On Tuesday 29, AEMET issued an advisory at 6:40 a.m. Three hours later, at 9:41 a.m., the red alert was established and at 12:20 p.m. the Emergency Center issued the alert due to the accumulation of flows in Rambla Poyo.
However, it was not until 5 p.m. that the Emergency Coordination Center (CECOPI) met, without the presence of the President of the Valencian Generalitat, Carlos Mazóneven though he had no commitments on his agenda. During this meeting, the Hydrographic Confederation of Júcar (CHJ) sent an email alert regarding the high flow, warning that it continued to increase and that the flood was “very rapid”.
Nails key times to issue an early warning which could have avoided, according to experts, hundreds of deaths. Today, nine days after the tragedy triggered by DANA in the Valencian Community, El País reveals why the Cecopi gathered so late. As they explain, even if at noon the ravines in the interior of the province began to overflow and at 1:30 p.m. there were already populations that exceeded 200 liters per square meter, It was only after 2:30 p.m. that it was decided to convene the emergency meeting at 5:00 p.m. And, according to the aforementioned media, at 2:30 p.m., the Minister of the Interior, Salomé Pradas, was informed of the situation. disappearance of a truck driver in L’Alcudia. A fact that finally seemed to penetrate the authorities of the Generalitat.
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