Fear and terror were etched in the faces and heard in the voices of thousands of people

who at the end of October last year in the Spanish coastal city of Valencia were caught up in severe flooding following heavy rains.

In less than 24 hours over 200 lives were lost.

Infrastructure was damaged to the tune of $3 billion and over 600,000 businesses either destroyed or damaged.

Hello, my name is Ashishama, and in this edition of Business Daily, I've been back to Valencia

after the floods caused by the extreme heavy rain known in Spanish Azadana to look at how

the region has been recovering. Some businesses have bounced back, like the IMAC Group,

which provides materials and solutions for the construction industry.

We maintained the full team, we didn't have to release anyone,

and we wanted them to keep the jobs.

Others have struggled, though, and especially small traditional family businesses,

many of which have turned to crowdfunding to help finding ways of continuing. A friend of mine has

been searching the cases and get them in an Instagram account that is Dina Pi Porta

so people can find the different initiatives to help people here.

The floods also caused environmental damage. We'll look at how the waterways have been cleaned up

to ensure the safe production of rice and citrus fruit, the main agricultural output of the region.

All that to come in Business Daily.

Well, when I came about six months ago, I wandered into this place of Imak, the warehouse,

and it was pretty messy.

I've got Emmy Bosch, the CEO of the company, who very kindly showed me around last November.

Emmy, it looks like a completely different warehouse today.

Yes, everything is a little cleaner that it was before.

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