Six days have passed since DANA was unleashed last Tuesday, devastating many municipalities in the province of València (Utiel, Chiva, Paiporta, Picanya, Aldaia, Sedaví, Benetússer, Catarroja, Alfafar…), and we continue to save the corpses. The Cecopi (Integrated Operational Coordination Center) confirmed this Monday that there are now 211, the official number of people who died only in the province of València (to which must be added the three deceased in Castile-La Mancha and another in the province of València). province of Malaga due to the storm). On Tuesday, historic rainfall records were broken in Spain, with 179 liters per square meter in one hour and 42 liters in 10 minutes in the Valencian town of Turís.
Concerning the number of missing people, the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, declared on Monday that it was not possible to “give a really reliable figure”, which does not mean that the authorities are not not “permanently searching for missing people”. all those people whose disappearance has been reported and reported to the police and the Civil Guard.
However, the process of “investigation and identification of victims” continues and until Sunday, November 3, forensic doctors have carried out 183 autopsies of people who died from cold since last Wednesday, October 30, and among them , 67 are fully identified using fingerprints. This is reflected in the updated statistics of the Integrated Data Center (IDC), a technical body composed of a Forensic Office and an Office of State Security Forces and Agencies, with specialized agents of the Civil Guard and the National Police. . Police, and whose main function is to collect and supervise the different identification reports carried out by the different institutions.
All the deceased on whom the autopsy was performed, whether or not they had a positive identification report, were transferred by the Military Emergency Unit (UME) of the City of Justice of Valencia, in the basements of which they are centralized. fatal victims, at the morgue installed in Fira València.
The Institute of Legal Medicine of Valencia has more than 130 people to deal with the emergency, including forensic doctors, psychologists, social workers, laboratory technicians, doctors and autopsy technicians, as well as processing staff.
Work continues in the neighborhood
Meanwhile, work continues in towns devastated by the storm. Volunteers from everywhere work alongside agents of the National Police, the Civil Guard, the Fire Brigade, the Civil Protection or members of the Army. This Monday it arrived at the port of Valencia, which has a crew of 150 sailors and has on board 104 sailors and heavy machinery (it can accommodate 400 additional people). The ship has a hangar and flight deck for operating multiple helicopters simultaneously, garages for transporting a large number of vehicles, a floodable dock for operating with boats and a hospital with two rooms operating room and eight intensive care beds.
Last Saturday, the President of the Government announced the dispatch of 5,000 soldiers and 5,000 other agents of the National Police and the Civil Guard, in addition to the more than 2,500 soldiers, 1,800 national police and 2,700 civil guards, as well as several groups specialized in rescue and underwater activities, deployed in the first 48 hours in Valencia.
The king, Sánchez and Mazón, received among insults and mud in Paiporta
Kings Felipe and Letizia visited the DANA ground zero last Sunday, accompanied by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the head of the Consell, Carlos Mazón. The official delegation was received in Paiporta by a crowd of people with insults (“assassins”, “sons of bitches” and “out, out”) and throwing mud, a situation that overwhelmed security and brought Mazón and Sánchez, who were attacked with a stick, were evacuated by the officers who escorted them. The kings remained there for about an hour, listening to some neighbors and trying to talk to them.
The attack on Pedro Sánchez was claimed by the far right. Concretely, one of the “volunteers” linked to the ultra Revuelta group recognizes in a chat to which elDiario.es had access: “We, from my association, are here, we destroyed their car, but we were only able to collide. with a stick behind his back.
after the storm
Last Saturday, President Mazón announced the creation of five commissions to manage the crisis generated by DANA, headed by one advisor each: Health, Infrastructure, Housing and Social Services, Employment and Business and Interior; Infrastructure; Social services and housing; Employment and business; and Interior.
The Ministry of Labor is preparing a regulation with a set of measures that strengthen the protection of workers before Dana, to avoid risks to their health and retaliation at work in the face of difficulties due to the disaster, explain sources in the department headed by the vice -president. Yolanda Diaz. “This will have retroactive effects”, they guarantee, to send the urgent message to citizens that no one is now putting themselves in danger because of their work, a series of measures ranging from paid leave to teleworking. In addition, it was announced this Monday that the dismissal of people who did not come to work due to the effects of Dana will be prohibited, meaning that they will be considered void and justified absences. The Ministry of Social Security, for its part, has announced a cessation of activity benefit which will not require the minimum 12-month contribution and which will not consume the right to ordinary cessation for the future.
José María Martín-Moreno, a Harvard epidemiology doctor, warned that hepatitis A or leptospirosis could occur in the disaster zone from consumption of contaminated water as well as mosquito-borne diseases. Volunteers must act “under the control of the authorities”, wear glasses, waterproof gloves, long clothing and be up to date with their vaccinations.
