Update: Friday 1st November
Several sections of the A-3 and A-7 in Valencia continue to be closed due to flooding
Several sections of the A-3, the A-7, the V-30 and the V-31, the latter two access to the capital Valencia, are still cut off by the floods, as are other roads in the secondary network, as updated by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT).
Around 366,000 residents of twenty towns are without drinking waterÂ
They are still waiting for service to be restored so they can clean houses and streets, which have been covered in mud.
Update: 31 October 2024 – 20:30
The emergency device deployed in critical areas due to the effects of the devastating DANA is working at full speed on rescue and cleaning tasks today,
On Thursday, the priority continued to find the people who are still missing, work in which a thousand members of the Military Emergency Unit and thousands of agents of the Civil Guard, firefighters and police participate. The human cost of this cold drop, the most tragic and explosive of the century, leaves us with terrifying figures and is expected to grow even more. According to the balance updated at 16:00 hours by the Emergency Coordination Center, which is still provisional, at least 155 people have lost their lives due to the catastrophe. In addition, tens of thousands of residents of the affected municipalities continue to be without electricity, water and telephone supplies .
For its part, the Generalitat decreed three days of official mourning for the victims and has activated a  first package of direct aid for 250 million euros for the victims.
The Generalitat has set up five WhatsApp channels to”coordinate solidarity”
The first image #Landsat of the floods of #Dana of #Valencia processed by @ALSOSpace_
Wednesday 29th October
This morning the province of Valencia is facing the harsh consequences of the catastrophic episode of extreme rain that has mainly devastated the districts of Plana d’Utiel-Requena, Foia de Bunyol, Ribera and several municipalities of Horta Sud.
The worst humanitarian catastrophe of the century in Valencia
The figures, still provisional, confirm this DANA as the worst human catastrophe in the 21st century in the province of Valencia. The number of victims is much higher than the eight deaths caused by the Tous flood in October 1982, and they are close to that of the great Túria flood of 1957, which killed 81 people.
The situation is far from normal. Ravines and rivers overflowed, towns and roads were blocked, cars piled up, transport services disrupted, thousands of people displaced or trapped by water and collapsed houses.
In addition to the great material damage, the authorities have also confirmed that the storm has claimed at least 51 human lives. And the emergency and rescue teams continue to work to be able to access the places where it has not yet been possible to enter.
More than a thousand soldiers from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) have been deployed in the province of Valencia to deal with the situation caused by the virulent DANA that is hitting several regions, with specialised means working in coordination with the device of emergency of the Generalitat.
The video below was published at 9am 30/10/24
Cover photo and source: https://www.apuntmedia.es/
