The Generalitat sent an alert to mobile phones because they feared the Forata dam would break, not because of the flooding of the Poyo gorge, for which there was no warning.

Fuentes de la Generalitat EL ESPAÑOL que a las provides 20:00 That day, Secretary of State for Environmental Protection Hugo Moran called from Colombia. counselor De Interior, Salomé Pradas, Forata se rompiera for “alto riesgo” available advertising. This information is known Después de que Morán appeareciera en el Congresso, este miércolesTo explain the leadership of the Ministry of Environmental Transition at DANA.

As a result of DANA, the Forata reservoir, located in the city of Yatova, 45 kilometers from Valencia, has reached its capacity. The Generalitat and its own Confederación Hidrográfica del Jucar (CHJ) sources, consulted by this newspaper, agree in their assessment that “if this dam of the Magro River were to break, the disaster would be infinitely greater.”

Well, a las 17:56CHJ reported that the swamp has started to discharge water into the Magro River. At that moment, the Coordination Center (CECOPI) was reunited, where the Government Delegation, CHJ, National Police and Civil Guard (all in telematic form) and representatives of the Generalitat Diputación de Valencia and Unidad Militar de Emergencias, UME (in person).

At that meeting, all attention was focused on the impact of the torrential rains on the increasing emergency situation of the Forata Dam. 18:04 Entró entró en “Escenario exceptional” or “Escenario 2”. It is a “perigro de rotura o avería grave” that cannot be insured with certainty that can be controlled “by the application of measures and available media”.

Según fuentes presents the reunification quoted by the Generalitat, “the representative of the CHJ advises de lo que estaba ocurriendo ya en el barranco del Poyo”, que estaba multiplicando por 100 su caudal y ya provocaba las primeras inundaciones aguas abajo.

Hora y media más tarde del aviso aumento caudal en el Río Magro por el escenario de peligro en la dama de Forata, a las 19:30el CECOPI ya sabe, por boca del representative de la CHJ, que el embalse entraba en “Escenario 3”, que indica que la probability de rotura “es elevada o ha ha comenzado”.

El embalse de Forata, comarca de La Hoya de Buñol, has a capacity of 37,000 million liters. Y ya se habian alcanzado, con la circunstancia de que el ilvio de agua con las puertas abiertas agua por el caudal que alimento el embalse was less than the entrance.

The breach of the dam would have created a large water avenue between the towns of Chiva and Cheste, in the area where the Poyo Creek begins.

After the conversation between Moran and Pradas, the Coordinating Center (CECOPI) with representatives of the Government Delegation, the CHJ, the National Police and the Civil Guard (all in telematic form) and the Generalitat decided to send a mass message to the Diputación de Valencia and the UME (in person) on mobile phones.

According to the chronology that the Generalitat Valenciana contributed to this agenda of the pursuit carried out by DANA on Tuesday 29, it seems that it was not possible to send an alert to the phones of citizens. The overflow of the Poyo barranco.

Más aún, cuando a las 18:46 CHJ reported in an email that the flow of the Poyo creek was 1,686 m3 per second, three minutes after the flood caused havoc in towns like Paiporta.

In addition, according to this version of the Generalitat, no one from the CHJ or the Government Delegation gave a verbal warning about the seriousness of the situation in this barranco, despite their attendance at the CECOPI meeting. Neither did the Secretary of State for the Environment, who called to warn about what was happening at Forata Dam.

Surprende sobremanera that CHJ, según esta chronología, tardase casi dos horas en dar la alarma sobre la situación del barranco del Poyo. Y es que se sabe que a las 17:00its tail was 325.52 m3 per second, or las 18:00de 1,725.89 m3.

Los protocols must immediately inform the CHJ that each segunda must have an area of ​​150 m3. Sin embargo, no remitió ninguna communication de la situation del barranco entre las 4:13 p.mThere is information about a house with an area of ​​28.7 m3. 18:46cuando también por e-mail Then there is an area of ​​1,686 m3.

La chronología de la jornada del día 29 facilitated by the Generalitat arranca a las 7.30 hoursthis is when the Emergency Coordination Center updates weather warnings. Meanwhile, several municipalities have informed the Chancellery about the suspension of classes and remember the citizens who paid attention to the information of 112 of the Generalitat.

wow 8:49 El 112 Emergencias Comunidad Valenciana asks citizens to refrain from driving and avoid areas that are not flooded to avoid possible currents in the event of a risk of flooding.

wow 11:06 a.m CHJ sends the first email to Emergencias to warn that the Poyo barranco has a flow of 264 m3 per second with a “tendencia ascendente”.

Small minutes, a little later 11:45 a.mThe Emergency Coordination Center issues a special warning regarding the hydrological threat in the municipalities of the Magro river basin. The most frequently performed works are specifically considered los mucipios han de maintainer la observación de la evolución de los cauces y las medias preventivas respectively.

wow 12:20 p.mEmergencies hydrológica alerta envia, todos a todos los municipios afectados for el barranco del Poyo y obligato constituir los CECOPAL (centros de coordination de emergency locale). It only constitutes Algemesí y Valencia.

Pasadas las 13:00la counselor Salome Pradas goes to the municipality of Carlet to analyze the situation first hand after the heavy rains during the term.

wow 13:42 CHJ can be supplied with electricity, 120 m3 per second, find out about the low trend. Nevertheless, Emergencias does not turn off the hydrological warning.

Pasadas las 14:00la counselor Pradas habla con la delegada del Gobierno por telefono y le solicita la intervention de la UME en Utiel, donde su alcalde le ha información del bordamiento del río Magro. Una hora más tarde, las 15:00make the main request official. At this moment, all the representatives who are part of CECOPI are called to the meeting which will start in two hours.

wow 15:04 CHJ sends its third letter, this time confirming that the flow in the Poyo creek is 55.86 m3 per second. Emergencies do not stop hydrology.

wow 15:20Emergencias anuncia que se abaca de activar el plan especial de inundaciones en la comarca de Utiel-Requena e information de que se ha cursado la request de intervention de la UME.

wow 16:13CHJ sends his fourth letter regarding the situation of barranco del Poyo. Then confirm the area of ​​28.7 m3. Still, Emergencias mantiene la alerta hydrologica.

wow 16:48Emergencias emite un nuevo mensaje en el que pide precaution a los ciudadanos: “Nothing, ya que en manyas zonas del littoral no llueve o lo hace de forma debil, pero a la costa llegan los ríos y ramblacidossy. circular y aléjate de estas zonas costeras y no atravieses cauces de ríos”.

wow 17:00 CECOPI organizes. At that hour, the water flow in the Poyo creek is 325.52 m3 per second. Sin embargo, CHJ is obliged to communicate with the Civil Protection of Civil Civil Protection above 150 m3 for each day, although CHJ does not make any concessions regarding any communication.

wow 17:03 The UME announces the departure of its first personnel from the Jaime I de Valencia base to intervene in Utiel.

wow 17:35Emergencias ivía alerta hydrologica en los ríos Magro and Jucar. Notice on municipalities that are producers of common products in general.

wow 17:56CHJ reports via email that the Forata Reservoir has started releasing water, preventing flows above 1,000 m3 per second in the Magro River.

wow 18:00has an area of ​​1,725.89 m3 per second. However, despite the fact that the river basin protocol obliges the Civil Defense to notify any flood of more than 150 m3 per second, the CHJ does not send emergency communications.

CHJ emailed them 18:04but to inform the Emergency and Nazirio de Transición Ecológica of the danger involving the Forata Dam.

Yes 18:46 You can connect with the same system: “Barranco del Poyo” 1.686 m3 per second “con tendencia ascendente y muy rápida”. CECOPI reunites. Miguel Polo, president of CHJ, is present on the web. Sin embargo, Generalitat según fuentes, nadie alerta at that moment barranco situation.

wow 19:30Activate the special earthquake plan in the province of Valencia.

Be a little late 19:33CHJ sends a letter to report that the Forata Reservoir is releasing 900,046 m3 per second into the Magro River, which could reach 1,500. CHJ members are verbally commenting on the possibility of a prison break in the heart of CECOPI.

Unos 30 minutes, one las 20:00then the Secretary of State for the Environment called Councilor Pradas to express concern about the situation.

Finally, a las 20:11 A mass message is sent to the population through mobile phones. The Generalitat Valenciana notes in this regard that the ES-Alert system has not yet been included in any protocol, as it is awaiting approval by the National Commission for Civil Protection.