The Dana judge asks the Generalitat Valenciana if she notified the municipalities of the risk of the flood | News from the Valencian Community
The Judge of Catarroja (Valencia) who investigates the Dana, Nuria Ruiz Tobarra, has given this Wednesday light to a battery of inquiries aimed at the same end: to find out how the government of Carlos Mazón was prepared to combat the colossal catastrophe that on October 29 left 228 dead in the province of Valencia. The magistrate has requested a chain of proceedings to the Cecopi – the emergency agency of the Generalitat that coordinated the crisis – to clarify how the municipalities were alerted – 78 were affected – of the monumental flood.
The instructor asks the Generalitat yes, as forces the flood plan, he warned the municipalities on the eve of the imminent risk tragedy to control the river channels. And it is that the Dana startled the population of localities such as Paiporta or Catarroja, where the unexpected overflow of the Poyo ravine segated life during the Aciaga Day of 45 and 25 people, respectively.
The magistrate also cites to declare as a witness Silvia Soria Cases, who was head of Cabinet of the Minister Salomé Pradas, who is charged in the case with who her number two was during the flood, Emilio Argüeso. The testimony of the right hand of the former leader occurs at the request of the CGT union, which exercises the popular accusation.
The magistrate requests the Valencian Executive if, following warning the municipalities, the municipalities constituted the Cecopal, the local emergency coordination body. And he asks about the controls that followed the day of the Dana on the torrential rains and the river channels.
In an attempt to illuminate how the Government of the Popular Baron faced the largest natural catastrophe in its history, the judge claims the report on the risk of floods after reaching the emergency situation 1. Also wants to know the magistrate if the Generalitat asked data to the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet) about the evolution of the eventual flood in some basin in particular. And key information about the headquarters from where the crisis was coordinated, the Cecopi. The instructor wants to know when it was constituted, who integrated her advisory committee, who was part of her « risk monitoring » unit. Diligence is not free. Since the investigation started, Ruiz Tobarra focuses on the focus of his investigations on the delay in sending the mass alert to mobiles, that this agency of the Generalitat sent at 8:11 pm, when there were already dozens of deceased people, disappeared and trapped in low floors and garages. The former counselor Pradas acknowledged that she did not know the system to send emergency messages to the phones until the day of the flood.
The magistrate also points the focus of her investigation to the Firefighters of the Generalitat. He wants to know the salvages with helicopters in which they participated on the day of the tragedy.
