Four municipalities, Paiporta (45), Catarroja (25), Valence (17) and Alfafar (15), represent more than a hundred of the 221 deaths recorded. Valencia also collects data on deaths in hospitals. They are followed by the municipalities of Massanassa (12), Sedavi (11) and Benetusser (10) and Picanya (10).
These are the figures from the second report carried out by the Data Integration Center (CID), published two days before the first month of the terrible flood that devastated 70 Valencian municipalities. There is still one unidentified deceased person.
Up to 21 judicial bodies, belonging to ten different judicial districts (Sueca, Torrent, Quart de Poblet, Mislata, Valencia, Llíria, Catarroja, Alzira, Carlet and Requena) have opened preliminary proceedings for the deaths of the 221 deaths identified so far now.
The CID report also indicates that almost half of the victims died your own houses, garages and cellars. Specifically, 103 people They drowned at home or when they went out to try to evacuate their vehicles without realizing the flood that was going to devastate their communities.
The CID is a technical body composed of a Forensic Office and an Office of State Security Forces and Agencies, with specialized agents from the Civil Guard and the National Police.
Its main function is to collect and supervise the different identification reports carried out by the different institutions on people who died in multiple victim events, in accordance with Royal Decree 32/2009.
According to their records, 68 people were found dead in their homes; 30, in their garages; and 5, in their basements. In addition, 27 corpses were removed from the street. The report shows the death of 5 people in the Paiporta retirement home and 6 people in the Picanya retirement home.
According to official data published this Wednesday by the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJCV), people died in this disaster. 132 men and 89 womenof 12 different nationalities.
By age group, the majority of victims are over 61 years oldwith 142 deaths, which represents 64% of the total. In addition, 7 children under ten years old and 13 people between 11 and 30 years old died.
Fourth European disaster
The Valencia flood, which occurred on October 29, is the fourth deadliest natural disaster recorded in Europe since the beginning of this century, after the devastating earthquake in Turkey last year (51,000 dead) and the two tremors of land in Italy: in L’Aquila, in 2009 (309 deaths) and in the center of the country in 2016 (299).
The province of Valencia was devastated by heavy rains and the overflowing of the Poyo ravine, which flooded the L’Horta Sud region, in the Valencia metropolitan area.
In total, more than 70 villages were damaged and now need to be rebuilt. According to Valencian employers, the economic losses will amount to 9 billion euros.
