Members of the Command Operations Center found the bodies of at least 13 people in different municipalities of Valencia following the Dana which devastated the province this Tuesday, according to RTVE.
According to this information, the bodies of five people were found in Torrentthose of a married couple, two children and a baby; There are also four deaths Paiportatwo men, a woman and a baby; in Chiva a man; another in Chestea woman in Alfafar and another man in Alcudia.
To the attention of the media, the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazonannounced that procedures for several victims have been activated, but that it is not yet possible to confirm the number of deaths due to the storm.
Regarding the rescue tasks, the head of the Provincial Consortium of Firefighters of Valencia, José Miguel Basset, indicated that in the coming hours they increase the number of helicopter units and that “with complete certainty” more will be asked of the other autonomous communities. So, he confirmed that they are trying to reach people who need help and that almost a hundred of them have already been rescued, some taken to shelters.
The government delegate of the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, indicated that there are currently 236 members within the EMU and 86 means working on rescue and evacuation tasks and that throughout the day it is expected that the number of military emergency agents will exceed 400.
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