Six of the seven people missing by DANA are from Letur, a town in Albacete: “It’s a disaster”

The municipality of Léturin the Sierra del Segura de Albacetefaces an unprecedented tragedy after the devastating passage of the DANAwhich caused his stream to overflow and the disappearance of six neighbors. The Junta de Castilla-La Mancha has confirmed that, among the seven people missing Due to the storm in Spain, six belong to this small town whose infrastructure was devastated.

The situation is critical and the mayor, Sergio Marin, classified the event as a “catastrophe”. The stream that runs through Letur has overflowed in recent hours, causing a flood that destroyed streets and the housesleaving the urban area unrecognizable. The situation worsened with the breakdown of communications, which made it difficult to locate the missing.

According to the regional government, among those not located are two municipal employees who were traveling in a vehicle at the time of the waterspout. THE Civil Guard and the Army Special Corps They are deployed in the area to help with the search, but the onset of night further complicates rescue efforts.

Emergency phase 1

He government from Castile-La Mancha launched a emergency shelter at the Nuestra Señora de la Asunción school, where the Red Cross has set up 60 beds for those affected and is coordinating communications efforts in the face of the interruption of the telephone network.

The Météocam project was elevated to the phase of emergency 1 throughout the province of Albacete, and the Military Emergency Unit (UME) mobilized additional troops to access particularly damaged areas. The priority is to rescue the missing and provide shelter to those who have lost their homes or have been isolated in the region.

The images of Letur’s overflowing stream are heartbreaking: streets full of debris, half-ruined buildings and flooded areas that make access difficult. Weather Hellín warned that a new line of instability could arrive from the southwest in the coming hours, which would worsen conditions in Letur and the rest of the province. Authorities are asking the population to take extreme precautions and follow the instructions of emergency teams.