The Commission is providing €846 million to Spain to support recovery following the DANA in 2024

The European Commission has approved a payment of 846 million euros to Spain from the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to support reconstruction efforts following the devastating floods that hit the Valencian Community in October 2024. This sum supplements an emergency advance of 100 million euros disbursed in March 2025 to help get recovery and relief operations underway.

In October 2024, an extreme weather event known as a ‘DANA’ (isolated high-altitude low-pressure system) struck the Valencian Community with heavy rainfall that lasted for several days, leading to widespread and devastating flooding. The disaster claimed more than 230 lives, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in Spain’s recent history. It also caused widespread damage to homes, schools, hospitals, businesses and critical infrastructure, leaving entire communities displaced and cut off.

Following a thorough assessment of the damage, and taking into account the EUSF budget, the Commission proposed in October 2025 to grant Spain a total of 945 million euros, which the European Parliament and the Council swiftly approved. This is the second-largest amount ever allocated by the EU’s main disaster relief instrument following a disaster.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said: “When a disaster strikes a part of Europe, our entire Union mobilises as one. We have just approved new funds to help rebuild what was destroyed by the terrible floods in Valencia. Our total aid is approaching 1 000 million euros. It is also a concrete demonstration of the EU’s solidarity with our Spanish friends, who are still bearing the brunt of loss and grief. To Spain, today and tomorrow: Europe stands with you.”

 

More information: European Commission.