{"id":99609,"date":"2024-11-03T06:04:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T05:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomatinspain.com\/?p=99609"},"modified":"2024-11-02T20:42:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T19:42:56","slug":"dana-valencia-why-the-government-is-reluctant-to-upgrade-emergency-to-level-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomatinspain.com\/en\/2024\/11\/03\/dana-valencia-why-the-government-is-reluctant-to-upgrade-emergency-to-level-3\/","title":{"rendered":"DANA Valencia: why the Government is reluctant to upgrade emergency to Level 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00d3scar Ruiz<\/strong>\"\"<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Migration Expert and International Analyst<\/h6>\n

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S<\/span>ome military strategist used to say that in combat everyone has a good plan until the first shot rings out, and that seems to be what has happened to the government of the nation with this brutal catastrophe, in which many missing people are still being searched for and the number of victims continues to rise.<\/strong> No country is prepared for a tragedy of this magnitude, but it seems that the executive has not known how to take the bull by the horns and is operating on the basis of patches and outbursts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Army, one of the most valued organizations in this country, has been ready from minute one<\/b>, but the desire to help, the preparation, the training and the available material have once again come up against politics, which with these actions, hesitations and partisan interests is multiplying the pain of those affected, and of all Spaniards.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, we must be aware of the level of disinformation involved in these tragedies, either with interested hoaxes or political strategies to minimize the true impact of the situation, or maximize it through fake news to weaken the political opponent<\/b>, so any information about this event should be viewed with critical thinking.<\/p>\n

The brutal Isolated Depression at High Levels (DANA), which has caused torrential rains and catastrophic floods unprecedented in Europe so far this century by any other cold drop, with, for now, 211 dead in the region (figure updated by the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, in his institutional declaration this Saturday morning, after meeting with the Crisis Committee), with still incalculable missing persons and enormous material damage and which has affected in a particularly tragic way localities such as Paiporta, Torrent, Chiva, Cheste, Alfafar, Benifay\u00f3 and Alcudia.<\/p>\n

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Military resources deployed by the DANA<\/b><\/p>\n

The Military Emergency Unit <\/b>(UME) is the main component of the Armed Forces destined to act in natural disasters. The request is channeled through the Ministry of the Interior, which evaluates the situation and, if appropriate, coordinates with the Ministry of Defense the activation of the UME. This procedure guarantees a rapid and effective response to emergencies requiring additional resources.<\/p>\n

In addition, 250 additional military personnel<\/b>, mainly from engineering units, have been incorporated<\/b> to support reconstruction tasks and access to isolated areas. The Air Force has deployed NH90 helicopters for aerial rescue operations.<\/p>\n

Initially, 1,200 UME soldiers<\/b> were sent to the affected areas, to which 500 more soldiers <\/b>(300 from the Army, 100 from the Air Force and 100 from the Navy) began to be added this Friday, as reported yesterday by Margarita Robles <\/b>(after brutal social pressures). They are deployed in Utiel, Requena, Ribarroja, Torrent, Paiporta and Algemes\u00ed.<\/p>\n

However, Pedro S\u00e1nchez <\/b>himself has recognized this Saturday in his institutional statement that the response that is being given “is not enough<\/i> \u201d in the face of <\/b>the magnitude of the natural catastrophe. For this reason, he welcomed the fact that the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Maz\u00f3n, has decided to increase his request for military troops from 500 to 5,000<\/b>. As announced by S\u00e1nchez, the Executive will immediately send these 5,000 new military troops <\/b>(4,000 will arrive today and the other 1,000 on Sunday early in the morning), as well as another 5,000 national police and civil guards<\/b>, “doubling the number<\/i> \u201d of agents transferred so far to the affected areas.<\/p>\n

In addition, he has ordered the deployment of an amphibious ship of the Navy<\/b>, with operating rooms and a fleet of support vehicles that will arrive at the port of Valencia in the coming hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are talking about the largest deployment of troops of the State security forces and bodies of the Armed Forces that has ever been made in our country in times of peace\u201d, emphasized the President of the Government.<\/p>\n

But so far the lack of control is absolute. For example, the 100 elements of the Navy in the area are Marines who were conducting maneuvers in Chinchilla and have been sent to the affected area with nothing, lacking any material to help. Meanwhile in the same area are:<\/p>\n