The DANA which crosses eastern Spain this Tuesday afternoon, has so far left one dead and three missing (din Albacete), and one in Valencia). The deceased is a man who lost his life in Massanassa when he was stuck in a flooded garage.
Additionally, DANA causes flooding, traffic disruptions and destroyed crops. They are looking for a missing truck driver in La Alcudia (Valencia) and two people “unlocated” after heavy rains in Letur (Albacete).
On the other hand, Adif reported this afternoon that, for accumulation of water in the infrastructure between Siete Aguas and Chivain the province of Valencia, traffic on the Madrid-Valencia high-speed line is temporarily and preventively interrupted. And Aena said poor weather conditions forced the diversion of six Valencia-bound flights to other airports and the cancellation of three other departures.
Rescue firefighters from the Albacete Provincial Delegation and a Civil Guard helicopter are trying to find two “unlocated” people after the heavy rains in Letur (Albacete), which caused the stream to overflow and a waterspout which devastated the urban area. of the municipality. The two missing are municipal employees who were in a vehicle. Two other missing people were located a few minutes ago.
The images of the flood coming from Letur, where the force of the water caused the houses and everything in its path to burst, are impressive: devastated streets, full of rubble, half-ruined buildings…
The disaster was caused by the overflow of the stream that runs through this town, the images of which are shocking and show the brutality of what happened.
The mayor of this municipality in the Sierra del Segura, Sergio Marín, assured that the situation was “complicated” and stressed that in addition to these missing people, there are thirty isolated neighbors at home, in the urban area, some of them in one of the bars of the municipality, reports Albacete digital.
Isolated utility: the EMU is only accessible by helicopter
The Civil Guard and the Provincial Consortium of Firefighters of Valencia are looking for the driver of the missing truck who was working with his vehicle around 1 p.m. in La Alcudia (Valencia), one of the most affected areas due to the intense rain and wind storm hitting the region. The notice was given by an acquaintance who tried to contact him, without success.
This afternoon, traffic continued to be interrupted on the A3 motorway between Utiel and Requena due to the accumulation of water on the road, and two trucks overturned on the A7 when passing Alginet, several kilometers late.
