Valencia president Carlos Mazón resigns over botched handling of deadly floods

Leader of Spanish region's People's party had clung to power despite calls for him to stand down over 2024 disaster

Mud on our hands; blood on his': fury lingers one year after deadly floods

Carlos Mazon, the embattled president of the eastern Spanish region of Valencia, has bowed to public fury and political pressure by resigning over his botched handling of the deadly floods that killed 229 people in the area just over a year ago.

Mazon, a member of the conservative People's party (PP), had hung on despite calls for him to stand down after it emerged that he spent more than three hours having lunch with a journalist as the floods hit and people were drowning in their homes, garages and cars.