The main consequence of DANA which devastated the province of Valence was the loss of human lives. In this regard, there is today an official figure of 195 deaths caused by the worst cold drop of the 21st century. An autopsy was performed on all the bodies and forensic experts certified that the death occurred for reasons attributable to DANA.
At the same time, the number of missing people currently stands at 89. These are investigated complaints in which relatives provided biological samples for DNA comparison.
Which organization provides official information on the dead and missing?
This official information is provided daily by Data Integration Center (DIC)a technical body regulated by royal decree formed by the Civil Guard, the National Police and a Forensic Office (in this case the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Valencia) for a case like that of the DANA which causes an event with multiple victims.
The CID is the single authority by this royal decree, to publicly communicate to the media the official figures, through the Communications Office of the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community, relating to the forensic and forensic treatment of the event.
What is the official number of deaths confirmed by autopsies and those identified?
Thus, always in accordance with this official sourceof the 195 bodies that were autopsied and scientifically confirmed to be the cause of death attributable to DANA, there were a total of 133 victims who were given their first and last names.
How many corpses are there without names or first names?
Currently, in the morgue installed at the Feria Valencia, there are 62 bodies on which autopsies have been carried out but which have not yet been identified. In this regard, it is very likely that as the identities of these victims are traced, the number of active missing persons will decrease.
What should families of missing people do?
THE Civil Guard and the National Police They insist on asking families who have not yet done so to provide biological samples of the missing in order to identify them as the bodies are discovered.
The data that can be provided by relatives of missing people in ante mortem offices to facilitate identification, these include photographs, personal and atropometric examinations, medical history, x-rays or clothing for personal effects, tattoos, dental records, surgical operations carried out, use of internal prostheses or cardiac pacemakers, among others.
For the identification by genetic profilethe greatest reliability lies in biological samples from direct ascendants and descendants, as well as in the delivery of personal effects belonging to the missing person such as a toothbrush or a razor blade.
How much can the death toll increase? : the figure depends on unreported disappearances
To know the exact extent of the DANA in Valencia in the form of human lives, we will still have to wait weeks or months. The CID insists on this subject that “complaints with an active file do not equal the total number of missing people that could have been generated by the tragedy, because there may be cases that have not yet been reported “.
Rescue operations personnel and forensic doctors consulted by ABC They explain that a “drop of finds” of new corpses is expected. As this newspaper reported, the search for victims is focused on the sea, in the mouths and channels of the Turia, Magro and Júcar rivers and in ravines like Poyo.
