“Without the neighbors, no one here would have made it out alive.” Mud continues to cover the streets of Chiva, some even with sinkholes, where the water circulated freely and destroyed everything in its path for hours just before reaching the municipalities of the Valencia metropolitan area. Four days later, the neighbors needed equipment. to erase the trace of a tragedy which cost, according to official data, seven lives in the municipality. The number of people missing after DANA is still unknown. A situation identical to that experienced in Aldaia, Albal or Catarroja, where uncertainty and the feeling of abandonment also spread as the hours pass and the promised resources do not arrive. Especially water, necessary for drinking and cleaning. “We have asked the authorities and no one knows anything. “We are receiving help from Ertzaintza and Civil Protection agents from other regions of Spain, such as Leganés,” a concerned person from the latter municipality, grateful to the residents of other towns who traveled on foot to lend a hand in the cleaning tasks. A scenario similar to that denounced by the mayor of Alfafar – a few kilometers from the previous three towns. – in front of the microphones in Punt this Thursday: “They have forgotten us. We have not seen a fire truck, nor the EMU, nor the Civil Guard for days. There are people who live with theirs. corpses in their homes Image of neighbors and volunteers carrying out debris removal work in Alfafar (Valencia) EFE Shovels, brooms, baskets, gloves or boots Any tool is good The list of needs includes heavy machinery for. remove cars or psychological help to victims of an unprecedented disaster. The outpouring of solidarity from surrounding towns allowed the town halls of these municipalities to stock clothing, water and food to distribute to those affected. In fact, Chiva asked that donations stop to make room for consumption. Julián Gómez, a resident of this town in the province of Valencia, said in a telephone conversation with this newspaper that “no help of any kind has arrived” there. The coverage isn’t very good either. He experienced it himself. In fact, it was the Chivanos who were able to rescue him after the Poyo ravine overflowed. “They used tractors to remove the debris blocking the door to my house, they gave me food and even a battery to charge my cell phone. to be able to speak to you,” says this one touched by a historic storm. “At the end of the day, it’s people who save people,” he says. Related news Standard No The Generalitat will organize the volunteers in Valencia before they move to the zero point of the DANA standard Toni Jiménez No The death toll of DANA only in the province of Valencia Toni JiménezThe local government has already warned in a communicated that the situation is “extremely serious”, “especially in urbanizations far from the urban area, where they have not yet been able to access municipal services and neither the police nor the civil administration”. Guard. There, they are isolated, without water or electricity. A dark panorama that Julián confirms. “The UME stayed on the A-3, but it did not enter the city,” he laments. In the scattered areas, entire houses have disappeared, some inhabited. “If no one looks for them, there will be at least two dozen more victims,” he said.
