Relatives of victims of the floods in Valencia attend the state funeral marking a year of the disaster, at the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain, October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Eva Manez
MADRID (Reuters) -Some in solemn silence, others seething with anger, hundreds of relatives of the victims of deadly floods in Spain's Valencia region flocked to a state funeral presided over by King Felipe on Wednesday, a year after the tragedy killed 237 people.
Many arrived at the futuristic venue known as the City of Arts and Sciences wearing black T-shirts reading, in Valencian: "Their deaths were avoidable".
