The main consequence of the DANA that devastated the province of Valencia has been the loss of human lives. In this regard, there is official information today of 195 dead caused by the worst cold drop of the 21st century. An autopsy has been performed on all the bodies and the forensic experts have certified that the death occurred for reasons attributable to DANA.
In parallel, currently the number of missing people stands at 89. These are screened complaints in which family members have provided biological samples for the DNA matching.
What body provides official information on the dead and missing?
This official information is provided daily by Data Integration Center (CID)a technical body regulated by Royal Decree formed by the Civil Guard, the National Police and a Forensic Office (in this case the Institute of Legal Medicine of Valencia) for a case like that of the DANA that causes an event with multiple victims.
The CID is the sole authority by that Royal Decree to publicly facilitate the media official figuresthrough the Communication Office of the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community, regarding the forensic medical and scientific police treatment of the event.
What is the official number of deaths confirmed by autopsies and those identified?
Thus, always in accordance with this official sourceof the 195 bodies that have had autopsies performed and it has been scientifically confirmed that the cause of death is attributable to DANA, there are a total of 133 victims who have been given first and last names.
How many corpses are there without names and surnames?
At this time in the morgue set up at Feria Valencia there are 62 bodies on which autopsies have been performed but which have not yet been identified. In this regard, it is very likely that as the identity of these victims is found, the number of active missing persons will decrease.
What should families do with missing people?
The Civil Guard and the National Police They insist on asking families who have not yet done so to provide biological samples of the missing to achieve their identification as bodies are found.
The data that can be provided by relatives of missing people in ante-mortem offices to facilitate identification range from photographs, personal and atropometric reviews, medical histories, x-rays or clothing for personal effects, tattoos, dental records, surgical operations performed, use of internal prostheses or pacemakers, among others.
For the identification through genetic profilethe greatest reliability lies in the biological samples of ascending relatives and direct descendants, as well as the delivery of personal effects belonging to the missing person such as a toothbrush or a razor blade.
How much can the death toll rise?: the figure depends on unreported disappearances
To know the exact magnitude of the DANA in Valencia in the form of human lives we will still have to wait weeks or months. The CID insists in this regard that “the complaints with an active file do not equal the total number of missing people that the tragedy could have generated, since there may be cases that have not yet been reported.”
Rescue operation personnel and forensics consulted by ABC They explain that a “drip of finds” of new corpses is expected. As this newspaper has reported, the search for victims is focused on the sea, in the mouths and channels of the Turia, Magro and Júcar rivers and ravines such as Poyo.
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