{"id":282795,"date":"2024-11-12T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T02:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=282795"},"modified":"2024-11-12T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T02:00:23","slug":"spain-pm-announces-fresh-floods-aid-of-almost-3-8-bn-euros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=282795","title":{"rendered":"Spain PM announces fresh floods aid of almost 3.8 bn euros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2024\/11\/11\/image-222718-1731328748.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>MADRID, Nov 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Spain announced fresh measures worth almost 3.8 billion euros to help stricken citizens recover from the country&#8217;s worst floods in a generation that have killed 222 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exceptional Mediterranean storm that lashed Spain two weeks ago particularly devastated the wealthy eastern Valencia region, which has suffered most of the deaths and destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The torrents of muddy water wrecked roads and railways, tossed cars, gutted shops and submerged fields, with the final bill expected to soar to tens of billions of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday unveiled a second aid package worth 3.76 billion euros ($4 billion) to reinforce aid worth 10.6 billion euros announced last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compensation will be streamlined and extended to cover more residents and property, while farmers will also receive fresh aid totalling 200 million euros, the left-wing premier told a news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanchez has compared the measures to the state&#8217;s intervention to prop up the economy during the Covid-19 crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government &#8220;will be there with all the necessary resources and for as long as it takes&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week&#8217;s aid included support for small and midsize businesses, self-employed workers and households that have suffered deaths, incapacity and damage to homes and belongings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tax relief, a three-month postponement to repaying mortgages and loans and central government spending on the immense clean-up work facing local councils were also announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thousands of soldiers, police officers, civil guards and emergency services are repairing wrecked infrastructure, distributing relief and searching for dozens of missing people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Widespread anger at the authorities for their perceived mismanagement before and after the floods triggered mass protests on Saturday, the largest in Valencia city which drew 130,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National weather service AEMET has forecast another storm bringing heavy rains over the Valencia region this week. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADRID, Nov 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Spain announced fresh measures worth almost 3.8 billion euros to help stricken citizens recover from the country&#8217;s worst floods in a generation that have killed 222 people. The exceptional Mediterranean storm that lashed Spain two weeks ago particularly devastated the wealthy eastern Valencia region, which has suffered most of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":282796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282795"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=282795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282799,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282795\/revisions\/282799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/282796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=282795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=282795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}