«We are facing the worst moment in the history of the Valencian Community. “Together we are going to solve it.” The president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazónhas announced that it will continue to demand all the Army troops that “are necessary” to confront the havoc caused by the DANA and that he hopes that “the Government is up to the task, as it has been until now.”
Currently, there is a deployment of 7,000 soldiers in the 69 municipalities most affected due to the tremendous flood last Tuesday, October 29. To coordinate emergency efforts, he has requested the incorporation of the Chief of the Defense Staff.
In one appearance without questionshas also demanded a change in the protocol of meteorological alerts throughout Spain, in line with the need expressed by the head of Climatology of the State Meteorological Agency in the Valencian Community, José Ángel Núñez.
The president of the Generalitat has announced the creation of five special working groups for which it has requested the collaboration of the Government at the highest level to provide immediate responses in terms of health prevention of epidemics; infrastructure repair; social services and housing with urgent measures for the relocation of those affected and direct subsidies for vulnerable people; employment and company with ERTES approval as happened in the covid pandemic; and interior, to reinforce police forces to prevent robberies and looting.
Mazón appeared four hours later than initially announced after the meeting of the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi) that analyzed the situation left by the worst cold drop of the 21st century in the province of Valencia, which was also attended by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska.
According to the latest official balance, the death toll from DANA in Valencia alone stands at 211. A number that will increase due to the trickle of corpses recovered by the emergency services and waiting for the screening of calls to be closed. to the telephone number 900 365 11 2 enabled to alert about the missing.
Mazon It has had a memory for all the victims and for the families who are still searching for their loved ones today, as well as for the 100,000 volunteers who have given their solidarity in the face of the great “catastrophe” suffered in Valencia.
The president of the Generalitat has stressed that the supply of basic supplies has already been guaranteed but that once the initial ordeal caused by DANA is overcome, support for those affected will be maintained. “Many people have lost everything and there are 69 municipalities” affected, highlighted Mazón, who stressed that the first job of the emergency services was to unclog the accesses to guarantee safe entrances, thereby avoiding “a major tragedy.”
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