The US conveys its condolences to Spain for the fatalities after the DANA floods

MADRID Nov. 1 () –

The Government of the United States has conveyed its condolences to Spain this Thursday for the fatalities recorded after the DANA floods, which according to the provisional balance, has left 158 ​​dead, the majority in the Valencian Community, although deaths have also been recorded. in Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia.

“The United States expresses its deepest condolences to the Spanish people for the tragic loss of life due to unprecedented flooding. Our thoughts are with all those who have lost their loved ones due to recent weather conditions,” said the US spokesperson. Department of State, Matthew Miller, through his profile on the social network X.

The DANA, which is mainly affecting the east of the country, has so far left a provisional balance of 158 dead, 155 in the Valencian Community, two in Castilla-La Mancha and another in Andalusia. These data place this natural disaster as one of the most serious in the last 75 years, even ahead of the Biescas (Huesca) flood in 1996 with 87 deaths and the Turia flood in 1957, in which 80 lost their lives. and 100 people.

Although it is not clear which has been the natural disaster with the highest number of deaths in Spain because only in recent decades has the victim count followed a more precise and reliable accounting, the Vallés floods in the province of Barcelona, ​​in September of 1962, is considered the largest natural disaster in recent history, with between 600 and 1,000 fatalities, in addition to thousands of injuries and a large amount of economic losses.