Queen Letizia And King Felipe VI were hit by mud thrown by protesters as they visited a region of Spain devastated by recent flash floods.

On Sunday, November 3, the King and Queen of Spain visited the eastern city of Valencia as the flood toll reached more than 200 people.

According to the BBCThe royal couple were subjected to cries of “murderer” and “shame” as they drove through the town of Paiporta – one of the worst hit in the region – while mud and other objects were thrown at them. also been launched.

In pictures shared by the outlet, King Felipe, 56, was shown being led through the streets as hundreds of people shouted heckles and threw objects in his direction. Another video showed Queen Letizia, 52, with mud on her face and in tears as she spoke to residents and hugged one who was overcome with emotion.

The scenes unfolded against a backdrop of growing anger in Spain over the lack of warning about flooding and the level of government support given to those affected.

By The guardianan alert calling on residents not to leave their homes on October 29 was sent out after floodwaters began to rise.

According to the outlet, during Felipe’s visit, he was confronted by a man who told him: “You abandoned us. You arrive four days too late.

The man also asked Felipe about the alert sent hours after the state weather agency warned of deteriorating conditions.

“They knew it, they knew it, and yet they did nothing,” he shouted at Felipe, according to the media outlet. “It’s a shame.”

The monarch appeared to discuss his visit in a video posted online hours later.

“You have to understand the anger and frustration of many people with everything they have experienced, as well as the difficulty of understanding how all the mechanisms related to emergency operations work,” he told officials from Valencia. The guardian reported.

In a post shared on (formerly known as Twitter) on October 30, Felipe declared himself “devastated” by the floods.

“Strength, courage and all the necessary support to all those affected,” he wrote.

So far, 217 bodies have been found in the rubble left by the floods, according to the Associated Press. Of the victims, 213 were in the eastern region of Valencia.

As previously reported by PEOPLE, a year’s worth of rain fell in about eight hours in Valencia on Oct. 29, according to Reuters and the BBC.

The rainfall caused Spain’s most devastating flood in 30 years and left more than 140,000 people without power in Valencia. This is the deadliest flood since that of 1996 in the Pyrenees which left 87 dead, according to Reuters.