A crowd of angry survivors have hurled mud and insults at Spain’s King Felipe during a visit to one of the worst flood-hit towns.

The King and Queen and government officials were touring devastated Paiporta, just outside Valencia when they were confronted by locals.

Police on horseback were forced to step in and push back a crowd of several dozen people.

“Get out! Get out!” and “Killers!” rang out among other insults.

After being forced to seek protection from the mud, the king remained calm and made several efforts to speak to individual residents. One person appeared to have wept on his shoulder. He shook the hand of a man.

Queen Letizia and regional Valencia President Carlo Mazón were also in the contingent.

More than 200 people were killed and thousands made homeless in the region after walls of water and mud destroyed their homes this week. At least 60 of the dead were in Paiporta, an epicentre of suffering.

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Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia shake hands with Spanish Civil Guards. Pic: Casa de S.M. el Rey/Jose Jimenez/Reuters

Volunteers and residents cleanup the mud four days after flash floods swept away everything in their path in Paiporta, outskirts of Valencia, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Angel Garcia)
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Volunteers and residents clean up the mud from flash floods in Paiporta, yesterday. Pic: AP

The government has been accused of doing little to help survivors who have complained about the slow reaction of emergency services, and the shortage of food and water.

The death toll from the historic floods which hit parts of southern and eastern Spain between Tuesday and Wednesday has reached 214.

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