The King Felipe VI will return on Tuesday to the Valencian Community for visit military units that are working in the field after the passage of the DANAas reported by Zarzuela.
The monarch will first visit the Jaime I Military Base, in Bétera, where he will have the opportunity to see the contingents of the Armythe Air Force and the EMU who are participating in the emergency response. After that, he will travel to the port of Valencia, where he will will visit the amphibious assault ship Galicia and finally he will visit the main Army logistics base at the Feria de Muestras de Valencia.
The King will thus return to the Valencian Community after the tense visit last Sunday next to the Queen Letiziathe President of the Government, Pedro Sánchezand the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazónto the town of Paiporta, one of the affected areas, where they were welcomed with mud throwingshouting and insults.
Currently, 8,500 troops from the three armies and the Royal Guard.2,103 of them belonging to the Military Emergency Unit (UME), are deployed in the municipalities of the Valencian Community affected by the storm, 72 in total in an area of 4,608 square kilometers, equivalent to 43% of the area of the entire province of Valencia. Valencia.
This Friday, the Ministry of Defense has once again increased the number of troops assigned to the operation, which come from units all over Spain. Specifically, for this day the following have been deployed new troops The Navy has increased the number of ships for the search and location of the dead or missing on the coast and six additional diving teams. In addition, the Air Force has prepared airplanes at its bases to begin relief operations.
They make use of 2,089 mediaincluding specialized intervention vehicles, helicopters, drones and engineering machines, among others. According to data provided this Friday, the Armed Forces have carried out 595 operationsbut some of these have not yet been completed due to their complexity. The focus of the Armed Forces is currently in four localities rated red by the authorities: Paiporta, Catarroja, Chiva and Masanasa.