The number of people killed in the floods in the province of Valencia now amounts to 62, according to the latest balance provided by the Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat this Wednesday.
In addition, a person has been found dead among the rubble in Letur (Albacete), making it the second person to die in Castilla-La Mancha as a result of the floods.
A search team, made up of more than one hundred people, continues to search for five people who have not been located since noon this Tuesday, when a large flood flooded the center of Letur.
This is the second fatal victim of dana in Castilla-La Mancha, since an octogenarian has also died in Mira (Cuenca), as a result of the rains.
In the case of Valencia, the overflowing of the Poyo ravine as it passes through Aldaia has caused the death of three people who lived in ground-floor homes adjacent to the ravine, as explained to the mayor, Enrique Luján, who has stated that the avenue of water was like “a tsunami.”
The mayor of Paiporta, Maribel Albalat, has assured that “dozens” of people could have died as a result of the damage and has indicated that the town, located ten kilometers from Valencia, is completely cut off and nothing works.
The process of surveying and identifying the deceased continues and the Generalitat has activated the Multiple Victims Procedure since Tuesday night, in anticipation that the floods caused by the Dana will leave several fatalities.
The worst natural disaster in 75 years
In fact, the floods caused by torrential rains in recent hours in the Valencian Community and Castilla-La Mancha are the greatest tragedy caused by rains so far this century and are among the most serious in the last 75 years.
The Generalitat of Catalonia has also launched a warning of violent weather in the crown of Barcelona, specifically in the regions of Baix Llobregat, Garraf, Barcelonès, Vallès Occidental and Alt Penedès, in view of the forecast of more gusts of wind. of 90 kilometers per hour and hail more than two centimeters in diameter.
For his part, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has expressed his solidarity and affection for all the victims of the storm and has guaranteed them all the necessary help: “We are not going to leave you alone.”
Felipe VI has also expressed his condolences to the victims of the damage in the Valencian Community and other communities, has highlighted the need to let the rescue services work and has asked that citizens continue taking the necessary precautions and heeding the recommendations of the authorities.
Extraordinary session in the face of tragedy
Congress has suspended the full control of the Government that was being held given the magnitude of the tragedy, but maintains the extraordinary session called to debate the decree on RTVE, while the Senate has suspended all activity, including the processing of laws that They met their deadline.
Meanwhile, relatives of missing people in the municipalities most affected by dana, such as Benetússer or Alfafar, a few kilometers from the Valencian capital, express their desperation because they have no news of them and ask the authorities for help to locate them.
Furthermore, different regions of Spain and countries such as Portugal, Italy or Brussels are beginning to mobilize to offer help to the most devastated autonomous communities.
Telephone for information on missing persons
For his part, the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, has highlighted that since 7:00 a.m. this Wednesday the telephone number for missing persons has been active, which is 900365112, and has insisted that it is a telephone number to report information about missing people. For emergencies, “112 is still in force and has not fallen,” he added.
During the night, two hundred people were rescued by land means, although there are still “several hundred people trapped” on the A-3 and A-5 highways, reported the head of the provincial fire department consortium of the Provincial Council. from Valencia, José Miguel Basset.
“Multiple victim procedure”
Mazón has announced that “the multiple casualty procedure” has been activated, but has said he cannot yet provide a number of fatalities and has insisted on avoiding road travel to facilitate rescue efforts.
The Government delegate in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, has asked citizens not to use the roads, not so much because of the weather alert still in force but to facilitate access for emergency services to rescue affected people.
The cold drop suffered by the Valencian Community is the worst of this 21st century, comparable to those experienced in 1987 and 1982, that of the “Pantanada de Tous”, according to the first balance sheet offered by the State Meteorological Agency on the social network x.
Deployment of the EMU
More than a thousand soldiers from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) have been deployed in the province of Valencia to address the situation caused by the damage, with specialized means that work in coordination with the emergency device of the Generalitat Valenciana.
The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, has confirmed the displacement of 1,034 troops from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) through the dana, of which 250 are already acting and the rest, 784, are concentrated waiting to access areas where it is not possible now.
Robles has also reported that at this time more than 1,000 troops with helicopters have traveled to the affected areas, to where psychologists have gone to care for the victims.
Rescues during the night
During the night, emergency teams have rescued nearly two hundred people affected by the damage that has devastated the province of Valencia, but there are still many people trapped on roads and places that cannot be accessed due to the effects of the weather situation.
This was stated by the provincial chief of Firefighters of Valencia, José Miguel Basset, after the meeting held this morning by those responsible for the different bodies involved in the Emergency services on the occasion of this damage.
Second alert this morning through mobile phones
A new alert this morning from the Es-Alert population warning system, through mobile phones, asks to avoid any type of road travel in the province of Valencia as a preventive measure against heavy rains.
This is the second alert that the Valencian population receives during this damage, which has already left several fatalities and numerous material years, after the one sent on Tuesday afternoon.
The Civil Protection alert asks citizens to be attentive to future notices through this channel and official sources, on the social network accounts X @GVA112 and À Punt.
Nearly 155,000 Iberdrola customers in the province of Valencia have been affected by the electricity supply incidents, whose service will be restored as access allows.
The Valencia City Council has assured that the supply of drinking water is guaranteed in the city and complies with public health parameters, and has highlighted that after the hurricane, there have been no outages in the capital’s network.
More than 60 roads affected by DANA
More than 60 roads, most of the secondary network, are affected by the consequences of the torrential rains that have overflowed rivers and flooded roads, especially in the Valencian Community and Castilla La-Mancha, where the A-3 and A-7 highways register stretches cut.
Both the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) and the Ministry of Transport and Urban Mobility have asked drivers not to get behind the wheel, especially to travel on roads in Valencia, Castellón and Cuenca, as a result of the worst damage of the century.
The most serious effects are on the roads of Valencia, with cuts in several sections of the A-3, the A-7, the A-35, as well as the bypass to enter the city, the roads that connect it with Alicante and the N-3, N-322 and N-330 roads as they pass through the towns of Picassent, La Alcudia, Requena, Buñol Paterna, Alzira and Chiva (Valencia), among other municipalities.
In Castellón, the CV-200 in Almédijar and CV-148 and CV-1486 in El Borseral were closed.
More cities affected
In Castilla La Mancha, the A-3 highway in Atalaya del Cañavate and Minglanilla (Cuenca) towards Valencia and the secondary road network: CM-2109 in Mira (Cuenca) and CM-3135 in Barrax (Albacete) are closed.
In Teruel, the TE-28 in Blancas to Odón and the TE-V-4301 in Torralba de los Sisones were cut.
In Mallorca, the following road was cut off due to heavy rain: the MA-15 in Vilafranca de Bonany at KP 43.1.
In Andalusia, four secondary roads have been cut, three in Granada – the A- 4200 in Río de Baza, the GR-6103 in La Calahorra and the GR 9108 in Collar -, while in Málaga the A-7057 in Cártama is affected.
For his part, the mayor of Olba (Teruel), Federico Martín, has confirmed to EFE that several neighborhoods in the municipality remain incommunicado after the passage of the dana in the last hours.
More than fifty incidents in Andalusia
More than fifty incidents have been recorded during the night of Tuesday and the early hours of this Wednesday due to the storm in Andalusia, according to the latest data provided by the 112 Emergency service.
The province of Malaga has concentrated the majority of the notices, followed by Granada, although there is no evidence of personal injuries.
The storm that hits the Andalusian autonomous community has left more than 900 emergencies (including those this morning).
The Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno, has called for “extreme caution” in the face of the storm and considers it “heartbreaking” that the first reports speak of dozens of dead and missing people.
Valencia / EFE
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