Spain, controversy continues over possible negligence on the part of Valencian authorities

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*State Meteorological Agency had been warning of the DANA phenomenon since October 23rd *Outrage at the apparent negligence resulted in a protest against authorities *40 square kilometers of land were affected by the storm *Citizens demand responsibility for the worst flood in the last century

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00:00In Spain, the authorities are still trying to search for the missing while the controversy

00:04continues to revolve around a possible negligence of the Valencian authorities who did not warn

00:09in time of the disaster that was going to occur.

00:12From Valencia, our colleague Sergio Rodrigo with the report.

00:17Vicente tries to retrieve his belongings from his vehicle that he has located after seeing

00:22it on television.

00:24He saw how the flood swept through Valencia while he was stuck at his workstation.

00:29Two hours after the disaster, he received a message warning about the danger.

00:39If they had sent the alarm at 12 a.m. or 2 p.m. instead of 8 p.m., most people would

00:44have been saved from death and we would have recovered our belongings.

00:53What they can't do is send an alarm at 8 o'clock at night.

00:56People felt like smashing their phones against the floor because we were watching the disaster

01:01from the company's dining room from upstairs.

01:04How can they set an alarm at 8 o'clock at night?

01:07This is a disgrace.

01:16The state meteorological agency had been warning of the Dena since October 23 and repeated

01:22it every day until the 29th, when it warned of extreme risk.

01:27Adrian received a warning message from the Valencian community 12 hours after the weather

01:32alert, but just when the water was flooding the highway and his hotel.

01:40I got the message while the water was already up to my feet inside the van at 8.30 p.m.

01:45When the water had already passed the highway is when I got the message and I said, I received

01:50the message quite late.

01:58The government does not want to assess the polemic and assures that there will be time

02:03to do so.

02:06We are not going to deviate, despite what may happen with some violent events, absolutely

02:11marginal.

02:13The Valencian and Spanish citizens as a whole want to look forward and move forward with

02:17a huge gesture of responsibility and solidarity and that is what we are going to do from the

02:21government of Spain in coordination with all the institutions.

02:30As the warnings came in, 40 square kilometers of land were affected by the storm that has

02:36left hundreds of victims.

02:40Whether or not there was negligence during the flood disaster in Spain, the truth is

02:45that this question has generated the indignation of the citizens of the Valencian community

02:50who demand responsibility for the worst flood in the last century.

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