Total desolation in the Valencian Community. The worst DANA in decades has so far left 92 people dead in Valencia. It is the most devastating storm in living memory and one of the worst natural disasters in the history of Spain. Authorities do not rule out that the death toll will continue to rise in the coming hours. In addition, the authorities of Castilla-La Mancha have confirmed that the number of deaths will continue to rise in the coming hours an 88 year-old woman has died in Cuenca and another person has been found lifeless in Albacete. In Malaga, a 71-year-old man who was rescued in the floods has died. The total number of victims is 95.
This Thursday, the concern has moved to Castellón, a province that the AEMET maintains in red alert due to risk of heavy rains.
Satellite shows the before and after of Valencia after the passage of Dana
A satellite shows the before and after of Valencia after the passage of the Dana
The light is back
i-DE, the distribution company of the Iberdrola group, has managed to restore electricity supply to half of those initially affected in the province of Valencia. The company continues working to restore the service as it gains access to affected facilities and has already stockpiled approximately 50 generators for connection to the grid as soon as conditions permit.
Do not travel to Valencia
The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has requested not to travel to the province of Valencia during the bridge of All Saints as many of the roads in this area are not enabled to circulate by the dana that has affected them. The lanes that will be opened to the circulation are of priority use for the emergency services and for the provision of goods and services to the affected municipalities, informs the DGT.
Feijóo speaks
The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijoo, has visited this Thursday the Emergency Coordination Center of l’Eliana, a meeting with Carlos Mazón to be informed about the situation that is lived in the Comunitat Valenciana after the DANA, and before which he has made a defense to the management of the president of the Generalitat, has offered collaboration of the rest of autonomic presidents and has offered him the collaboration of the rest of autonomic presidents and has focused criticism on the Government of Spain for “lack of information”. Diego Aitor San José reports.
The situation on the roads
The blackest point on the Valencian roads is a bridge on the A-7 that has collapsed and that will cost a lot of work to replace, said the Minister of Transport. Puente has indicated that it will cost a lot of time and effort to recover the infrastructures because the damages are many and of great importance. The Minister has not even dared in some cases to give a date as to when the main communication arteries will be in operation.
Follow the search
The Military Emergency Unit (UME) focuses its work on Thursday morning in the search with the help of dogs for missing persons in the areas affected by the dana that has hit Spain, especially in the Valencian Community and Castilla-La Mancha, and has begun to offer psychological help. “We can’t pinpoint the exact number, but there are many people missing“The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, explained in an interview on Telecinco, and assured that the military will remain in the affected areas for as long as necessary.
Traffic jams make it difficult for emergencies to get through
Despite the appeal of the various authorities not to use private vehicles and to avoid commuting, the reality is that once again the main roads in the southwest of the city have collapsed again, making it difficult for emergency vehicles to pass, which should be an absolute priority to manage the catastrophe caused by the dana in Valencia.
Maximum alert in Castellón
The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has just activated another maximum red alert for heavy rains in the inland north and the coast of Castellónvery close to the area that on Tuesday experienced tragic floods that have cost the lives of at least 92 people. Forecasts indicate that in the coming hours the rains could dump at least 180 liters per square meter in the area. An orange alert is also activated in other areas of the coast of the Valencian Community and in the south of Catalonia, especially in the coast of Tarragona, due to the risk of torrential rains throughout this Thursday. Valentina Raffio reports.
15 days without AVE
The Minister of Transport, Óscar Puentes, has announced this Thursday that the circulation of the AVE between Madrid and Valencia will not be able to be recovered “at least” until 15 days or three weeks after the damage caused by the dana (isolated depression at high levels) in the province of Valencia. In addition, he explained that they have yet to assess the incidents that have occurred in a tunnel that remains flooded before making a definitive diagnosis on the time it will take to repair the entire infrastructure. Reports Miguel Ángel Rodríguez.
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