Valencians struggling to recover from devastating floods

Pascual Andreu points proudly to a black-and-white photograph stuck to the wall of the premises of his chocolate-making business. Staring out from it is his grandfather, who started the company in 1914.

But, as he looks around him and re the destruction caused by the flash floods which struck the eastern Spanish region of Valencia on 29 October, tears well up in Andreu's eyes.

"The water came in and water and mud covered everything," he says. "And when it had gone, it left a terrible sight. All the stock we had was ruined, the machinery was useless."

He adds: "All my life working. And for what":[]}