It will only cover around fifth of the repair costs.”.The Mar Menor was hit severely in the Los Alcazares and San Javier areas, which were visited at the beginning of October by King Felipe and Queen Letizia.“In terms of size and proportion, we were the worst-hit area of Spain, but we have been penalised by the Madrid government for the efficient way that we dealt with the emergency,” José Ramón Díez de Revenga continued.“The irony is that it was the Murcia president, Fernando Lopez Miras, who went to Brussels with me last October to try to get money from the EU Solidarity Fund and got the whole process going.”.“It’s not the regional government that will suffer at the hands of Madrid, but the local residents who were flooded, ” the minister concluded.Alex worked for 30 years for the BBC as a presenter, producer and manager. 11 January 2020 @ 14:10. Spain: Storm Death Toll up to 7, Major River Floods Feared.Fears increased that heavy rains expected later Wednesday could lead to several swollen rivers breaking their banks, among them the Onyar river that flows through the northeastern city of Gerona .The body of a missing man was found Wednesday in a flooded area near the town of Callosa, in southeastern Spain, the local Valencia regional government said.It added that a woman was killed when her apartment building partially collapsed in the town of Alcoy, following heavy rains.In the southeastern town of Nijar, a farmer was found dead in a plastic greenhouse that had been hit by a hail storm, according to the private Spanish news agency Europa Press.Four other people died between Sunday and Tuesday.Searches continued for several missing people.Since Sunday, the storm has hit mostly eastern areas of Spain with hail, heavy snow and high winds, while huge waves smashed into towns on the Mediterranean coast and the nearby islands of Mallorca and Menorca.Weather forecasts said the worst of the storm had passed by Wednesday.Transport authorities said the bad weather forced the closure of more than 200 roads. 02 Apr 2020 09:58 GMT. Sea foam floods streets of Spanish town during deadly storm. Of course many roads and streets are flooded […] He covered a variety of areas specialising in sport, news and politics. Spain's government plans a slow revival of its tourism sector from lockdown by the end of 2020. 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