There is a period of about four hours on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 29, the day of the flood in the Poyo de Valencia ravine, that is key. They are those that run between 4:13 p.m. and 8:11 p.m. and reflect how the critical moment of the emergency was managed, when part of the disaster could have been avoided. These are, therefore, the hours that have unleashed the political clash between the Valencian Community and the Government. The regional president, Carlos Mazón, blames the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation (CHJ), dependent on the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, for not notifying him in time, until almost 7 p.m., of how the flow was rising. But the Confederation alleges that the data was public, that it was informed of the danger in the area and that it sent recurring emails with information. If it was not reported in writing before the flood, it was because the CHJ operators were meeting with the emergency committee, internal sources allege. Specifically, the Valencian Community explains that from 4:13 p.m. (the moment in which the CHJ sent an email informing that the flow in the Rambla del Poyo was decreasing and was limited to 28 m3/s) until almost seven in the afternoon , they had no further news about the state of this ravine. It was at 6:43 p.m. when the CHJ sent an email alerting that the flow had skyrocketed and already reached 1,683 m3/s. This information was followed an hour and a half later, at 8:11 p.m., by the geolocated alert from Civil Protection to citizens due to the floods. Cecopi Meeting But something else happened in between, allege sources from the Confederation. This is the meeting of the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi), which includes those responsible for the different administrations affected by the emergency, as well as members of technical and Emergency services. This committee had been meeting since 5 p.m. At this meeting, the Ministry says, it was reported verbally “of the general increase in flows, especially in the Magro and Júcar rivers.” According to the Generalitat, “at no time did the CHJ alert there of the sudden rise in the flow of the Rambla del Poyo.” But at that time the data already reflected a significant flood in the ravine. The history of the Rambla gauging station (the point that monitors the flow) shows that the sensor detected an increase in flow at 5 p.m. (325 m3/s), at 6 p.m. (1,725 hm3) and at 7 p.m. (1,938.71 m3/s), until the sensor broke due to the force of the water at around 20 hours. MORE INFORMATION news No Human remains are found in Letur seven days later news No Reports of missing persons pending clarification are reduced to less than 200 news Yes The Government announces a plan of 10.6 billion for those affected by DANASo, why does the Júcar Confederation Did you wait until 6:43 p.m. to send a new written email warning of the dangerous rise in flow? That email reflected that the channel already reached 1,686 m3/s, that it had an “upward trend” with “a very rapid flood.” According to CHJ sources, it was because the technicians were meeting at Cecopi and sent the email with the update when they left the meeting.
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