“My friend Maite Jurado López is stuck in Paiporta near the Savia Paiporta residential center. She was trapped by the water, clinging to a plant and her car was swept away by the current, He’s alone and doesn’t have much cover“.
This message published on social networks triggered all the alarms in Valencia. User X @LausMt She asked for help from the emergency services of the Generalitat Valenciana to get to the area where her friend is.
This X account published the message accompanied by a video in which we see her friend desperate asking for help and completely surrounded by water.
Heavy rains and winds caused by DANA caused severe flooding in Valencia, leaving many people trapped in their homes and vehicles.
@GVA112 My friend Maite Jurado López is stuck in Paiporta, near the SAVIA Paiporta residential center.
She was trapped by water, clinging to a plant and her car was swept away by the current, she is alone and doesn’t have much cover.#emergencies112CVA pic.twitter.com/sunjtadG1c– deliplus (@LausMt) October 29, 2024
The Military Emergency Unit (UME) was active, carrying out air and ground rescues. A firefighter even descended from a helicopter to rescue a woman and her pets from a flooded home.
The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazonurged the population not to go out on the road, especially in the province of Valencia, to stay at home and to look for high points if they are near ravines or river beds. “It’s going to be a long night“, he warned.
This is what he said at the Emergency Coordination Center, where he insisted that, due to the force of the DANA that hits the Valencian Community this Tuesday, there is a “lack of information “.
Mazón stressed that at present “there is no confirmation of human losses.” “We are receiving possible news, but we cannot confirm it,” he added.
And, at this point, he called on citizens to get information through official channels, currently the Valencian public radio and television in Punt and the X account of 112.
Effective
Mazón indicated that he is in contact with the government because “We must have all troops available on pre-alert“.
Indeed, the EMU determines the priority of access to certain very complicated areas, which security and emergency forces and organizations hope to reach gradually.
Regarding the recommendations, he insisted that no one goes out on the road, that citizens stay at home and, in the case of villages near ravines or river beds, that they seek “the highest possible altitude “.
For his part, the deputy director of Emergencies, Jorge Suarezargued that it is “very important” to leave road networks free, .
Alarm
Likewise, he insisted on the importance of the “unique” message addressed to the population and explained that, for the first time, the Valencian Community used the Es-Alert mobile alert systemwho received citizenship of the province of Valencia, where it is requested to avoid travel.
Suárez pointed out that they sent another mobile message through Es-Alert focused on the regions “with more risk“, among which he cited Ribera, L’Horta Sud and Hoya de Buñol, where they sent a “stricter” message about staying at home.
In addition, he reiterated the recommendation to seek elevated areas, especially for citizens who live near ravines.
