Spanish King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia are to visit the disaster region around Valencia on Sunday.

The visit comes five days after the severe storms in the east and south of Spain, which killed at least 213 people. The exact itinery of the visit has not been disclosed.

Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, posted on X that he would be travelling with the royal couple.

The three visitors are likely to face some resentment in the villages west and south of Valencia, which were hit hardest by Tuesday’s floods.

Many people from the devastated communities felt completely abandoned in the first hours and days after the disaster, with cars and furniture piled up on the muddy streets of villages left without drinking water, food, electricity or telecommunications.

Many mayors took matters into their own hands and organized initial assistance for their inhabitants in the villages, which were cut off from the road network.

Support also came from volunteers who walked from the city of Valencia to the nearby villages with salvage equipment and donations of food, bottled water and clothing.

Volunteers clean up the streets in an area affected by the heavy floods in Massanassa. At least 211 people were killed in Tuesday's storms and floods in Spain's southern and eastern regions, most of them in the Valencia region, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday after a meeting about response to the disaster. Lorena Sopêna/EUROPA PRESS/dpaVolunteers clean up the streets in an area affected by the heavy floods in Massanassa. At least 211 people were killed in Tuesday's storms and floods in Spain's southern and eastern regions, most of them in the Valencia region, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday after a meeting about response to the disaster. Lorena Sopêna/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

Volunteers rescue a dog from an area affected by the heavy floods in Massanassa. At least 211 people were killed in Tuesday's storms and floods in Spain's southern and eastern regions, most of them in the Valencia region, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday after a meeting about response to the disaster. Lorena Sopêna/EUROPA PRESS/dpaVolunteers rescue a dog from an area affected by the heavy floods in Massanassa. At least 211 people were killed in Tuesday's storms and floods in Spain's southern and eastern regions, most of them in the Valencia region, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday after a meeting about response to the disaster. Lorena Sopêna/EUROPA PRESS/dpa



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