Two Years After the Valencia Floods: Region Holds Silence for 233 Victims and Honours Urda Dead
October 29 marked the second anniversary of the catastrophic 2024 floods in Spain's Valencian Community. The regional government held a minute of silence at the Palau de la Generalitat in the city of Valencia and flew flags at half-mast at institutions across the region. The DANA cold-drop floods of October 29, 2024 killed 233 people, making them one of the worst natural disasters in modern Spanish history.
Regional president Juanfran Pérez Llorca presided over the silence at the Palau, attended by the members of the Consell and by Vicent Mompó, president of the Valencia provincial council. Under the regional government's Decree 156/2025, October 29 is the official day of remembrance and mourning for the flood victims across the Valencian Community.
The silence also honoured the victims of two further disasters: the four people killed by the new DANA storm "Adam" on October 19, and the 69 people killed in the October 28 high-speed train collision at Urda, in Toledo province, whose search and identification work continues.
Valencia's city council also flew flags at half-mast throughout the day, displayed a black ribbon on its digital panels and held silences at municipal buildings. Mayor María José Catalá took part in the commemorative act in the Castellar-l'Oliveral district.
Source: Generalitat Valenciana
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Photo: 图：2024年瓦伦西亚洪灾后受损的车辆（资料图）。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons（CC BY-SA 4.0），作者：Ellywa。 / Photo: Damaged cars after the October 2024 floods in Valencia (file photo). Source: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), by Ellywa.
