Buseo Dam Monitoringlocated in Cherain the province of Valencia, was reinforced in response to the heavy rain alert with members of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) to “know their status every minute of the day”.
This was confirmed by the vice-president of the Consell, Susana Camareroin its daily appearance, collected by Europe Pressto report on the reconstruction work of DANA on October 29, a storm that affected the Buseo dam.
For several days, “exhaustive” control of the dam has been put in place, with permanent surveillance by UME drones, now joined by troops. This reinforcement is due to the risk that rains cause breakdowns in drones and make surveillance “blind”.
If the flow increases, the UME troops will notify the person in charge of the dam so that he can “take any decision”, in addition to maintaining “permanent contact” with the Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat.
Asked if there is a real danger in this dam, the vice-president stressed that the level has fallen and that the floodgates have been opened in recent days.
“SO, There is no danger today except torrential rain or phenomena that are not occurring at the present time.
He further highlighted that 4.7 million euros have been allocated for emergency repair works to improve the stability of the dam, “the largest investment made in recent years”.
The dam level at 7:30 a.m. was 452.25 meters above sea level.. It empties through intake 1 at a rate of approximately 0.30 Hm3/day, it should therefore reach the level of 451 meters above sea level corresponding to the 2.68 Hm3 stored on November 15. Scenario 2 of the danger of breakage or serious breakdown remains.
Rescue of bodies
The maritime location of the possible victims of the DANA on October 29 was “conditioned” this Wednesday by the maritime storm that affects the Valencian Community, particularly in the regions of Gandia and Dénia, as reported this Wednesday by the general director of Prevention of forest fires, Rosa Touri.
The work concerns the recovery of disaster victims, the evacuation of sludge from the streets and the monitoring of active weather phenomena during the day.
Tourís explained that this Wednesday, the search and location of possible victims was a priority. The special rescue group It remains in the Albufera area and its zone of influence, where this Wednesday the drainage objective between 10 and 12 centimeters that had been indicated by the Civil Guard was achieved, Tourís said.
Instead, “Maritime searches have been compromised due to the maritime storm affecting Gandia and Dénia.“, and after this meteorological episode, the tides will be evaluated again to determine the situation, Tourís said.
