Valencia floods: mayor pledges legal action over crisis response

Paiporta, 1 of the hardest-hit towns successful Spain’s Valencia floods, is grappling with devastation, much than 200 deaths, and rising nationalist anger. Accusations of governmental negligence person led to protests and demands for accountability from determination person Carlos Mazon, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, and adjacent the monarchy.

In this episode, Paiporta’s mayor, Maribel Albalat Asensi, talks to Al Jazeera astir the government’s handling of the crisis, the community’s combat for justice, and the lessons to beryllium learned.