Valencia's emergency adviser admits he didn't know the warning system existed until the afternoon of the disaster.

The Consellera de Justicia de la Comunitat Valenciana, Salomé Pradas, queen tiene las compencias en Emergencias, ha manifestado este jueves que fue Un técnico el que informó les, la tarde del 29 de October, de la existence del system de aviso a la población Es-Alert.

Esta alarma, que Advise you to contact the cell phones of the province of Valencia at 20.00. the barranco del Poyo overflowed and flooded numerous towns south of Valencia.

En declaraciones a À Punt, la publica valenciana television, Pradas ha dicho que verbalmente no se les comunicó “nada sobre la rambla del Poyo hasta pasadas 19.00.“, and when he called at 20.00 from the secretary of the Ecological Transition State, he warned that he could not be sure that the Forata dam would not be breached.

“Then The technician tells us that there is a mechanism called Es-Alertque no está por ahora reglado y no está en nuestros autonomicos plans, que es todava un draftador que está en el comité national de protección civil defense plans,” affirmed Pradas.

Pay attention to the basic information, forata pre-warning recibean, We decided to activate Es-Alert, una decision que, según ha dicho, Adopted by the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (CECOPI).Emergency coordinator and “recommended by technicians” by Dana.

La consellera defended it Every step taken by the Generalitat was carried out “on the basis of reports and information”. que tenien de la Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) and la Confederación Hidrográfica del Jucar (CHJ).

“If we didn't have information, we couldn't act.”he said, criticizing that he would only inform them by e-mail and warn them of the impending flood of the Poyo barranco.