After the devastating floods at the end of October, ‘paid climate leave’ is now being introduced in Spain. If there are severe weather warnings, workers can stay home for up to four days and receive their wages from the state.
The Spanish Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, announced this on Thursday. A prerequisite is severe weather warnings from the central government, regional authorities or city authorities. In this way, trips or journeys should be avoided for a maximum of four days. The new scheme has already been approved by the Spanish cabinet.
Following the floods in the east and south of the country, several companies came under fire for requiring their employees to stay at work despite an urgent warning from weather authorities. The companies accused the authorities of warning too late.
Basements and garages are still flooded
The heavy rain killed more than 230 people, most of them in the Valencia region. Five people were still missing on Wednesday. Cleanup and cleanup efforts are underway in many of the severely devastated communities (see video above). Many private garages and cellars are still flooded.
On Monday, the towing of more than 120,000 damaged cars that were stacked on top of each other in many streets began. They were initially stored at temporary collection points and are now taken to a central demolition site. Helpers also built temporary bridges or other intersections to repair destroyed connections.
Source: Krone
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