The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazondefended that all protocols from Sunday to warn to the population of risks what DANA’s weather forecasts implied.
“Since last Sunday, the 112 began to inform in different ways and evolved according to the notice that we had, it is therefore a system protocolized “which was followed by all the technicians, the high command, coordinated by the different administrations, is previously established and is coordinated by the Civil Protection of the Spanish Government”, he said.
In the update of the data from the CECOPI emergency center at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday October 30, the figure of 92 deaths certified by the Civil Guard, while they were successfully carried out 70 evacuationsair And 200 rescues terrestrial. There are no more people left on roofs waiting for rescue, except in case of surprise, after checking that there are no trapped people visible from the air.
Mazón also “insisted” that the only open lanes be left on the highway, which are for the exclusive and preferential use of emergency services, hence the “need to not to go out” In car particular.
Likewise, the president assured that there no longer exists any urban center without access, in which work has not started. to clear debris, remove cars and enter homes.
“It is not a phenomenon of floods, but of torrents, the water has flowed, it has not stagnated, so there is not as much danger of poisoning or unsanitary conditions” as in other countries. other episodes of cold fall.
Mazon has grateful help with different autonomous communitiesMadrid, Murcia, the Civil Guard of Aragon and Galicia, among others, as well as the UME (Military Emergency Unit), among others.
Aerial search and rescue activities will resume on Thursday, while ground searches will continue overnight and the President also reported that the flow of calls by missing Ha lowered enough. In this regard, people who alerted because they were unable to locate a family member or close friend were asked to report, once mobile coverage was restored, if they found the missing person. or incommunicado, to facilitate this task by telephone. 900 365 112.
The effects of the storm devastated the houses and streets of Alfafar
For her part, the Government delegate in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabédedicated his “first words to the people who suffer their pain and discomfort because they cannot find family members and find themselves in a difficult situation”, to whom he conveyed his “absolute commitment to be at service of the Generalitat Valenciana to do everything necessary.”
He also recalled that the device sent by the Central Administration consists of 1,065 soldiers and 300 material resources to search for people and clear debris, as well as to adapt roads to allow circulation and access to respond to emergencies,
Barnabas explained that we must leave the roadsnot only to make room for emergencies carrying food or other essential items, but also “to security”, even in secondary roads where the possible cleaning problem is not visible in many cases.
Damage assessment by municipalities
The representative of the Central Executive guaranteed “mechanisms so that all town halls can make a assessment realistic of all material damage and return to a daily life that today seems broken” and thanked “the affection that all Spanish citizens transmit to them”. Finally, he concluded with a message of commitment: “Many people who see their future uncertain, let them know that we are not going to leave them.”
Jose Miguel Bassetchief inspector of Firefighters in the province of Valencia, explained that the first stage of an emergency of this magnitude was the rescue, which lasted all day Wednesday and is now over: “We no longer have any warning”, a- he assured, even if we don’t know it. can definitively exclude “because there can always be an unforeseen event”.
Concerning the total number of people affected, he indicated that the estimate shows a certain 115,000 people affected in an area of high population concentration.
