Spain floods disaster: 5,000 more troops drafted in to deal with aftermath

Pedro Sánchez orders largest ever peacetime troop deployment to deal with flooding that has killed 211 people Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has ordered the country's largest ever peacetime military deployment, announcing that another 5,000 troops will be drafted in to help deal with the aftermath of this week's devastating floods, which have killed at least 211 people in eastern, southern and central regions. Speaking after chairing a meeting of the flood crisis committee, Sánchez sa...