Valencia and Madrid will remain without a rail connection for at least four more days. This was announced this afternoon by the Minister of Transport, Oscar Puentevia his Twitter account.
“The damage to the high-speed line between Madrid and Valencia is significant. Resumption of service in the next four days does not seem possible. When we have a definitive diagnosis on the time needed to rebuild the line, we will make it public” , explained the transport chief.
The connection with Barcelona is also cutalthough in this case it was not due to damage to the railway infrastructure, but rather to the forecast that the DANA would be heading towards Barcelona in the next few hours. Likewise, the service between the capital of Turia and Tarragona as well as the Cercanías network and the Valencia metro are interrupted.
A historic disaster
So far, dozens of deaths have been recorded in the provinces of Valencia, Albacete and Cuenca. The situation is gone shocking imagesboth from flooding of river beds and distressing rescues.
The Generalitat has activated a telephone number for assistance to relatives of missing persons: 900 365 112. The authorities ask that this telephone number be reserved solely to provide information on the relative who cannot be reached. For emergencies, the number is always 112.
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