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People in the midst of the damage caused by floods in the municipality of Paioporte, in the province of Valencia, Spain.
Torrential rains and floods marked last year in Spain. Justice tries to realize what failed to manage the disaster. 227 people will have died.
2024 was marked in Spain, especially in Valence, From what happened on October 29th and the following days: one that left a trail of destruction and will have caused 227 deaths – 224 confirmed, but there are still three missing.
The Catarroja Judge who is investigating the case considers that no one would have managed to avoid material damage. But Many deaths could have been avoided In this meteorological phenomenon DANA, announces to.
Local government institutions, Generalitat Valenciana, are being the target. Apparently, the counselor of justice and interior, Salomé Pradas, refused to send the alert By SMS, he barely received the indication of the technicians; preferred Wait Pela Chegada by Carlos MazónPresident of the Generalitat – who arrived early in the evening (had spent the afternoon in a restaurant).
The counselor was pressured to make decisions immediately, but postponed Several times, reports the delegate Salvador Embix, cites the radio.
Result: The technicians told the alert to be sent to 18h, The counselor waited for the president who only reached the 7.30 pm and the general alert only followed the 20h11.
This warning sent by SMS would be, not to alarm, but to inform all the inhabitants that there were serious risks because of the floods. To the precautions could have been taken earlierthe inhabitants could have risen earlier if they lived in buildings.
Salvador Embix says that, at some point, the counselor Salomé Pradas looked like completely blocked, unable to decide anything despite the alerts; And one of the technicians shot: “Send the warning already, Car…!” It was an environment of despair. But Salome has decided nothing; He left everything to the president.
Faced with this scenario, the court is clearly centered on the absence of warnings to the population – which was never officially informed of the tragedy scale and thus little or nothing has done to protect themselves.
However, in November Salomé Pradas was fired by President Carlos Mazón.
