In early-fall 2024 thousands of eager-to-help people headed to flood-hit areas around Valencia Spain bringing much needed supplies and support. Rafael Lopez a local resident explains how hard it is to get basic items: “you need to walk 15-20 km just to buy bread“
The super-active response brought folks with pick-axes shovels and clean-up gear to Paiporta (one of the worst-hit places near Valencia). People from different countries and backgrounds joined forces to deal with mud-filled streets and homes; its quite rare to see such a big turn-out
The floods hit hard damaging key infrastructure and farming areas. The region known for its citrus production lost many orange farms which usually send fruit world-wide. The disaster caused around 205 deaths making it the deadliest weather event in Spainʼs recent past
Its amazing - thousands of people coming from Valencia like a big corridor of people helping the victims of this incredible disaster
Local helpers shared their thoughts: Nuria an interior designer came from LElianas suburbs ready to do any hard work while Reme Montero focused on cleaning flooded ground-floor homes. By late-day local officials posted on X asking volunteers to step back as too many people started blocking emergency teams work