The Ministry of Defense has deployed 1,034 soldiers from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) in the province of Valencia to work together with the emergency services and confront the devastating effects of DANA, which has already left at least 51 fatalitiesaccording to an official statement from Cecopi. Aerial means are also involved to try to locate the missing people.
In this way, more than a thousand UME troops have been mobilized for the operation in the Valencian Communityof which 250 are directly interveningwhile the rest (784) are in the area close to the tragedy waiting to intervene, according to the department directed by Margarita Robles.
Precisely, Robles promised this Wednesday that his portfolio will contribute «with what is necessary and the necessary time» to counteract the effects of DANA that is hitting the Valencian Community especially and help in rescue efforts.
In addition, the head of the Defense portfolio has reported that the UME has also been activated in a town in Basin and the Army is helping Emergencies in Letur (Albacete), municipality seriously affected by the storm.
DANA has caused serious damage in the southeast of the peninsula. The considered as worst cold spell of the century in Valencia has left at least 51 dead in different locations in the province, although the emergency services point out that they have begun the work of surveying and identifying the victims, so the number could rise in the coming hours, according to the official version of the Government. Valencian.
He Congress of Deputiesby decision of the Board of Spokespersons, has decided to suspend the control session this Wednesday in a gesture of solidarity with those affected and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will chair this Wednesday, at 12:00 p.m., the crisis committee to monitoring the effects of DANA. Half an hour before, at 11:30 a.m., he will make an institutional statement from the Palacio de La Moncloa.
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