DANA death toll in Valencia rises to 155 while there are ‘dozens and dozens of people missing’

The Generalitat Valenciana has raised 155 people This is the number of deaths due to the strong storm that hit the province of Valencia this Tuesday.

This is the assessment – still provisional – with the latest data confirmed by the state security forces and organizations, as reported this Thursday afternoon by Emergencies.

Added to the terrible list of deaths are “dozens and dozens of missing people”, as the Minister of Territorial Policy explains, Angel Victor Torres.

In parallel, and during More than 447 affected people remain in sheltersthe process of lifting and identifying bodies in the areas most affected by dana continues.

The Institute of Legal Medicine of Valencia activated nine forensic teams to go there. The duty judges of the judicial districts concerned delegate these procedures to specialists and to the state security forces and agencies, as reported by the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community.

This process is the one that currently has the “absolute priority”. Once recovered and the mortal remains removed, they will be sent to the City of Justice of Valencia, where a complete basement of the parking lot has been emptied and made available for reception, as a preliminary step to carrying out the corresponding autopsies. and work aimed at identifying the deceased.