14/11/2024
⚠️ UPDATE
- 16:00hrs (CET)
- 15:00hrs (GMT)
Thursday, 14-11-2024
NEWS:
Official death toll at time of writing rises to 2️⃣2️⃣4️⃣
216 - Comunidad Valenciana
7 - Castilla la Mancha
1 - Andalusia
224 - Autopsies - Identified: 216 (total).
16 - Officially Recorded Missing.
People rescued: 37,004 (total), 97 in the last 24 hours.
Transport:
Grande-Marlaska celebrates the opening of the A-7 bypass and high speed with Madrid.
The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has reiterated the Spanish government's commitment to the Valencian Community as seen - he said - with the rapid opening of state-owned infrastructure. Among these, he cited the high speed between Valencia and Madrid and the bypass of the A-7. "It has been an engineering job", he assessed.
Likewise, he recalled the six offices that are added to the ten already existing so that people affected by the DANA can process aid and these arrive in a short period of time. They will be located in Alaquàs, Albal, Aldaia, Alfafar, Algemesí, Alginet, Benetússer, Carlet, Catarroja, Xiva, Massanassa, Paiporta, Picanya, Sedaví, Torís and Utiel.
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The port of Gandia reopened.
The port of Gandia has reopened to maritime traffic at noon today. It was the only port infrastructure that was closed due to the maritime storm.
News:
🟡 Aemet downgrades rain warnings again and sets the lightest, yellow.
The State Meteorological Agency, Aemet, continues to lower the warnings in the Valencian Community and now only maintains the yellow warning, the mildest. Thus, we have gone from the red with which we got up, to the orange, decreed around half past seven in the morning.
Thus, until 5 p.m. there is a yellow warning on the northern coast of Alicante and in the southern half of Valencia for precipitation of 20 liters per square meter in one hour, in the northern interior of Valencia for precipitation of 30 liters in one hour and on the north coast of Valencia for rainfall of 20 liters in one hour and 60 in twelve hours.
Until 24 hours today, there is a yellow warning on the north coast of Alicante and the south of the province of Valencia for accumulated 60 liters per square meter in twelve hours.
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The Benetússer sewer absorbs the rain: "It's good news".
"In the early hours of the night, with the first heavy rains, we had some small reservoirs in specific areas, which the neighbors warned us about, but when the rain stopped, the sewer system did filter the water" , explained Márquez.
"Then, where there has been heavy rain, in specific areas, and it was not persistent, the sewers worked perfectly," he added.
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Up to fourteen rescues related to the heavy rainfall in Baix Maestrat.
The firefighters of the Consorci de Castelló have, in the last few hours, rescued up to fourteen people who had been trapped by the cold water that hit the region yesterday. So far, the troops have carried out 93 services, although they have not yet finished all the pending interventions, as sources from the body admit.
Thus, firefighters are still working in Vinaròs, Benicarló, Pen*scola and Alcalà de Xivert. In many cases, they are required to empty the water from negated points; one of them, one of the access tunnels to Benicarló, "totally flooded up to its height of almost five meters", according to the consortium.
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Restrictions on mobility are lifted.
Once the rain alert was downgraded to orange and then yellow, the body that manages the emergency arising from the DANA on the 29th, has agreed to remove the restrictions on mobility that had been established to guarantee safety.
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The cleaning sector is looking for 5,000 qualified workers.
The cleaning sector in Valencia has made an urgent appeal. It is looking for, for the immediate incorporation, at least 5,000 qualified workers to join the cleaning and sanitation tasks in the municipalities affected by the DANA.
The employers in the sector, Apelva and Afelin, have stressed "the need to have specialized and experienced personnel to carry out in-depth cleaning tasks in a safe, effective and professional manner".
In this context, the president of Afelin, Jesús Martín, has warned that "the cleaning of the affected municipalities becomes not only a fundamental task to recover normality, but also a necessary measure to safeguard public health, prevent risks of diseases and restore economic and social well-being".
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The performing arts from all over Spain collide for Valencia.
They are organising a solidarity gala, which will be held on November 25 in Barcelona, and which aims to collect funds for the Valencian companies in the sector that have been hit by DANA.
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Firefighters rescue two people in Quart de Poblet and Oliva.
The firefighters of the Consortium of Valencia rescued a driver trapped in Carrer de Pinadeta in Quart de Poblet early this morning, according to sources from this body. Also in this municipality they have had to check several blocked roads, such as Joaquim Sorolla Street, due to this morning's rainfall.
It was not the only rescue of the day. In Oliva, where the firefighters have checked several landslides, they have also helped a man who had been trapped in the elevator, specifically in the garage, which was already partially blocked, as detailed by the consortium.
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Nine minors among the victims of the tragedy: the X-ray of the catastrophe.
More than a hundred of the 216 DANA fatalities on October 29 were in their seventies or older. Specifically, fifteen of the people who have gone missing were ninety years old or older. In addition, there are nine minors. These are the details provided by the Data Integration Center (CID) set up by the disaster.
Due to the floods, more men (131) than women (85) have been missing. And in terms of nationality, the majority were Spanish, although there are 26 victims of eleven other nationalities.
As for the municipalities with the most victims, Paiporta was the most lethal, with 45; followed by catarrh, with 25; Valencia, with 16, and Alfafar, with 15, according to the information provided by the CID.
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Sources: Generalitat de Valencia, à punt media, Moncloa & Europa Press
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