US EditionA year on, leader of Spain's Valencia region resigns over deadly floods
- On November 3, 2025, Valencian regional president Carlos Maz�n announced his resignation at the Palau de la Generalitat after a year of protests over the October 29, 2024 floods that killed 229 people.
- Public opinion and protests forced the issue, with 75% of Valencians opposing Maz�n's continuation and the October 25 protest drew more than 50,000 demonstrators demanding his resignation.
- The regional emergency response is under scrutiny for sending phone alerts after inundation and delayed warnings; Mazán spent nearly four hours having lunch with journalist Maribel Vilaplana while floods unfolded, and she later testified.
- Legal and legislative probes are intensifying, with an investigating judge in Valencia examining possible reckless homicide and negligence, while a congressional inquiry in Madrid continues; Maz�n remains a regional lawmaker retaining immunity and no interim successor has been named.
- Maz�n publicly blamed Spain's Socialist-led central government and AEMET for failing to warn sufficiently, while analysts say his unpopularity became a liability for the Popular Party and Alberto N��ez Feij�o.
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Ottumwa Courier
Spanish regional leader steps down over his handling of last year's Valencia flash floods
The leader of Spain's Valencia region has announced his resignation over his government's handling of last year's devastating flash floods. In his region, 229 people lost their lives because of the floods, while another 8 people died elsewhere in Spain.…
The 'president' of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, announced this Monday that he is presenting his resignation.
Carlos Mazón said he couldn't take it anymore.
The president of the Spanish region of Valencia, Carlos Mazón, defied months of protests and revelations. Now the flood disaster, which claimed 237 lives, caught him up. Even his conservative party dropped him on the weekend.
The pressure became too great: Just over a year after the devastating flood disaster in and around Valencia, the Prime Minister of the region of the right-wing PP, Carlos Mazón, has made his position available.
InsideNoVA.com
Spain regional leader resigns, a year after deadly floods
The heavily criticised leader of Spain's Valencia region said on Monday he was stepping down, a year after the area was hit by floods that were the country's deadliest natural disaster in a generation.
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