The leader of Spain's eastern Valencia region is stepping down under pressure over his handling of catastrophic floods a year ago.

Carlos Mazon has faced calls to resign, including from victims' relatives, since the October 29, 2024, downpour killed 229 people and caused billions of euros in damages, mainly in suburbs south of Valencia, Spain's third-largest city.

"I can't go on any more," Mazon, of the opposition conservative People's Party (PP), told reporters on Monday.

"I know I made mistakes, I admit it, and I know I'll have to live with them for the rest of my life."

In a prior speech, he excoriated what he termed insufficient support from Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez' government.

Sanchez's office did not immediately comment.

Mazon also blamed national weather agency

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