As the country reels from a flood that has left at least 214 people dead, thousands have flocked to devastated areas to help. Anger toward public officials is growing.

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Spain's PM orders 10,000 troops and police to flood-hit Valencia

Spain's prime minister said the flooding that killed 211 people was one of worst in Europe this century.

Spain's PM orders 10,000 troops and police to flood-hit Valencia

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Spain's king and queen visit flooded areas with prime minister

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Valencia floods: 'There is mud everywhere here'

The BBC's Nicky Schiller says the La Torre area of the city has been completely devastated.

Video clips show trail of destruction after Spanish floods

At least 158 people were killed following flash floods in southern Spain.

Watch as crowd chant 'murderer' and throw objects at Spanish king

Spain's King Felipe VI is visiting the Valencia region, which has been hit by unprecedented floods.

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Spain flood survivors hurl mud at the royals and top government officials

A crowd of enraged flood survivors pelted the Spanish royal couple with mud and rocks during their first visit to the center of the nation’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory

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Scientists say climate change made deadly floods worse

Climate change had a role in making the storm that hit Spain more intense and deadly, say scientists

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Spain floods disaster: death toll rises to 205 as extra troops mobilised

Weather agency says four regions remain on amber alert because of risk of rain and storms. The death toll from the floods in Spain this week has risen to 205, as residents in the Valencia region ...

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Death toll from Spanish floods rises to 205 as residents appeal for aid

Spanish emergency authorities raised the death toll of the historic flash floods in Spain to at least 205 victims, 202 of them in Valencia alone.

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