The body coordinating rescue work in the eastern region of Valencia announced on Thursday that 155 bodies had been recovered there. Officials in Castilla-La Mancha in central Spain reported two deaths, and Andalusia in the south announced one.
Residents gather in the street next to a pile of cars after flooding in the town of Massanassa in the region of Valencia. Al Jazeera's Sonia Gallego, reporting from Valencia, said many residents told her they received weather alerts only after the floods.
Opposition politicians accused the central government in Madrid of acting too slowly to warn residents and send in rescue teams, prompting the Ministry of Interior to say regional authorities were responsible for civil protection measures.
Valencia Mayor Maria Jose Catala told reporters that a local policeman was among the eight dead found drowned in a garage in the suburb of La Torre. Those people wouldn't have died if they had been warned in time.
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