The head of the Spanish government announced that another 5,000 troops will be deployed to flood-affected areas, 4,000 of them on Saturday and 1,000 on Sunday, in addition to at least 2,000 soldiers already on the ground.
“We are talking about the largest deployment of state security forces and armed forces in our country in peacetime,” the prime minister was quoted as saying by Spanish radio Cadena SER. he said.
He said a Spanish navy ship would also be deployed to host the helicopters.
The Head of Government announced that the death toll increased to 211.
