A basketball player, Jorge Díaz, among the latest victims of DANA

Jorge Diaz Mullorplayer of the Turí Basketball Clubyesis one of the last DANA victims identified these days. It was the team from this Valencian town itself who communicated the sad news.

«Impossible to think that it would touch us so closely. “It has been exhausting days searching for our partner and friend, but finally the news was confirmed,” the statement said.

Jorge, 42 years old, was married and had two children. lived in Godelletaa municipality very close to Turís, and worked in Sagunto. Last Tuesday he was returning home in his vehicle when the flood hit him. Since then, family and friends had been looking for him for more than a week.

The Turís meteorological station collected 771.8 l/m2 and in just one hour 184.6 l/m2 were recorded, which represents the record of Spain in that period of time, thus exceeding the 159.2 l/m2 accumulated in Vinaròs on October 19, 2018. As detailed by the State Meteorological Agency, the accumulated precipitation at the Turís Mas de Calabarra meteorological station showed numbers never seen before.

In its statement, CB Turís sends “a big hug and all the encouragement in the world” to Jorge’s family. And he remembers him as “the boy who entered the pavilion greeting everyone with a big smile and always willing to help. A great person is leaving, we will always remember you.

The Basketball Federation of the Valencian Community He also posted a message of condolences.