Carnage and royal anger in Valencia

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Hundreds of residents of a Valencia suburb hit by the deadly floods protested during a visit by Spanish King Felipe with mud thrown at him. Ken Browne reports from Paiporta and sees the devastation.  #spain #kingfelipe #floods #valencia

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00:00We're here in Paiporta, one of the worst hit areas in this disaster here in Spain.

00:06You can see the damage, the roads still covered in mud.

00:11Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, the King, the Queen of Spain,

00:15the President of the Valencia region, Carlos Mathon were all here recently

00:20and had mud thrown at them, mud and insults.

00:23They have left the King and Queen.

00:25We're going to visit another part of Valencia

00:27but they've now cancelled that.

00:31You can see there are lots of volunteers on the road, walking along the road here.

00:40The worrying thing is that the rain has started again.

00:42People are driving past saying a casa, a casa.

00:45They're saying go home, go home.

00:47This still the situation here in Valencia, ground zero of this disaster days later.

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