Skeletons of vehicles piled up between blocks of flats, destroyed train tracks, collapsed bridges, destroyed buildings… The desolate panorama that DANA has caused will remain in the minds of Valencians for a long time, but also in that of the rest of Spaniards. . In total, 69 municipalities of the Valencian Community have suffered the consequences of the biggest cold drop of this century. The latest official tally of victims figures at 217 people died due to this meteorological phenomenon, waiting for the number to increase due to the inspections that are being carried out in garages and the basements of houses.
The water has brought with it an endless sea of mud and sludge that has become embedded in unimaginable places. Almost 845,371 inhabitants, Approximately 32% of the population of the province of Valencia have seen their homes, cars, companies, memories affected and the sacrifice of a lifetime working to achieve their dreams. In dozens of locations, hundreds of warehouses and commercial premises have been flooded with material damage to facilities, furniture and equipment as well as loss or damage to stored merchandise.
The Alfafar Parc shopping park, Sedaví shopping park, MN4 and the Bonaire shopping center are the most affected large stores. However, important infrastructure for the transportation of goods and people has also been destroyed. The Copernicus satellite has shared its first report from DANA in Valencia and in it it has revealed that there are more than 53,000 hectares affected and 3,200 kilometers of road “potentially affected.”
The cleaning tasks carried out by neighbors, volunteers and municipal workers in six days has given the results shown in the following images.
DANA has caused problems in transportation and logistics due to the closure of roads and communication routesboth the main and secondary network due to everything that the water dragged in its path. There are 80 kilometers of road damaged, especially on the A-7, between the A-3 junction and the town of Silla. The V-30 and V-31 have also been affected.
The cleaning and rehabilitation work They are being commendable thanks to the tasks carried out by the neighbors and the volunteers who have come to ground zero of the DANA to help return as soon as possible to a new normality after having suffered one of the worst meteorological episodes on record. .
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