Raquel, affected by DANA in Alzira: “There were people who went to the gym and could no longer leave the parking lot”

“The alarms have been ringing all night in Alzira.” In this municipality of the Valencian Community the last hours They will be difficult to forget for Raquel, a resident of the town affected by the floods caused by DANA. “I estimate the water was up to my waist,” he tells ABC.

Capital of the Ribera Alta region, this municipality of 46,000 inhabitants usually suffers from flooding due to strong storms, but the rains that have hit the Valencian province have caught many residents by surprise who have been trapped for hours.

“At least I have a place to spend the night, but there were people who went to the gym and couldn’t leave the parking lot,” Raquel notes with anguish. These people have spent the night in their cars without being able to receive help. “We haven’t even been able to give them water, blankets, or anything because we couldn’t get through.”

One of the first reports puts the death toll at more than 50 in the province of Valencia alone. In the town of Alzira, residents have received a message from Civil Protection on their mobile phones in which citizens are asked to avoid traveling by road and pay attention to warnings from official sources.