A huge flow of water violently surprised the citizens of the Spanish province of Valencia due to an Isolated Depression at High Levels (DANA). One day after this natural disaster, several more bodies have been found in the area, raising the death toll to 140, while the search for the missing continues.
Spanish media report on the countless damages caused by the DANA. Roads are cut off, areas isolated by water, mud, and landslides, as well as many municipalities that are without drinking water. Additionally, around 75,000 people are without electrical supply in the province of Valencia as a result of the storm.
The Spanish government has mobilized more than 1,200 personnel from the Ministry of Defense, the Military Emergency Unit, and the Armed Forces to assist in rescue and cleanup efforts in the numerous affected populations, primarily in Valencia and Castilla-La Mancha.
This is the most tragic atmospheric disaster recorded in Spain in more than half a century. The last time the country was affected so devastatingly was in October 1973, when 300 people lost their lives due to torrential rains that devastated several towns in Murcia and Andalusia.
