He Medina de Rioseco Town Hall The possibility of requesting the declaration of a catastrophic area of the municipality is raised due to the damage left yesterday by the brief but intense storm that hit the municipality, which according to data managed by the Consistory, left 33 liters of water per square meter in just ten minutes.
This Sunday afternoon, the president of the Provincial Council of Valladolid, Conrado Íscar, went to the municipality to inquire, together with the mayor of Medina de Rioseco, David Esteban, about the material damage caused by the storm in the municipality. The latter revealed that the structural damage is being “assessed, inventoried and analyzed” to see if it is possible to consider the possibility of requesting a declaration of a catastrophic area.
However, in statements collected by Ical, Esteban stressed that the main current occupation of municipal workers is to “minimize damage and risks”, with the aim of opening public roads that, for the moment, continue to suffer “occasional cuts” for damage caused by the rain and, then, “return to normality as far as possible.”
In fact, tomorrow there will be a Local Security Council to analyze temporary and structural damage that yesterday’s brief but intense storm left in Medina de Rioseco, including elements of buildings at risk of falling onto the public highway or destroyed wooded areas in the city’s various parks.
“It was a very strong storm and we had the misfortune of having the epicenter here,” explained David Esteban, who described the episode as “very hard” despite the “short period of time” in which it occurred, “not only because of that flow of water in such a short time but also because of the extremely strong gusts of wind, which even exceeded 100 kilometers per hour.”
Despite this, he acknowledged that “little by little” the situation is being overcome and thanked the officials and workers of the municipality, “who were at the foot of the canyon”, for the work done to achieve this, as well as his government team, the State Security Forces and Corps and the team of the fire extinguishing service of the Provincial Council of Valladolid who participated in the civil protection work.
Support from the Provincial Council
Precisely, the president of the Provincial Council, Conrado Íscar, went this afternoon to the municipality to accompany the mayor in the first assessment of the damage and to show “once again” the support of the provincial institution to the cities of the province.
“There are few powers, but in any situation where there is a neighbor or a municipality that needs help, the Provincial Council is there,” defended Conrado Íscar, who considered that at least yesterday’s strong storm in Medina de Rioseco “did not leave human damage, within the limit of severity.
In any case, he asked the residents of Medina de Rioseco to “remain calm” and guaranteed the support of the Provincial Council to “return to normal”, recalling that, from the provincial institution of Valladolid, there are “several lines of help open to the town halls for temporary periods of this type.
