The UME was launched at 15:41 on the 29th, but only 56 soldiers managed to reach the epicenter of DANA during the first day.

The other 40 tuvenors who returned to the sub base were rescued in the return journey by rescuers who were trapped in the highway.

Los primeros soldiers were able to enter the area of ​​Paiporta (most affected by the floods) after midnight on Wednesday, October 30 at 00:28.

General Javier Marcos disclosed the information in a proposed press conference from the Moncloa Palace in response to criticism of the late response from the government.

During the intervention, he showed a video showing a vehicle from Chiwa Heights UME trying to reach the municipality on Tuesday 29th at 18.05. “We rescue people stuck in cars“, he explained. In the pictures, the A3 motorway looks like a river of mud. “Ya íbamos paraparados, con lanchas para ayudar a la gente”, he added.

“However, we knew that the situation was deteriorating before. [del 29 de octubre] In the declarations collected by Europa Press regarding the general Valencia Comunidad decreta la situación operativa 1”, “ya llevábamos horas alertados y, en cuanto vemos que la situación seestiáleeción seestivae very, na otro nivel, salimos”.

Considering that the heavy rains were intensifying, the Generalitat requested the intervention of the UME until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, as it informed the representative of the Government in Valencia. Pilar Bernabein social networks. Look for a base of up to 96 millimeters after 15:41.

General Marcos said that on October 29 at 6:00 p.m., when his men informed him of the seriousness of the situation, he ordered all personnel of his bases to be alert. Y ordenó al resto de efectivos de la base de Bétera “salir ya”, para estar en Valencia “al amanecer” del miercoles, 30. Mobilize for all battalions except the Canary Islands.

There is no barrier, all aid has been insufficient before the scale of the disaster, which occurred in 78 states. The number of dead has increased to 217according to the latest official figure.

El sábado 2 de noviembre (four days after the disaster) The province of Valencia had 2,500 soldiers. No fue hasta el día siguiente, November 3, Cuando El Minister Angel Víctor Torres announced that the government is there. 7,500 is very worthless.

Currently, General Marcos explained that trabajan en la zone 8,500 militaresWith 2,000 medium combat helicopters, drones and special intervention vehicles.

In turn, the Minister of Internal Affairs Fernando Grande-Marlascaha negado este sábado catóricamente que se produjera un “Informative blackout“In the warnings issued by the Jucar Hydrographic Confederation and the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) on October 29.

“Hubo todos los avisos necesarios y precisos y de manera permanente”, ha defended Marlasca after attending the crisis committee held in Moncloa. The title of the interior is “Cualquier cuistón que se diga al specto adoolece de la veracidad necessaria y de lo acontecido”.

Sin embargo, Marlaska does not offer ningun dato que desmienta los publicados for EL ESPAÑOL, según los cuales CHJ stopped reporting on the tail of barranco del Poyo at the most critical hours.

La Confederación Hidrográfica reported at 4:13 p.m. that the river was carrying 28 cubic meters of water, indicating that the situation was out of danger.

At 18:43 CHJ remitió el siguiente correo electrónico, en el que informaba que el caudal se había disparado hasta 1,686 cubic meters. El tiempo de dos horas y media transcurrido entre ambos avisos would have had a critical result to alert the population and save lives.

Los protocols forced the CHJ to warn about the caudal del barranco del Poyo when it exceeded 150 cubic meters per second. But 17 hours, 325 cubic meters; 16 years, 1,725 ​​years. Power was restored after 6:43 p.m.