Angry residents called for fresh protests in Spain on Friday as the country marked one month since its worst floods in a generation killed 230 people.The authorities' handling of the disaster prompted trade unions and associations to call for rallies in the hardest-hit areas later on Friday.

Several companies had drawn ire for ordering their employees to keep working even after the national weather agency issued a red alert at the time of the floods

In light of increasingly frequent extreme weather events, the Spanish government has approved the introduction of a four-day paid "weather leave." The new regulations introduced by the Spanish government are designed to assist employees who are unable to reach work due to adverse weather conditions.