Around 100,000 people currently remain without electricity supply in the province of Valencia, after DANA devastated the area and left at least 62 dead. The storm has caused power outages and problems with the water supply and communications in various parts of the territory, which technical teams are trying to access as conditions allow. During the morning, 150,000 inhabitants were without electricity, a figure that has been reduced in the balance from 7:00 p.m. to 104,000. And at the end of the night it dropped to 99,000 people, although the president of the Valencian Generalitat put it at 115,000. There are also 23,700 users without gas.
The area most affected by breakdowns in the transmission and distribution power lines is Catadau, where the substation that supplies that area has been affected. According to Iberdrola sources, there are currently around 13,000 residents without supply in the towns of Carlet, Montserrat, Catadau, Montroy and Benimodo, where teams have not been able to access the facilities to assess the situation and begin repair work. In Utiel, Buñol and surrounding areas there are 25,000 people affected, without access being possible either.
According to company data, late on Tuesday night the electricity supply was also affected in several municipalities in the Horta Sur region after the overflowing of nearby ravines, affecting 50,000 customers. “The service will be restored as access allows,” they say from Iberdrola, which has mobilized half a thousand workers and has reinforced customer service channels.
Telefónica sources indicate that the company has deployed a “massive reinforcement in the Valencian Community to repair the damage caused by the floods and power outages as a result of DANA”, but they remember that the priority at the moment is to guarantee the safety of the population. The operations team works with the Generalitat Valenciana and with the Military Emergency Unit so that the technical teams can reach the flooded plants. In addition, telephone 112 is fully operational to communicate emergencies.
Although the councilor for the Water Cycle of the Valencia City Council, Carlos Mundina, has indicated that “at the moment there are no planned water cuts” in the city, according to publication Levantand the Department of the Environment has published in
Labor reminds companies of the obligation to protect their employees
The second vice president of the Government and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, called on companies this Wednesday to respect the law and interrupt their activity in those areas where work activity is not safe due to weather conditions. “Let’s preserve the lives of the workers,” Díaz insisted, who also pointed out that his department is “going to deploy the Labor Inspection.” “Above all circumstances, no one has to work at risk to their life,” he claimed.
Ministry sources recall that companies have the obligation to protect their staff from the risks of adverse meteorological phenomena such as DANA, which has already left more than fifty people dead. “Preventive measures include the prohibition of carrying out certain tasks when adverse phenomena require it,” these same sources indicate.
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