At least 218 have been confirmed dead after a deluge caused by heavy rains late on Oct. 29 and the next morning swamped entire communities, mostly in Spain's Valencia region, catching most off guard. Regional authorities have been heavily criticized for having issued alerts to mobile phones some two hours after the disaster had started.

Valencia has had to turn its focus away from soccer amid one of its worst starts to a Spanish league and with its Singaporean owner enduring continued criticism by its fans.

The number only corresponds to the eastern Valencia region, where 211 of the 217 confirmed deaths took place when entire communities were swamped by tsunami-like floods on Oct. 29

Spain says 89 people are confirmed to be missing 1 week after catastrophic floods hit the eastern Valencia region

By David Latona and Charlie Devereux PAIPORTA/MADRID (Reuters) -At least 89 people remain missing after deadly floods in eastern Spain, the regional judicial authorities in Valencia said on Tuesday, and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he was earmarking 10.

Spanish authorities on Tuesday said 89 people are missing in the eastern Valencia region following the devastating flash floods that killed more than 200 people last week. It is the first official figure of the missing to be released by authorities,

One week after catastrophic flooding devasted eastern Spain, María Murgui still holds out hope that her father is alive and among the unknown number of the missing. "He was like many people in town who went out to get their car or motorbike to safety,