On Tuesday, October 29, the day that was unleashed DANA that has left 219 dead in Spain, 211 of them in Valenciathe Government delegate in the Valencian Country, Pilar Bernabécalled up to four times Minister of Justice of the Generalitat Valenciana, Salomé Pradas, responsible for the Emergency service to offer the help of the Executive chaired by Pedro Sánchez to deal with the rains that everyone knew were going to occur. The first three calls were ignored, according to the channel Ser.
According to Ser’s story, Pilar Bernabé, On October 29, he met with the head of the UME, the Civil Guard, those responsible for the State’s highways and its Civil Protection unit. to have them activated in response to the alert for heavy rains in the Valencian Country. At 9:30 a.m. he also held a telematic meeting with mayors of the risk area despite the fact that it was not the responsibility of the central government.
According to the radio station, The Government delegate made a first call to the Minister of Justice at 12:23 p.m.. By then Pilar Bernabé had already received, like everyone else, after receiving the red meteorological alert from AEMET and the warning from the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation of the risk of overflowing the Magro and Poyo ravines, and offered the Government’s help. Pradas, according to Ser, did not make any request for help despite the fact that Bernabé explained that the situation was getting worse. and that it has already spoken with the UME and that it is prepared. The counselor does not consider the help necessary.
The second call occurred at 12:48 p.m. and the conversation between the government delegate and the councilor took place in the same terms. According to Ser, during that call “the councilor informs the delegate that she is going to go to the town of Carlet, where she arrives after 1:00 p.m., because she is informed that there is concern about the risk of the Magro River overflowing.”
You have to wait until 2:00 p.m. for the third callwhich ends the same as the previous two.
It was not until the fourth telephone conversation between Bernabé and Pradas, when she asked to activate the UME, but only for the municipality of Utiel.
The SER chain information adds that Minister Pradas calls the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (CECOPI) at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The sources cited by Ser explain that the meeting was “ineffective.” to the meeting Carlos Mazón, president of the Generalitat Valenciana, who was at a private meal, did not attend.
A source from the Generalitat Valenciana has told Eldiario.es that “Pradas dedicated herself, very overwhelmed and blocked, to entering and leaving the CECOPI room while trying to contact Mazón by phone. I didn’t know what to do“.
Around 7:00 p.m., Mazón made an appearance. Also about that time The mayor of Paiporta, María Isabel Albalat, called to report that her town was flooding. “Should we launch the alert?” a leader of the Generalitat then asked. The alert, however, was not sent until 8:12 p.m. when the waters were already flooding everything.
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