They continue this Saturday the work of search for 13 people missing because of the DANA which devastated Valencia last October 29. In total, 78 municipalities were affected (75 in Valencia, two in Castile-La Mancha and one in Andalusia). THE The Civil Guard concentrates the search for the missing by DANA in the Poyo ravine and the Reva area in Ribarroja. Over there where they have been tracking the dogs of the cynological unit for daysspecialized in locating corpses. In addition, search efforts are focused these days also in the Albufera and also in the sea, where the Civil Guard, the Navy, the CSIC, the Provincial Consortium of Fire and Maritime Rescue are located, among others. Among the municipalities where people disappeared by DANA were last seen are: Cheste, Sedavi, Chera Sot, Paiporta And Montserrat.
In just a few minutes, the floods caused by DANA in Valencia devastated almost everything in its path. No time to react, people were trapped in vehicles, homes and businesses. Of the 218 people who died after the DANA of October 29 in the province of Valencia, 65 were located inside houses And 32 in garages. In open spaces, the greatest number of deaths were recorded in fields. There, 24 lifeless bodies were found washed away by the waters and 21 were found in the streets. This is indicated by provisional data published this Sunday by the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community, concerning the generic description of the places where the bodies were removed.
The storms focused on the basins of the Magro and Turia rivers and, in the Poyo ravine, produced walls of water that overflowed the banks of the rivers, surprising people who continued their daily lives into the night of Tuesday and into the first hour of Wednesday.
A week later, Authorities recovered 227 bodies, including 219 in the eastern region of Valencia.– and they are looking for at least 13 people whose whereabouts are unknown, as previously reported.
Roads and railway tracks were covered in mud. He entered homes and businesses in villages and small towns in the southern suburbs of Valencia. Drivers had to take shelter on the roof of their cars.while the inhabitants took refuge on the heights.
According to the latest data published this Sunday by the Government, there are in total:
- Confirmed deaths: 227 (219 in the Valencian Community; seven in Castile-La Mancha; one in Andalusia).
- Yoidentified: 218 total deaths due to DANA-related causes.
- Missing:13.
- Municipalities concerned: 78 municipalities (75 in Valencia; two in Castile-La Mancha; one in Andalusia).
