Spain experienced last Tuesday, October 29, what is already considered the worst environmental catastrophe of the century in the country. The DANA, which devastated a large part of the Valencian Community, Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia, has left – until 3:00 p.m. on November 3 – a total of 214 victims, however, it is not even remotely the definitive figure, since the search for missing persons still continues on the ground.
Now, several days after a tragedy that has made everything chaotic and confusing, misinformation is rampant along the paths of despair, and in the midst of the noise, social networks and the media echo imprecise messages. This is what has happened, for example, with the (unofficial) figure of 1,900 missing persons. But where does it come from and what is true in it?
Reported are not the same as missing
On November 1, ElDiario.es published a tweet in which it stated that it had had exclusive access to the minutes of the crisis meeting between Mazón and Marlaska, stating that there were “1,900 provisionally missing people”, although inside the news they used “1,900 people reported missing” in 112. This is precisely where the difference lies.
This data corresponds to the complaints received in the 112 emergency service, and does not necessarily mean that these people are still missing. The reality is that the person who has been reported missing It may have appeared days later and not been communicated to CECOPIwithout being registered as found. For this reason, it is impossible to know whether there are duplications or not and to affirm that there are 1900 missing people.
Furthermore, the report accessed by the media initially mentions “2,500 people missing in 112”, and specifies that this figure was reduced by 600 people on Thursday, leaving a total of “1,900 people reported missing.” However, This figure refers only to initial complaintsand does not specify how many of these people have been located and how many remain missing.
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