“It looks like a zombie apocalypse, the city is devastated”

“It looks like an apocalypse zombie“The city is devastated.”. These are the first reactions to the passage of DANA in the population of Alginet (Valencia), where the storm hit with full force. A tornado reaching 133 kilometers per hour, intense rains and flooding completely destroyed the streets.

“Walls demolished, lampposts fallen, blinds torn off, tree branches on the ground. Last night, there was no light,” he describes. Jaume Gascoresident of this city, in EL ESPAÑOL.

The water only subsided shortly after 9 p.m., “with great intensity.” This neighbor remembers the worst moment he experienced: “The tornado was crazy“We heard the noise very loud, banging in the street and the wind was terrible, everything was flying.”

In the street where he lives, the facades have fallen, the supermarket signs and the electrical cables are still broken and alive.

It was going to be a long night, as expressed by the President of the Valencian Government, Carlos Mazón, after the first emergency meeting he chaired on Tuesday afternoon.

The province of Valencia woke up with hundreds of missing, people still waiting to be rescued and isolated communities. The number of deaths has not yet been revealed, but the head of the Consell confirmed that bodies had been found.

According to AEMET, this is the worst cold drop of this 21st centurycomparable to those experienced in 1987 and 1982, that of the Pantanada de Tous.

missing people

The Generalitat has activated a telephone number to help relatives of people missing due to DANA, which mainly affects the province of Valencia. It is 900 365 112.

The Generalitat requests that this telephone number be reserved only to provide information about a family member who cannot be contacted.

In case of emergency, he recommends continuing to call 112. The “president” of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, warned this morning that this number is the valid channel to communicate in an emergency, without it being broken down and asked that it not be done. cases of hoaxes broadcast on social networks.

New alert

The Generalitat Valenciana, through the Emergency Coordination Center, sent a new Es-Alert notice to the population this Wednesday to inform residents of the entire province of Valencia to avoid traveling by road due to DANA.

The message indicates that taking into account the Civil Protection alert and, as a preventive measure, it is appropriate to avoid all road travel in the province of Valencia and advises to be attentive to the next announcements broadcast by the official channel, the account GVA112 X and regional television. In Punt.

The ES-Alert massive and direct population alert system in case of emergency and disaster reached the residents of the province of Valencia for the first time this Tuesday afternoon, around 8:10 p.m., to preventively inform the residents of the entire province, although some regretted that it was sent in the afternoon, a few hours after many municipalities had been flooded.

When the message arrives on a mobile phone, a high-pitched, repetitive beep sounds, different from that heard when receiving an SMS or WhatsApp and remains on the screen until the user clicks on the option ” accept “.

Traffic

Traffic indicates that at the moment there are not many delays but we will have to wait for the activity to start today.

The Metrovalencia service remains suspended until further notice and no activity is planned for this Wednesday morning.

Furthermore, educational centers in part of the province of Valencia, including those in the capital, remain closed this Wednesday.

The Military Emergency Unit continues to carry out rescue and evacuation operations for people trapped by the floods.

“The soldiers of BIEM III (Third Emergency Intervention Battalion) of the UME are carrying out rescue and evacuation work for people trapped by floods in Requena, Utiel, Chirivella and Alaquàs,” the organization announced through his profile on the social network.