DANA death toll reaches 217

The number of deaths due to the effects of DANA which devastated the Valencian Community amounts to 222 dead. A month after the tragic flood, four people are still missing. One of the areas most affected by this storm was Paiporta (Valence). Lots of deaths in this city were found in garageswhich became death traps during the storm.

The attention of Emergency Services is put on cars, because there are dozens of mountains blocking the streets and you have to remove them one by one to check if there are bodies. In addition, the mass of metal of the bodies, as well as the reeds and logs brought by the flood, became death traps under the waters.

In turn, More than 100 roads, including most of the secondary network, continue to be affected by the consequences of DANAand among them, 67 are completely closed to traffic, 44 of them in the province of Valencia completely impassable, according to the latest updated data from the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT).

📢In Valencia, the main roads remain impassable after the passage of DANA:
➡️A-7 between Quart de Poblet and Torrent
➡️N-3 San Juan and Siete Aguas
➡️Torrent CV-33
➡️CV-36 from Picaña to connect the A-7.
➡️CV-50 Chiva

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How can we help those affected?

One of the things that those affected need is bloodand this is how he transferred it Transfusion Center of the Valencian Communitywho launched an urgent appeal in which he affirmed that it was “necessary to help the injured”.

In the same way, different collection points have been set upboth food, clothing and medicine throughout the country. Some of these places are:

(Madrid)

• Lucas Mallada Street, 1, room 2 (San Blas). Open from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Food, buckets, shovels and personal hygiene products for affected areas.
• Espace Ardemans (66 rue Ardemans). Open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Bottled water, non-perishable food items and clothing, all intended to cover the urgent needs of those affected by DANA.
• Calle Trafalgar, 1. Open from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Food and hygiene products.
• Pozuelo de Alarcón, Segundo de Mata Street, 1. Open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Non-perishable foods.

(Barcelona)

• The Castellers de Barcelona premises are located at 212 Bilbao Street, in the Clot district.
• Cobalt Street, 193 (Barceona Bears). Open from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
• Santander, 54 (8 Counts Gym). From 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
• Fédéric Mompou Center. From 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

(Zaragoza)

• Calle Bilbao number 12 in duplicate, on the 1st floor, office 3, in what is the headquarters of Vox Zaragoza. Tissues, wipes, hygiene products, clean clothes, non-perishable foods, shovels and buckets and water.
• Nanosport store. Rue Madre Sacramento, 3.

Now if what you’re looking for is financially support For those affected, there are different ways to do this, some of which are:

• Bizum: the word HELP at number 33512.
• SMS: message to number 38092 with the word HELP.
  Cáritas: at the Madrid headquarters, in Santa Hortensia, 1.
• Bank transfer: account number ES67 0075 7007 8506 0715 0747 with the concept DANA.
• Bizum: donation to number 33645 to help with funds for the recovery and support of those affected.