Spain's flood recovery efforts get underway as the economic toll mounts. Hello, this is the Marketplace

Morning Report and we're coming to you live from the BBC World Service. I'm Leanna Byrne. We begin with the

devastating floods in Valencia. More than 200 people were killed in the floods, the worst in Spain for

decades. Authorities are now facing the massive task of

reconstructing key roads and tunnels that have been left in ruins. For more on the economic impact,

let's speak to Katie Silver. Hi Katie. Hi, Leanna. Now, Katie, with bridges collapsed and higher

towns submerged in mud, what kind of costs are we looking at for rebuilding critical infrastructure?

Well, one report I saw basically said that the costs would be incalculable.

So to give you an idea, on Friday we heard from Spain's Transport Ministry releasing about

25 million euros, but that is just to cover the first emergency repairs, to deal with

things like rail

and infrastructure. To give you an idea there's this entire freeway viaduct that's being

destroyed by the floods, about 80,000 vehicles go over it every day. And so they've set up a temporary

detour, but that's going to need to be rebuilt. Two rail tunnels, severely damaged kilometers and kilometers of commuter train lines that need to be rebuilt. Two rail tunnels severely damaged kilometres and kilometres of commuter train

lines that need to be rebuilt, as well as indeed the train line that connects Valencia to the capital

Madrid. So estimating these costs is basically impossible. Now residents have expressed frustration

at what they see is a slow government response. What financial aid or relief

packages has the government promised so far? And are they likely to meet the needs of the affected

communities? The country's Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, is basically last week said, we won't

leave you on your own and they're going to use the resources of birth to state, as well as, if

necessary, those of the European Union to help people there.

We're also hearing the president of the Valencian government, Carlos Mazon.

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