Guillermo Lujanmayor of Aldaia, highlighted the importance of the sandbags placed in his town, one of the areas most affected by DANA in Valencia. These elements acted as a retaining dam in the streets near the Saleta ravine during the new torrential rains that fell on the square.
This preventive measure in the face of the new weather alert, according to the mayor, “made it possible to avoid material damage in the commune of Horta Sud. “The bags were fundamental,” commented the mayor.
Luján explained that at the beginning “up to 30 tons were placed with our own resources” in anticipation of the new DANA: “Then the needs increased up to 300, with the intention of covering the streets where until then the valves were located which were torn away by the force of the tsunami.
According to the mayor, the precipitation in this town was intense at different times of the night and They came to overflow the gutter of the Poyo ravine.
