The Dana that broke out yesterday in the Spanish Levante has 64 fatalities and has become the third natural disaster in the history of Spain. The human and material damages are concentrated in the Valencian Community, being the most affected municipalities Utiel, Paiporta or Torrente.
At the moment, the vast majority of deaths are concentrated in the Valencia Communityalthough this morning the death of a woman who had disappeared in Cuenca (Castilla-La Mancha) and another died in Letur, Albacetewhere there are dozens of missing people. There are more than 60 roads and trains affected, including the A-3 and A-7.
In addition to the Valencian Community and Castilla-La ManchaDANA has spread to Teruel (Aragon) and several provinces of Andalusiawhere this afternoon and until night it will hit the provinces of Huelva, Seville, Cádiz and Málaga. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated yellow and orange level warnings for rain and storms in the western part of the community. In Andalusia, around a thousand incidents have been recorded, but, for the moment, there are no injuries. In addition, Barcelona has activated the maximum alert for the risk of tornadoes and hail, according to Meteocat.
The City Council of the city of Valencia, where the diversion of the Turia river bed has prevented much greater damage, has reported that drinking water is guaranteed in the city and that it meets public health parameters.
Although it is still early for self-criticism and evaluation, since there are still hundreds of missing people in several autonomous communities, the two mass notices that were sent to citizens at 8:10 p.m. and 7:10 a.m. and the premiere of the Es-Alert Civil Protection system in Valencia has not avoided the catastrophe.
At 8:10 p.m. the first mobile alert from the Emergency Coordination Center (CEE) of the Generalitat Valenciana sounded in all the terminals of the inhabitants residing in the province of Valencia. But it had been raining for hours, even in towns like Utiel or Requena, one of the most affected by this tragic episode of DANA in the Mediterranean, it had stopped.
Already this morning, in a public appearance, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, assured that the Government will provide “all the necessary means as long as necessary” for those affected by the storm.
This was stated this Wednesday by Sánchez in an institutional statement from the Moncloa Palace, given the effects of the storm that so far has left more than fifty dead.
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