After the incident, the number of confirmed dead has risen to 227 people, with 13 people still reported missing without a trace. Authorities in Valencia, the hardest-hit region, announced these figures on Monday.
By a lower estimate, 219 people died just in the Valencia region, with 218 of them identified. It is known that the temporary morgue was closed in the city of Valencia, where it was set up to deal with the aftermath of the disaster.
The process of clearing the aftermath continues in many of the 80 hardest-hit areas in western and southern Valencia.
Photographs presented today by the local television channel "RTVE" show that the roads are still covered in mud, while the fields are flooded.
