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Spain is to distribute €10.6 billion ($11.5 billion) in aid to those affected by the devastating flash floods that killed more than 200 people and wreaked havoc in the country’s east last week, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Tuesday. The aid package, which will include direct payments to households and businesses, was “only a first step,” Sánchez said. One week following the historic floods, large parts of the more than 60 affected municipalities in the eastern Valencia region remain devastated and roads blocked, despite clean-up efforts kicking into high gear. Rubbish, broken furniture …