The historic storm that has been shaking our country for four days has caused several towns in the different affected Communities – Valencia, Castilla – La Mancha and Andalusia – to be completely cut off, without light or coverage for long hours. Although communication points are currently being reestablished, there are several territories that are still ‘isolated’.
© GTRESThese days, there are many well-known faces who tell how they are experiencing the situation and what conditions they are in. The Valencian writer and journalist Máximo Huerta had planned to travel to Madrid last Wednesday, October 30, to present his new book, my little bookstorebut was met with the arrival of DANA. The A3 highway, which connects the Valencian Community with the capital, was completely impassable. After several hours trapped in his car, Huerta finally managed to reach his home in Buñol. “The A3 highway was closed and flooded. After hours in the car, I have finally arrived home. I am in Buñol. My hug to all those affected, who are many, too many,” he shared.
© GTRESThe writer has gone live into the Chain Being to tell how both he and his mother Clara Hernández, with whom he lives, are feeling: “She is with me, she is lucky, but I imagine all the elderly who may be in an apartment or who have been left alone.” The writer is an only child and has spent several years caring for his mother, whose health has been affected over time. On his last visit to El Hormiguero he already said that he suffered many problems, due to surgical interventions or dementia. In fact, in statements to the microphones of Chain Being assures that “when you have a mental illness you live in a present continuous, what you said ten minutes ago you forget, the present continuous returns, and asks the same thing again, which is why you are not aware of everything, of the tragedy “.
© @máximohuertaCommunications are being very complicated in the affected territories due to power outages caused by the floods. In fact, after several hours without publishing anything, the writer managed to access a coverage point and did not hesitate to share a message with all his followers: “Thank you very much for all the messages, they have arrived suddenly in a moment of coverage. At home we are fine and so is Utiel’s family. Finally, after three days we were able to communicate. There is electricity and water at home. Thank you for the love and empathy, he wrote.
© @maximohuertaLike him, there are already hundreds of families affected by the catastrophe and many people are missing. Early in the morning, the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska confirmed that in the last few hours the total number of deaths has risen to 207.
© GTRESFor his part, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has announced that at the request of the President of the Valencian Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, he will send 5,000 more soldiers to the 3,000 already deployed to help in rescue and emergency tasks in the most vulnerable areas. affected by DANA.