Valencia holds memorial service for flood victims

The King and Queen of Spain presided over a ceremony also attended by high-ranking Spanish politicians.

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00:00The King and the Queen of Spain as well as several high-ranking Spanish politicians

00:06attended a memorial service for the victims of Spain's devastating floods a few months ago.

00:19The ceremony held in the Cathedral of the Valencian capital was attended by hundreds

00:24of relatives of the flood victims, some of who advocated against the attendance

00:28of Spanish politicians. They blamed them for having acted with negligence in what was the

00:39worst natural disaster in decades. The flash floods in October killed more than 200 people

00:45and left a trail of destruction mostly in the region of Valencia.