David Rozalen was burying his father on Sunday morning while an angry crowd hurled mud and insults at King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish prime minister.
The crowd beset the royal entourage while they visited Paiporta, the eastern town near Valencia that has been worst hit by flooding that has claimed more than 200 lives.
Rozalen, 50, understands their rage. The delay in alerts warning residents to evacuate resulted in him not being able to reach Francisco, his 85-year-old father, in time to save his life. Alone and terrified, with his electricity and phone coverage cut by Tuesday’s floods and watching a torrent of water rise in the street below, his father died of a heart attack.
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