Salomé Pradas, who has emergency powers, stated on Thursday that it was a technician who informed them of the existence of the population notification system on the afternoon of October 29.
The Minister of Justice of the Valencian Community, Salome Pradaswhich has emergency powers, stated this on Thursday It was a technician who informed themon the afternoon of October 29, about the existence of the Es-Alert population warning system.
This alarm, which advised not to leave the house due to the red alert due to heavy rain, sounded on mobile phones in the province of Valencia shortly after 8 p.m., when the Poyo ravine had already flooded and inundated numerous towns in the area. south of Valencia.
In statements to À Punt, the Valencian public television, Pradas said that they were only verbally informed of “something about the Rambla del Poyo” after 7 p.m., and that she received a call from the secretary at 8 p.m. State of ecological transition, in which warned that it could not guarantee that the Forata Dam would not break.
“At that point, a technician informs us that there is a mechanism called Es-Alert, which It is not regulated for the time being and it is not in our regional plans, which are still a draft to be approved by the National Civil Protection Commission,” Pradas said.
He has said that the only verbal information they receive about the Forata Dam, with this information, is when they decide to activate that Es-Alert, a decision that, as he said, was adopted by the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (CECOPI). , which coordinates the emergency by DANA, and “advised by the technicians.”
The councilor has defended that every step taken by the Generalitat was done “based on the reports and information” they had from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) and the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation (CHJ).
“If we didn’t have the information, we couldn’t act,” he said, criticizing the fact that they only received information by email, and in addition, the information warning of the impending flooding of the Poyo Ravine arrived. when it was already flooding.
Source: EITB
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