Almost half of Valencia’s flood victims were aged over 70, figures show
Police reveal ages and genders of the 216 people who died in Valencia, along with eight other victims elsewhere in Spain
Almost half of the 216 people known to have died in the catastrophic floods that hit the eastern Spanish region of Valencia at the end of October were 70 or above, according to a police analysis.
Figures from the data integration centre set up after the disaster show that 131 of the victims were male, 85 were female and 104 were aged over 70, including 15 aged over 90.
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