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The Times & The Sunday Times

Deadly floods highlight divide between people and power in Spain

The Times & The Sunday Times
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64% Informative

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.

The central Socialist government and the conservative regional government are locked in a blame game over who was responsible for the late alerts and poor disaster management.

The divide between the Spain of 100,000 volunteers and that of the institutions of state has never been so starkly exposed.

Thousands of volunteers have taken it upon themselves to supply food, water, health products and cleaning assistance where official aid is absent.

VR Score

68

Informative language

67

Neutral language

69

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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