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'Life turned to dust': A family's grief after Spain floods

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Summary
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60% Informative

Victor Matías left work early to pick up his two sons from nursery and make croquetas.

The boys, aged 5 and 3 , had been playing in the garden when the torrent hit Valencia .

Victor was found clinging to a tree four hours later , more than 200 metres away.

His mother the boys' grandma revealed that Victor had been ready to throw himself into the torrent and surrender to his fate, but then stopped.

Neighbour Jonathan encapsulates seething anger millions of Spaniards are feeling.

Neighbours are angry at the fact the official red alert sent to mobile phones came at 8pm - far too late.

Despite nearly two weeks of intensive daily searches, the brothers have not been found.

VR Score

60

Informative language

56

Neutral language

53

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

36

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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