Spain: 1,900 missing and 207 dead after DANA goes on

It is imperative that they return homeasked the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, after the crowd turned out to support the affected communities, as both vehicles and pedestrians block access to aid is necessary for the travel of convoys.

At the same time, the death toll due to the Isolated Depression at High Levels (DANA) in Spain rose from last Tuesday to 207, mostly in the Valencian Community, but the most frightening the 1,900 people who are missing and are still buried underground. thousands of tons of mud that have destroyed towns, houses, buildings, roads and landscapes in the area, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior, which show an unimaginable disaster.

The damage caused by DANA – exacerbated by climate change – was reminiscent of the aftermath of a tsunami. This is a cemetery, with bodies stuck under a meter and a half of mud and under carssaid one of the Phaiporta people.

The worst natural disaster in the country’s recent history is increasing great anger against those responsible for public administrations, as help from the State still does not arrive.

Those affected want the president of the government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, to order the alarm condition which would allow him to activate all the auxiliary equipment.

Tens of thousands of volunteers provide support in the most damaged towns and go on foot, by bicycle or by any means of transport that is able to overcome the obstacles caused by the great -a natural disaster, which also destroyed roads, streets and rural access roads to the towns. .

The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, said that the Civil Guard saved more than 4,500 people, and that they continue to work with a report of at least 2,500 warning calls.

Many homes are still without water, electricity, gas or internet, forcing thousands of people to go out in search of supplies at a time when the meteorological agency issued warnings for heavy rain in the area , as well as the coast of Huelva, Andalusia and Tarragona, in Catalonia.