The British press focuses on the contrast of its tourists in Benidorm “dodging with sun and beer” the DANA of Valencia

Faced with the “gloomy scene that was experienced just 85 miles to the north, in places like the town of Paiporta”, one of the places with the most deaths, on the other hand “the terraces in Benidorm, bars offering cheap vodka and Red Bull mixers at happy hour were crowded and some customers had taken off their shirts and showed their tattoos”, is the portrait published by the Daily Mail.

Although the title of the report was also against the Labor government’s tax increase, after this start they focused on this meteorological duality so disparate between the cataclysm of the Valencian lands mainly and the boon of their favorite resting place.

“As most of Spain, including the Costa del Sol and Valencia, continued to suffer from bad weather, the British army in Benidorm opted for the shorts and t-shirts, even swimsuits,” they describe.

One of the photos which illustrate these remarks is full of this current British image linked to the beer: “Countless pints “They were consumed by thrifty tourists eager to take advantage of the city’s best drink deals.”

There was, however, testimony from a visitor to the UK who was appalled by the victims of DANA. “My heart is with people who have lost to their loved ones in Valencia and its surroundings, and in other places where there were deaths”, commented this Briton, incredulous at the scale of the tragedy, “only an hour and a half drive on the motorway, the The difference is incredible.

A risky prediction

Another media in this country, the Daily mirrorsaw the current situation from another, opposite prism, with a weather forecast long term –a week of anticipation– and already on the 4th he ventured to predict a storm for this destination of Alicante between November 11 and 13, while AEMET calculates the probability of precipitation at 55%. “Latest rain in Benidorm: new maps show the huge ‘storm’ hitting the main holiday destination”, they headline.

They assure that “several days of rain are expected on the eastern coast of Spain, where Benidorm is located”, they specify, while immediately clarifying that “these forecasts may change radically in the short term”.

They rely on WX Charts for this forecast of the “amount of precipitation over a three-day period, which arrives after the storms “which had a devastating effect on the city of Valencia” and also on a meteorologist (Jim Dale), who highlights the instability in other regions of the Mediterranean such as Malta, southern Italy, Sardinia, the Tunisia and Algeria.

From there, they predict that the rains will arrive in the “coastal areas of eastern Spain, which means that fear he chaos after the devastation suffered in Valencia” and end up compiling the tragic data of the deaths in the “carnage” or “carnage” of the DANA. In this case, the Mirror accompanies its information with photos of Benidorm with a completely cloudy sky and a ground humid.