“I have it at home!”

DANA (Isolated depression at high levels) which has been affecting the Valencian Community since this morning has left a multitude of incidents recorded in recent hours. Authorities reported road closures due to intense rain and winds and several municipalities remain isolated.

The heaviest precipitation was recorded in the interior Valencian region of the Apartment Utiel-Requena. In fact, the municipality of Utiel was refused after the Magro River.

At the request of the Generalitat Valenciana, several units of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) They came to the scene to support rescuers and firefighters and are currently carrying out rescue operations.

Another of the areas most punished by DANA is the Ribera region. A resident of the town of Benifaio was able to videotape the moment a tornado hit his patio.

“I have a tornado at my house! My glass is broken“, we hear in the images published on social networks and collected by In PuntValencian public television.

Videos of this phenomenon were also shared by the municipalities of Carlet and Alginet.

In addition, members of the Valencia Civil Guard are looking for a man, a truck driver, who disappeared in L’Alcúdia in the middle of the storm.

It concerns a man who disappeared around 1 p.m. while driving his truck. After raising the alarm, hehas The Civil Guard deployed a search device in the area.

The man does not answer calls on his cell phone and has not contacted anyone. This is why he is wanted, according to the information gathered. Europe Press.

Historical documents

This Tuesday’s DANA dumped more than 300 liters per square meter in the Valencian municipality of Requena, causing the Magro river to overflow and leaving images of the water carrying vehicles and street furniture in its wake.

More precisely, the Valencian Meteorological Association (Avamet) reported a few minutes before 5 p.m. that at Requena 302.4 l/m2 were achieved. The situation in the Utiel-Requena area is “historic”, according to the network.

In Utiel, the Magro river is “completely outdated“, according to Avamet, after exceeding 240 liters per square meter, the rainiest day since records began.

The Emergency Coordination Center, which declared a level 2 emergency situation in the region, explained that the water took cars and street furniture in its wake, as shown in images shared on the networks social by both 112 as citizenship.

For its part, the V-990 helicopter of the Valencia Fire Brigade Consortium is working on rescue operations in the Utiel area, given the difficulty of access by land.

Additionally, due to the storm, traffic between Buñol and Utiel was interrupted, Renfe reported. Due to poor road conditions, it is not possible to establish an alternative service.