Rescue firefighters from the Albacete Provincial Delegation and a Civil Guard helicopter are trying to find six “unlocated” people after the heavy rains in Letur (Albacete), which caused the stream to overflow and a waterspout which devastated the urban area. of the municipality. Two of the missing are municipal employees who were in a vehicle. Two other missing people were located a few minutes ago.
The images of the flood coming from Letur, where the force of the water caused the houses and everything in its path to burst, are impressive: devastated streets, full of rubble, half-ruined buildings…
The disaster was caused by the overflow of the stream that runs through this town, the images of which are shocking and show the brutality of what happened.
The mayor of this municipality in the Sierra del Segura, Sergio Marín, assured that the situation was “complicated” and stressed that in addition to these missing people, there are thirty isolated neighbors at home, in the urban area, some of them in one of the bars of the municipality, reports Albacete digital.
“New line of instability entering the southwest of the province of Albacete. In the coming hours this is expected to affect the rest of the province,” warns MeteoHellín in its network profile.
📡⛈️RADAR 6:40 p.m. | New line of instability entering the southwest of the province of #Albacete. In the coming hours, this should affect the rest of the province. ⚠️Extreme caution! #DANA #weatherAB pic.twitter.com/7VaflU04ah
– Météo⚡Hellín (@MeteoHellin) October 29, 2024
Some sources also reveal that the UME is experiencing many difficulties in accessing certain areas of this region of Albacete punished by DANA and that certain localities could even have been isolated.
Given the lack of basic supplies and the fact that many homes have become unusable by the flood, the Government of Castile-La Mancha, through the Ministry of Finance, Public Administration and Digital Transformation, activated the temporary shelter of the immediate emergency response team (ERIE). The Red Cross of Castile-La Mancha is working to set up a temporary shelter at the city’s Nuestra Señora de la Asunción school, with 60 beds. Alongside emergency reception work, the center is planned to act as a communication point in the event of incidents on the telephone network.
According to sources from the 112 Emergency Service of Castilla-La Mancha, four people were rescued in a house on Calle de la Cruz Blanca, in the municipality, without having yet been informed. affiliate data leakedalthough they have been reported to be in good condition.
However, around 6:15 p.m., reconnaissance and search work continued for four missing people, including two municipal employees.
