The enormous tragedy of the effects of the DANA which hit the province of Valencia and Letur (Albacete) on Tuesday, October 29 with special incidence, has left 225 dead and 23 missing at the time of writing this article. Nothing is comparable to the loss of human life and pain that their absence leaves their families and friends. There are no words, I cannot find them, to mitigate their pain.
In addition to the human losses, there are the substantial property damage in homes, companies, businesses and infrastructures and thousands of hectares of agricultural land. For this reason, the Government of Spain has already passed two decrees laws by 14.3 billion euros which have already been published in the BOE and will serve as a first social shield against catastrophe.. SOLIDARITY is written in capital letters, the action of governments is written in the BOE. The immediate response planreconstruction and re-launching in the face of the damage caused by the DANA involves hundreds of measures aimed at the direct care of those affected and to the recovery and normalization of the economic activity and the daily life of thousands of Valencian people.
Some have taken advantage of these very painful circumstances to put themselves at the head of disinformation campaigns and hoaxeswhich have been propagated with the sole purpose of feeding the chaos and creating even more unrest among the population. But beyond this, the best of the human condition in the face of adversity has appeared.. I wish to highlight the solidarity of thousands of volunteers and NGOs, such as Red Cross and Caritas, and their untiring work, in addition to to thank with emotion the response of the citizens of Madrid.who have once again led the way in their solidarity and generosity in the face of a catastrophe.
This is in addition to the response of mobilization of personnel and resources by the Government of Spain: more than 25,000 public employees working together with Valencian institutions to help neighbors in coordination with all public administrations.
Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart.