Emergency service Castilla-La Mancha ha confirmed the first deaths of an 88-year-old woman in the municipality of Mira in Cuenca and a woman in the city of Letur, Albacete, due to heavy rains caused by DANA. In addition, according to mayor Sergio Martin, the city of Albacete has five missing people and extensive property damage. There are still dozens of affected municipalities. Castilla-La Mancha government spokeswoman Esther Padilla announced at a press conference that she would ask for a disaster zone to be declared when DANA passes and that “the priority now is the people.”
El Presidente de la Junta castellanomanchega, Emiliano García-Page, announced SER in the chain Que los servicios de la region “estaban todos prevenidos” y que el problema ha sido que “ha caído muy rapidente, en forma de aluvión”. The page added that the messages of “negacionistas” about climate change were “insultantes” and used the phrase “climate can't give more messages”. The president is in Letour, where he explained that there are 19 neighbors waiting to be evacuated by the rescue services, although he is confident that “they are safe”.
En declaraciones a los mediaos, el regidor Letureño ha noted that the tail of the river “went down” and this “facilitated” the search efforts. “Asto nos ha more than average to enable permission [los servicios de emergencia] accedan a la zona afectada”, he explained. 154 in place in the municipality are effective. Martín transferred his support to the neighbors and called “estar paraparados psicologimente” for the next days.
Milagros Tolón, the government's representative in the community, moved to Letur, where authorities are working to find the six dead. Defensa has confirmed that it will send more troops from Earth's Army to the municipality “within the next few hours”, as well as tracking dogs and drones.
The Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes del Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha confirmed to Europa Press that 17 school routes have been suspended due to weather conditions affecting 235 students in the provinces of Guadalajara, Albacete and Cuenca.
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