Spain’s King Felipe VI faced angry protesters during his visit to the Valencia region, which has been hit by unprecedented flooding.

Footage shows an angry crowd shouting “murderer” and “shame” at the king, who was also asked why nothing was done to prevent the tragedy.

Spain’s worst floods in decades have left entire neighborhoods covered in mud and strewn with wrecked cars and debris.

More than 200 people have been killed in the floods, with many more missing. Emergency workers continue to go through underground parking lots and tunnels in hopes of finding survivors and recovering bodies.

There was anger at a perceived lack of warning and insufficient support from the authorities after the floods.

King Felipe and Queen Letizia visited Paiporta, a city that was badly affected.

Footage showed the king walking down a pedestrianized street before his bodyguards and police were suddenly overwhelmed by a wave of protesters, hurling insults and shouting.

They struggled to maintain a ring of protection around the monarch as some of the protesters threw mud and objects.

The king engaged with several, even embraced them.

Pictures showed mud on the faces and clothes of the king, queen and accompanying officials, who held shadows over the monarch as they left.

Guardia Civil and officers on horseback were later seen trying to disperse the angry crowd.

It comes after residents criticized local authorities for their response to the catastrophic flooding.

Juan Bordera, a member of the Valencian parliament, called the king’s visit “a very bad decision”.

Authorities “didn’t listen to any warnings,” Bordera told the BBC.

“It is logical that people are angry, it is logical that people did not understand why this visit is so urgent,” he added.

In a post on X, the president of Valencia’s parliament, Carlos Mazón, said he understood the public’s anger and praised the king’s “exemplary” response.

On Saturday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez ordered 10,000 more soldiers, police officers and civil guards to move into the area.

He said the deployment was Spain’s largest in peacetime. But he added that he was aware that the response “was not enough” and acknowledged “serious problems and shortcomings”.

The flooding started on Tuesday after a period of heavy rainfall. The floods quickly caused bridges to collapse and covered cities in thick mud.

Many communities have been cut off, left without access to water, food, electricity and other basic services.

By Saturday, the death toll from the floods had risen to 211, with many more feared missing.

Almost all of the confirmed deaths so far have occurred in the Valencia region on the Mediterranean coast.

Some areas were particularly devastated. Authorities in the town of Paiporta, visited by the royal couple today, reported at least 62 deaths.