Carlos Mazon appeared in an institutional statement from the Palais du Valencian generality another day of continuous work after the worst flood in Valencia’s history. The President of the Valencian Government spoke after the first plenary session of the Advice after the DANA and announced the approval of a historic aid program for those affected by the devastating cold wave that devastated many towns in the Valencian Community. He also announced the request for government aid of 31.402 million euros.
Carlos Mazon announced that the Consell of the Valencian generality This Monday, November 4, it approved aid of 6,000 euros for all families whose homes were affected by DANA. They will receive this amount before the end of this week. “The Consell approved a first line of aid of 6,000 euros to all families whose homes were affected by the floods. They will be treated with the greatest urgency, so you will receive them before the end of this weekend,” he announced during his appearance.
Carlos Mazon He also announced aid for urgent municipal expenses from 200,000 euros for all those most affected by DANA. This will be added to the first package of measures of 250 million announced at the time. “The Generalitat Valenciana has granted the request addressed to the Spanish government for a first package of measures which we estimate at 31.402 million euros,” announced the President of the Valencian Community during his public appearance.
Mazón and the modification of the Hydrological Confederation of Júcar
Carlos Mazon assured that the Hydrological Confederation of Júcar (CHJ) “The hydrological alert was deactivated” due to a possible overflow of flows “on three occasions” last Tuesday, the day the DANA was triggered in the province of Valencia. “Without a doubt, if we had had the hydrological alert reactivated by the CHJ, the alarm message would have been sent immediately,” he stressed.
Mazon He stressed that “this catastrophe is not caused by the rain itself, but by the torrent of water”, and that there is a difference between a meteorological alert and a hydrological alert, since, according to him , the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) also declared “that it was going to rain again. In addition, it indicated that “out of moral responsibility” it did not want to “deny certain hoaxes” because it was “busy with something else”.
As indicated, 112 people requested the mobilization of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) at 3:21 p.m. last Tuesday and “not at 8:00 p.m. (p.m.) as a minister said, even with the hydrological alert deactivated by the CHJ”.
At 112, he stressed, the alert “has never been deactivated”, at the red level since 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, and the warnings “as a preventive measure” continued to be sent to town halls. In fact, he pointed out that the day before, alerts had been sent to municipalities and that some of them, like Requena, decided to suspend classes on Tuesday. “Why didn’t we know anything about CHJ? We will also have to talk about it, as well as the maintenance of ravines and canals,” he added.
