With more than a hundred dead and countless material lossesthe DANA from Valencia It is ranked as one of the most serious natural disasters of the last 75 years, ahead of the Biescas (Huesca) flood in 1996 with 87 deaths and the Turia flood in 1957, in which between 80 and 100 people lost their lives. .
Rescue, aid and reconstruction tasks are being carried out in the areas most affected by DANA. Even though what has happened cannot be avoided, Doubts arise as to whether it could have been done differently. or if the fatal consequences that the rain and wind have left in their wake could have been predicted.
has become viral a publication from a farmer who warned last Friday, October 25, days before DANA, of what was happening with the weather radars in Valencia. The protagonist is known as ‘El Palleter’ on TikTok, a social network where he uploaded a video.
“The rain radar here in Valencia is not working, today, October 25”
In the audiovisual he commented something that now, after the DANA, is seen with different eyes. “Almost no one knows this, but for a few days now, those of us who have been watching the weather radar, because there is already a little rain, “You can see how it approaches the Valencian Community and the entire Mediterranean coast and part of Andalusia, a DANA.”
Being a farmer by profession, he knew of the serious consequences that such a storm could entail, “if you stop to look, today, October 25, the rain radar will see how it does not work. The radar here in Valencia is not working. When people go out on the roads they don’t know where it’s raining.”
The farmer asked for explanations and for responsibility to be assumed for this failure. “They could give explanations from AEMET. I would like AEMET to contact me and give me explanations because this seems very big to me. “We will have to clarify responsibilities if accidents happen when people go out on the roads,”
The response of the AEMET
AEMET itself decided to answer, explaining that the Valencia radar has been working since Monday but confirmed that suffered damage from lightningso it has been in operation since the morning of October 28. He also says that the power line was damaged, although the surveillance radar is activated in emergency situations, thanks to a temporary power supply.
What are weather radars for?
The weather radars They were initially applied for airspace surveillance and air traffic control. Today, they are designed to detect and map areas of precipitation, measure its intensity and displacement, and sometimes its type.
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