Traveling To Valencia Spain

The Congress has activated this Wednesday the commission of inquiry on the management of the crisis derived from the DANA that struck the Valencian Community on October 29, 2024 and that caused 228 deaths.

Traveling To Valencia Spain

By Paul Shoul Senior Writer On October 29, 2024, Eastern Spain, including the autonomous community of Valencia, experienced the worst flash flooding in the country’s history. Whole towns were devastated. The scale and speed of the destruction were almost biblical. A year’s worth of rain fell, and over 232 people were killed. I just returned...

The year 2024 was the third warmest in Spain since the beginning of the historical series of the State Meteorology Agency (AEMET) in 1961 and was also humid in terms of precipitation. The dana that affected Valencia in October mainly constituted the most prominent extreme weather phenomenon. There records were broken at national level of precipitation accumulated in one, six and twelve hours.

The reconstruction after the devastating DANA that struck the Valencian Community last October has become a bureaucratic labyrinth that threatens to prolong the suffering of those affected. To the surprise of no one. In a surprising turn of events, Lorena Silvent, socialist mayor of Catarroja, has publicly acknowledged this Wednesday, May 21, that the municipalities lack the technical and human means necessary to process and manage the central g…

The commission to investigate the management of the dana of October 29, 2024 has been formally constituted this Wednesday in the Congress of Deputies and will be chaired by the socialist deputy Carmen Martínez, who has indicated that one of its objectives will be to "direct political responsibilities".

Comunitat Valenciana: The Congress constitutes its commission to investigate the dana, with the Valencian socialist Carmen Martínez as president