2024 Spanish floods - Revision history

<?xml version="1.0"?> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"> <id>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=2024_Spanish_floods</id> <title>2024 Spanish floods - Revision history</title> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=2024_Spanish_floods"/> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&action=history"/> <updated>2024-11-27T04:28:21Z</updated> <subtitle>Revision history for this page on the wiki</subtitle> <generator>MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4</generator> <entry> <id>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259758703&oldid=prev</id> <title>Andol: update, no missing reference, reports are mentioned below in the paragraph "climatologists" (but should better be placed meteorology or climatology)</title> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259758703&oldid=prev"/> <updated>2024-11-26T22:07:44Z</updated> <summary type="html"><p>update, no missing reference, reports are mentioned below in the paragraph &quot;climatologists&quot; (but should better be placed meteorology or climatology)</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Previous revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:07, 26 November 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 16:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 16:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 29 October 2024, [[torrential rain]] caused by an [[cut-off low|isolated low-pressure area at high levels]] brought over a year's worth of [[precipitation]] to several areas in eastern [[Spain]], including the [[Valencian Community]], [[Castilla–La Mancha]], and [[Andalusia]]. The resulting [[Floodwater|floodwaters]] caused the deaths of 229 people, with five more missing&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/info-dana/Paginas/2024/231124-datos-seguimiento-actuaciones-gobierno.aspx |title=Actualización de datos del Gobierno de España|date=23 November 2024 |access-date=23 November 2024 |newspaper=La Moncloa |language=es}}&lt;/ref&gt; and substantial property damage.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |date=November 2, 2024 |first1=Holly |last1=Evans |first2=Tara |last2=Cobham |first3=Alex|last3=Croft |title=Spain floods latest: 5,000 more soldiers deployed as satellite photos show extent of devastation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-floods-latest-valencia-map-rain-huelva-deaths-b2640194.html |access-date=November 2, 2024 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="TG211"&gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/02/spain-floods-disaster-5000-more-troops-drafted-in-to-deal-with-aftermath|title=Spain floods: 10,000 troops and police drafted in to deal with disaster|first=Sam|last=Jones|date=2 November 2024|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; It is one of the deadliest natural disasters in Spanish history.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|title=Spain's deadliest floods in decades: Death toll reaches 205 as temporary morgue opens |work=[[ITVX]] |date=1 November 2024 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2024-11-01/spain-floods-rescuers-search-for-missing-as-death-toll-hits-158 |access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 29 October 2024, [[torrential rain]] caused by an [[cut-off low|isolated low-pressure area at high levels]] brought over a year's worth of [[precipitation]] to several areas in eastern [[Spain]], including the [[Valencian Community]], [[Castilla–La Mancha]], and [[Andalusia]]. The resulting [[Floodwater|floodwaters]] caused the deaths of 229 people, with five more missing&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/info-dana/Paginas/2024/231124-datos-seguimiento-actuaciones-gobierno.aspx |title=Actualización de datos del Gobierno de España|date=23 November 2024 |access-date=23 November 2024 |newspaper=La Moncloa |language=es}}&lt;/ref&gt; and substantial property damage.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |date=November 2, 2024 |first1=Holly |last1=Evans |first2=Tara |last2=Cobham |first3=Alex|last3=Croft |title=Spain floods latest: 5,000 more soldiers deployed as satellite photos show extent of devastation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-floods-latest-valencia-map-rain-huelva-deaths-b2640194.html |access-date=November 2, 2024 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="TG211"&gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/02/spain-floods-disaster-5000-more-troops-drafted-in-to-deal-with-aftermath|title=Spain floods: 10,000 troops and police drafted in to deal with disaster|first=Sam|last=Jones|date=2 November 2024|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; It is one of the deadliest natural disasters in Spanish history.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|title=Spain's deadliest floods in decades: Death toll reaches 205 as temporary morgue opens |work=[[ITVX]] |date=1 November 2024 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2024-11-01/spain-floods-rescuers-search-for-missing-as-death-toll-hits-158 |access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Though similar torrential rain events had happened in the past in the region, the flooding was more intense, likely due to [[Effects of climate change|the effects of climate change]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Citation needed|reason=must refer to published article|date=November 2024}}</del>. The [[disaster response|poor preparation and disaster response]] of the [[Autonomous communities of Spain|regional]] and national governments also likely aggravated the human cost of the event, notably in [[Valencian Community|Valencia]]. After the flooding, thousands of volunteers from all around Spain and numerous nonprofit organizations mobilized to help with the cleanup and recovery.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Though similar torrential rain events had happened in the past in the region, the flooding was more intense, likely due to [[Effects of climate change|the effects of climate change]]. The [[disaster response|poor preparation and disaster response]] of the [[Autonomous communities of Spain|regional]] and national governments also likely aggravated the human cost of the event, notably in [[Valencian Community|Valencia]]. After the flooding, thousands of volunteers from all around Spain and numerous nonprofit organizations mobilized to help with the cleanup and recovery.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Background ==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Background ==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 37:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 37:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The fourth factor is that [[Climate change|climate change]] had increased the destructive power of the storm [[Effects of climate change|in several ways]]. After the 2024 summer, the record high temperatures of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and [[Atlantic Ocean]] caused unusually high levels of water evaporation, that precipitated with record intensity [[Cold drop|when it came into contact with high altitude cold air]] arriving from the north. It made the storm 2 times more likely and the rainfall 12% heavier.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title=Devastating rainfall hits Spain in yet another flood-related disaster |url=https://wmo.int/media/news/devastating-rainfall-hits-spain-yet-another-flood-related-disaster |website=World Meteorologic Organization |access-date=17 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Increasing the flood risk, the hotter recent summers made the soil drier, reducing the ground's ability to soak up water, which facilitates flash flooding. Scientists suggest that climate change may also have caused the storm to move more slowly, creating more rainfall in the same place; the same is said about the central European [[2024 Central European floods|storm "Boris"]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last1=McGrath |first1=Matt |title=Scientists say climate change made Spanish floods worse |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98eylqeg06o |access-date=17 November 2024 |agency=BBC |date=30 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The warmer sea waters also increase wind speed during such storms.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title=expert reaction to flash floods in south-eastern Spain |url=https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-flash-floods-in-south-eastern-spain/ |website=Science Media Centre |access-date=17 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[Climate change in the Arctic|warming of the Arctic]] makes the [[jet stream |jet stream]] weaker, which facilitated the movement of cold arctic air further south, as occurred in this instance, when a pocket of cold air from over Greenland penetrated the warm air mass over Spain. When the cold air from the north meets the warm humid air from over the Mediterranean Sea, it creates intense rainfall and strong winds. Climate change warming has also extended the season in which this [[Cold drop|DANA phenomena]] can occur: from only November, to anytime in the year.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last1=Ruiz de Elvira Serra |first1=Antonio |title=Valencia floods: Our warming climate is making once-rare weather more common, and more destructive |url=https://theconversation.com/valencia-floods-our-warming-climate-is-making-once-rare-weather-more-common-and-more-destructive-242798 |access-date=17 November 2024 |agency=The conversation |date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The fourth factor is that [[Climate change|climate change]] had increased the destructive power of the storm [[Effects of climate change|in several ways]]. After the 2024 summer, the record high temperatures of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and [[Atlantic Ocean]] caused unusually high levels of water evaporation, that precipitated with record intensity [[Cold drop|when it came into contact with high altitude cold air]] arriving from the north. It made the storm 2 times more likely and the rainfall 12% heavier.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title=Devastating rainfall hits Spain in yet another flood-related disaster |url=https://wmo.int/media/news/devastating-rainfall-hits-spain-yet-another-flood-related-disaster |website=World Meteorologic Organization |access-date=17 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Increasing the flood risk, the hotter recent summers made the soil drier, reducing the ground's ability to soak up water, which facilitates flash flooding. Scientists suggest that climate change may also have caused the storm to move more slowly, creating more rainfall in the same place; the same is said about the central European [[2024 Central European floods|storm "Boris"]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last1=McGrath |first1=Matt |title=Scientists say climate change made Spanish floods worse |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98eylqeg06o |access-date=17 November 2024 |agency=BBC |date=30 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The warmer sea waters also increase wind speed during such storms.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title=expert reaction to flash floods in south-eastern Spain |url=https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-flash-floods-in-south-eastern-spain/ |website=Science Media Centre |access-date=17 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[Climate change in the Arctic|warming of the Arctic]] makes the [[jet stream |jet stream]] weaker, which facilitated the movement of cold arctic air further south, as occurred in this instance, when a pocket of cold air from over Greenland penetrated the warm air mass over Spain. When the cold air from the north meets the warm humid air from over the Mediterranean Sea, it creates intense rainfall and strong winds. Climate change warming has also extended the season in which this [[Cold drop|DANA phenomena]] can occur: from only November, to anytime in the year.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last1=Ruiz de Elvira Serra |first1=Antonio |title=Valencia floods: Our warming climate is making once-rare weather more common, and more destructive |url=https://theconversation.com/valencia-floods-our-warming-climate-is-making-once-rare-weather-more-common-and-more-destructive-242798 |access-date=17 November 2024 |agency=The conversation |date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Climatologist also performed some [[Extreme event attribution]] analyses. [[Climate Central]] analysed the floods to be influenced by [[Effects of climate change on oceans#Rising ocean temperature|rising temperature]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/ocean-csi-spain-floods|title=Analysis: Valencia floods fueled by ocean warming in the Tropical Atlantic linked to climate change|date=31 October 2024|work=[[Climate Central]]|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; According to another report by [[World Weather Attribution]], climate change had made the rainfall in Spain 12% heavier and twice as likely.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|last=Hedgecoe|first=Guy|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62lkne32v9o|title=Trapped in cars and garages: Why Valencia floods proved so deadly|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Flooding ==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Flooding ==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 191:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 193:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Climatologists===</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Climatologists===</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>German climatologist [[Friederike Otto]] of the [[Centre for Environmental Policy]] said [[climate change]] undoubtedly aggravated the heavy rain.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first1=Ashifa|last1=Kassam|first2=Faisal|last2=Ali|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/31/why-were-the-floods-in-spain-so-bad-a-visual-guide|title=Why were the floods in Spain so bad? A visual guide|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Italian climatologist Stefano Materia also attributed the severity to climate change and called the current [[Mediterranean]] a "timebomb".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|last=Niranjan|first=Ajit|date=30 October 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/30/spain-deadly-floods-and-severe-droughts-are-two-faces-of-the-climate-change-coin|title=Spain's deadly floods and droughts are two faces of the climate crisis coin|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=31 October<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Climate Central]] analysed the floods to be influenced by [[Effects of climate change on oceans#Rising ocean temperature|rising temperature]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/ocean-csi-spain-floods|title=Analysis: Valencia floods fueled by ocean warming in the Tropical Atlantic linked to climate change|date=31 October 2024|work=[[Climate Central]]|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; According to a report by [[World Weather Attribution]], climate change had made the rainfall in Spain 12% heavier and twice as likely.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|last=Hedgecoe|first=Guy|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62lkne32v9o|title=Trapped in cars and garages: Why Valencia floods proved so deadly|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=4 November</del> 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>German climatologist [[Friederike Otto]] of the [[Centre for Environmental Policy]] said [[climate change]] undoubtedly aggravated the heavy rain.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first1=Ashifa|last1=Kassam|first2=Faisal|last2=Ali|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/31/why-were-the-floods-in-spain-so-bad-a-visual-guide|title=Why were the floods in Spain so bad? A visual guide|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Italian climatologist Stefano Materia also attributed the severity to climate change and called the current [[Mediterranean]] a "timebomb".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|last=Niranjan|first=Ajit|date=30 October 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/30/spain-deadly-floods-and-severe-droughts-are-two-faces-of-the-climate-change-coin|title=Spain's deadly floods and droughts are two faces of the climate crisis coin|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; 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text-decoration: none;">|Mike Tyson</del>|text=[[Cyclone Dana]], which existed in the North <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ring to the pen to the king</del> Ocean a few days before the Spanish floods}}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{distinguish|text=[[Cyclone Dana]], which existed in the North <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Indian</ins> Ocean a few days before the Spanish floods}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Infobox flood</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Infobox flood</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| image = 2024-11-02 Voluntaris per netejar camí de Sedaví 05.jpg</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| image = 2024-11-02 Voluntaris per netejar camí de Sedaví 05.jpg</div></td> </tr>  </table></summary> <author><name>Borgenland</name></author> </entry> <entry> <id>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259662149&oldid=prev</id> <title>82.112.213.146 at 11:17, 26 November 2024</title> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259662149&oldid=prev"/> <updated>2024-11-26T11:17:50Z</updated> <summary type="html"><p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Previous revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:17, 26 November 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; 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text-decoration: none;">Indian</del> Ocean a few days before the Spanish floods}}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{distinguish<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|Mike Tyson</ins>|text=[[Cyclone Dana]], which existed in the North <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ring to the pen to the king</ins> Ocean a few days before the Spanish floods}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Infobox flood</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Infobox flood</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| image = 2024-11-02 Voluntaris per netejar camí de Sedaví 05.jpg</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| image = 2024-11-02 Voluntaris per netejar camí de Sedaví 05.jpg</div></td> </tr>  </table></summary> <author><name>82.112.213.146</name></author> </entry> <entry> <id>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259550176&oldid=prev</id> <title>14.201.65.3: /* Background */</title> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259550176&oldid=prev"/> <updated>2024-11-25T19:49:12Z</updated> <summary type="html"><p><span class="autocomment">Background</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Previous revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:49, 25 November 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In September 2019, floods killed six people in [[Vega Baja del Segura]]. To respond to future floods, the [[Second government of Ximo Puig|Valencian government]] of [[Ximo Puig]] established the Valencian Emergencies Unit ({{langx|ca-valencia|Unitat Valenciana d'Emergències}}; {{langx|es|Unidad Valenciana de Emergencias}}). After the [[2023 Valencian regional election]]. The new [[government of Carlos Mazón|Valencian government]] of [[Carlos Mazón]] shut down the unit, which it considered a "superfluous expense".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/unidad-valenciana-emergencias-servicio-coordinacion-mazon-suspendio-llegar-gobierno_1_11779165.html|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=30 October 2024|title=Qué era la Unidad Valenciana de Emergencias, el servicio de coordinación que Mazón suspendió al llegar al Gobierno|trans-title=What was the Valencian Emergency Unit, the coordination service that Mazón suspended when he took office?|work=[[elDiario.es]]|access-date=30 October 2024|language=es}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In September 2019, floods killed six people in [[Vega Baja del Segura]]. To respond to future floods, the [[Second government of Ximo Puig|Valencian government]] of [[Ximo Puig]] established the Valencian Emergencies Unit ({{langx|ca-valencia|Unitat Valenciana d'Emergències}}; {{langx|es|Unidad Valenciana de Emergencias}}). After the [[2023 Valencian regional election]]. The new [[government of Carlos Mazón|Valencian government]] of [[Carlos Mazón]] shut down the unit, which it considered a "superfluous expense".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/unidad-valenciana-emergencias-servicio-coordinacion-mazon-suspendio-llegar-gobierno_1_11779165.html|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=30 October 2024|title=Qué era la Unidad Valenciana de Emergencias, el servicio de coordinación que Mazón suspendió al llegar al Gobierno|trans-title=What was the Valencian Emergency Unit, the coordination service that Mazón suspended when he took office?|work=[[elDiario.es]]|access-date=30 October 2024|language=es}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 25 October 2024, Spanish national agency [[AEMET]] meteorologist Juan Jesús González Alemán warned that the upcoming cold drop could become a high impact storm. This was initially ridiculed and described as "[[Media coverage of climate change#Alarmism|alarmism]]" on the social media platform [[Twitter|X]] by [[climate change denial]]ists.&lt;ref name="negationists-1"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/rastreador/experto-aemet-aviso-cinco-dias-peligro-suponia-dana-ridiculizado-redes-sociales_132_11778978.html|title=Un experto de AEMET avisó hace cinco días del peligro que suponía esta DANA y fue ridiculizado en redes sociales|trans-title=An AEMET expert warned five days ago of the danger posed by this DANA and was ridiculed on social networks|date=30 October 2024|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="negationists-2"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2024/10/30/farsante-los-insultos-que-recibio-un-experto-de-la-aemet-al-avisar-del-riesgo-de-esta-dana-cadena-ser/|title=Un experto de la AEMET avisó hace cinco días del riesgo de la DANA y fue ridiculizado en redes|trans-title=An AEMET expert warned of the danger posed by this DANA five days ago and was ridiculed on social media|date=30 October 2024|work=[[Cadena SER]]|language=es|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 25 October 2024, Spanish national agency [[AEMET]] meteorologist Juan Jesús González Alemán warned that the upcoming cold drop<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> or DANA</ins> could become a high impact storm. This was initially ridiculed and described as "[[Media coverage of climate change#Alarmism|alarmism]]" on the social media platform [[Twitter|X]] by [[climate change denial]]ists.&lt;ref name="negationists-1"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/rastreador/experto-aemet-aviso-cinco-dias-peligro-suponia-dana-ridiculizado-redes-sociales_132_11778978.html|title=Un experto de AEMET avisó hace cinco días del peligro que suponía esta DANA y fue ridiculizado en redes sociales|trans-title=An AEMET expert warned five days ago of the danger posed by this DANA and was ridiculed on social networks|date=30 October 2024|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="negationists-2"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2024/10/30/farsante-los-insultos-que-recibio-un-experto-de-la-aemet-al-avisar-del-riesgo-de-esta-dana-cadena-ser/|title=Un experto de la AEMET avisó hace cinco días del riesgo de la DANA y fue ridiculizado en redes|trans-title=An AEMET expert warned of the danger posed by this DANA five days ago and was ridiculed on social media|date=30 October 2024|work=[[Cadena SER]]|language=es|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Environmental factors==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Environmental factors==</div></td> </tr>  </table></summary> <author><name>14.201.65.3</name></author> </entry> <entry> <id>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259411926&oldid=prev</id> <title>AnomieBOT: Dating maintenance tags: {{Cn}}</title> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259411926&oldid=prev"/> <updated>2024-11-25T00:42:53Z</updated> <summary type="html"><p>Dating maintenance tags: {{Cn}}</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Previous revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:42, 25 November 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 154:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 154:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mazón administration was criticised for its [[disaster response]]. [[Compromís]] spokesperson {{ill|Àgueda Micó|es||ca}} held Mazón personally responsible for the deaths and "shirking his responsibilities".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ana|last=Cabanillas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20241031/compromis-carga-mazon-muertes-gestion-111010896|title=Compromís carga contra Mazón y le acusa de "rehuir responsabilidades": "Hubo muertes por la dana y por la gestión"|trans-title=Compromís charges against Mazón and accuses him of "shirking his responsibilities": "There were deaths due to the dana and the management"|work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Mazón's [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]'s leader [[Alberto Núñez Feijóo]] defended him, instead blaming AEMET for failing to alert promptly.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Aitor|last=Riveiro|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/feijoo-sale-defensa-mazon-cuestiona-previsiones-aemet-dana_1_11780615.html|title= Feijóo sale en defensa de Mazón y cuestiona las previsiones de la AEMET sobre la DANA|trans-title=Feijóo comes to Mazón's defence and questions the AEMET's forecasts on the DANA.|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; However, AEMET's timeline of events contradicted Feijóo: it first issued a weather red alert at 07:31 for northern inland Valencia and extended the warning to southern Valencia at 07:36; however, at 13:00, Mazón spoke to the press where he downplayed the storm and claimed it would dissipate by 18:00.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Toño|last=Fraguas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/rastreador/datos-aemet-desmienten-feijoo-primera-alerta-envio-7-36-martes_132_11781301.html|title= Los datos de la AEMET desmienten a Feijóo: la primera alerta se difundió a las 7.36 del martes|trans-title=The AEMET data refutes Feijóo: the first alert was issued at 7.36 a.m. on Tuesday|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Several meteorologists said that Feijóo's blame of AEMET could engender distrust of the meteorological agency and further endanger people by delegitimising weather warnings.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Antonio|last=Martínez Ron|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/cientificos-advierten-cuestionar-aemet-hecho-feijoo-pone-peligro_1_11782595.html|title= Los científicos advierten: cuestionar a la AEMET, como ha hecho Feijóo, nos pone a todos en peligro |trans-title=Scientists warn: questioning AEMET, as Feijóo has done, puts us all in danger|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Twenty Valencian civic organisations and trade unions also demanded Mazón's resignation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/convocan-manifestacion-mazon-dimision|title= Convocada la primera manifestación para exigir la dimisión de Carlos Mazón|trans-title=First demonstration called to demand the resignation of Carlos Mazón|date=31 October 2024|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The civil organisation "Justice for Valencia" opened a [[lawsuit]] against Mazón, as well as [[Emilio Argüeso Torres|Emilio Argüeso]] and {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten{{!}}Salomé Pradas|es|Salomé Pradas Ten}}, under the charges of [[reckless homicide]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ester|last=Fayos|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/la-demanda-penal-contra-carlos-mazon-apuntara-al-delicte-dhomicidi-imprudent/|title=Estudien la presentació d'una demanda penal contra Carlos Mazón per un delicte d'homicidi imprudent|trans-title=Considering the filing of a criminal lawsuit against Carlos Mazón for the crime of reckless homicide|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[General Confederation of Labour (Spain)|General Confederation of Labour]] (CGT) also requested that the Valencian prosecutor's office investigate Mazón for [[criminal negligence]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Jesús|last=Rodríguez|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/cgt-denuncia-carlos-mazon-per-multiples-delictes-contra-els-drets-dels-treballadors/|title=CGT denuncia Carlos Mazón per múltiples delictes contra els drets dels treballadors|trans-title=The CGT denounces Carlos Mazón for multiple crimes against workers' rights|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mazón administration was criticised for its [[disaster response]]. [[Compromís]] spokesperson {{ill|Àgueda Micó|es||ca}} held Mazón personally responsible for the deaths and "shirking his responsibilities".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ana|last=Cabanillas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20241031/compromis-carga-mazon-muertes-gestion-111010896|title=Compromís carga contra Mazón y le acusa de "rehuir responsabilidades": "Hubo muertes por la dana y por la gestión"|trans-title=Compromís charges against Mazón and accuses him of "shirking his responsibilities": "There were deaths due to the dana and the management"|work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Mazón's [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]'s leader [[Alberto Núñez Feijóo]] defended him, instead blaming AEMET for failing to alert promptly.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Aitor|last=Riveiro|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/feijoo-sale-defensa-mazon-cuestiona-previsiones-aemet-dana_1_11780615.html|title= Feijóo sale en defensa de Mazón y cuestiona las previsiones de la AEMET sobre la DANA|trans-title=Feijóo comes to Mazón's defence and questions the AEMET's forecasts on the DANA.|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; However, AEMET's timeline of events contradicted Feijóo: it first issued a weather red alert at 07:31 for northern inland Valencia and extended the warning to southern Valencia at 07:36; however, at 13:00, Mazón spoke to the press where he downplayed the storm and claimed it would dissipate by 18:00.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Toño|last=Fraguas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/rastreador/datos-aemet-desmienten-feijoo-primera-alerta-envio-7-36-martes_132_11781301.html|title= Los datos de la AEMET desmienten a Feijóo: la primera alerta se difundió a las 7.36 del martes|trans-title=The AEMET data refutes Feijóo: the first alert was issued at 7.36 a.m. on Tuesday|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Several meteorologists said that Feijóo's blame of AEMET could engender distrust of the meteorological agency and further endanger people by delegitimising weather warnings.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Antonio|last=Martínez Ron|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/cientificos-advierten-cuestionar-aemet-hecho-feijoo-pone-peligro_1_11782595.html|title= Los científicos advierten: cuestionar a la AEMET, como ha hecho Feijóo, nos pone a todos en peligro |trans-title=Scientists warn: questioning AEMET, as Feijóo has done, puts us all in danger|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Twenty Valencian civic organisations and trade unions also demanded Mazón's resignation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/convocan-manifestacion-mazon-dimision|title= Convocada la primera manifestación para exigir la dimisión de Carlos Mazón|trans-title=First demonstration called to demand the resignation of Carlos Mazón|date=31 October 2024|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The civil organisation "Justice for Valencia" opened a [[lawsuit]] against Mazón, as well as [[Emilio Argüeso Torres|Emilio Argüeso]] and {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten{{!}}Salomé Pradas|es|Salomé Pradas Ten}}, under the charges of [[reckless homicide]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ester|last=Fayos|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/la-demanda-penal-contra-carlos-mazon-apuntara-al-delicte-dhomicidi-imprudent/|title=Estudien la presentació d'una demanda penal contra Carlos Mazón per un delicte d'homicidi imprudent|trans-title=Considering the filing of a criminal lawsuit against Carlos Mazón for the crime of reckless homicide|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[General Confederation of Labour (Spain)|General Confederation of Labour]] (CGT) also requested that the Valencian prosecutor's office investigate Mazón for [[criminal negligence]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Jesús|last=Rodríguez|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/cgt-denuncia-carlos-mazon-per-multiples-delictes-contra-els-drets-dels-treballadors/|title=CGT denuncia Carlos Mazón per múltiples delictes contra els drets dels treballadors|trans-title=The CGT denounces Carlos Mazón for multiple crimes against workers' rights|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As of November, the Valencian government had not declared the situation a "catastrophic emergency", the maximum [[State of emergency#Spain|state of emergency]] available to a regional government, which would have made Mazón personally and legally responsible for managing the emergency response, thus keeping both political control at the regional level and legal blame to [[Generalitat Valenciana|regional Minister of the Interior]] {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten|es||ca}},&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first1=Miguel|last1=González|first2=Ferran|last2=Bono|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2024-11-02/la-generalitat-valenciana-no-ha-declarado-el-maximo-nivel-de-emergencia-que-permite-su-legislacion.html|title=La Generalitat valenciana no ha declarado el máximo nivel de emergencia que permite su legislación|trans-title=The Valencian Government has not declared the maximum level of emergency permitted by legislation|date=2 November 2024|work=[[El País]]|language=es|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; who was dismissed by Mazón on 22 November.{{cn}}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As of November, the Valencian government had not declared the situation a "catastrophic emergency", the maximum [[State of emergency#Spain|state of emergency]] available to a regional government, which would have made Mazón personally and legally responsible for managing the emergency response, thus keeping both political control at the regional level and legal blame to [[Generalitat Valenciana|regional Minister of the Interior]] {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten|es||ca}},&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first1=Miguel|last1=González|first2=Ferran|last2=Bono|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2024-11-02/la-generalitat-valenciana-no-ha-declarado-el-maximo-nivel-de-emergencia-que-permite-su-legislacion.html|title=La Generalitat valenciana no ha declarado el máximo nivel de emergencia que permite su legislación|trans-title=The Valencian Government has not declared the maximum level of emergency permitted by legislation|date=2 November 2024|work=[[El País]]|language=es|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; who was dismissed by Mazón on 22 November.{{cn<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|date=November 2024</ins>}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 4 November, in an interview with [[Cadena COPE]], Mazón blamed the Spanish government and commanders of the [[Military Emergencies Unit]] (UME) for mismanaging the response to the flooding. He claimed that, at 15:21 on 29 October, he had requested the intervention of the UME in Utiel and Requena, and that the [[List of agencies in Spain#Directorate-General for Water|Hydrographic Confederation]], under the direction of Environment Minister [[Teresa Ribera]], had suppressed the alerts. This was swiftly denied by the Confederation, which stated that the regional government is responsible for issuing any alerts.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/mazon-cambia-estrategia-busca-confrontacion-sanchez-culpa-ahora-ume-confederacion-hidrografica-retraso_1_11789229.html|title=Mazón cambia de estrategia y busca la confrontación con Sánchez: culpa ahora a la UME y a la Confederación Hidrográfica del retraso|trans-title=Mazón changes strategy and seeks confrontation with Sánchez: he now blames the UME and the Hydrographic Confederation for the delay|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; General Francisco Javier Marcos, the commander of the UME, also rejected Mazón's claims. He stated that the UME had mobilised 1,000 soldiers on the day of the floods, but that it was subject to the orders of the regional government, which directed the emergency response. He said the moment the Valencian government gave the order, the UME deployed to affected zones within minutes.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=José Enrique|last=Monrosi|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/jefe-ume-desmiente-mazon-comunidad-autonoma-dirige-emergencia-decide_1_11790706.html|title= El jefe de la UME desmiente a Mazón: "Es la comunidad autónoma quien dirige la emergencia y decide dónde vamos"|trans-title=The head of the UME refutes Mazón: "It is the autonomous community who directs the emergency and decides where we go"|language=es|work=[[elDiario.es]]|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 4 November, in an interview with [[Cadena COPE]], Mazón blamed the Spanish government and commanders of the [[Military Emergencies Unit]] (UME) for mismanaging the response to the flooding. He claimed that, at 15:21 on 29 October, he had requested the intervention of the UME in Utiel and Requena, and that the [[List of agencies in Spain#Directorate-General for Water|Hydrographic Confederation]], under the direction of Environment Minister [[Teresa Ribera]], had suppressed the alerts. This was swiftly denied by the Confederation, which stated that the regional government is responsible for issuing any alerts.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/mazon-cambia-estrategia-busca-confrontacion-sanchez-culpa-ahora-ume-confederacion-hidrografica-retraso_1_11789229.html|title=Mazón cambia de estrategia y busca la confrontación con Sánchez: culpa ahora a la UME y a la Confederación Hidrográfica del retraso|trans-title=Mazón changes strategy and seeks confrontation with Sánchez: he now blames the UME and the Hydrographic Confederation for the delay|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; General Francisco Javier Marcos, the commander of the UME, also rejected Mazón's claims. He stated that the UME had mobilised 1,000 soldiers on the day of the floods, but that it was subject to the orders of the regional government, which directed the emergency response. He said the moment the Valencian government gave the order, the UME deployed to affected zones within minutes.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=José Enrique|last=Monrosi|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/jefe-ume-desmiente-mazon-comunidad-autonoma-dirige-emergencia-decide_1_11790706.html|title= El jefe de la UME desmiente a Mazón: "Es la comunidad autónoma quien dirige la emergencia y decide dónde vamos"|trans-title=The head of the UME refutes Mazón: "It is the autonomous community who directs the emergency and decides where we go"|language=es|work=[[elDiario.es]]|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> </tr> </table></summary> <author><name>AnomieBOT</name></author> </entry> <entry> <id>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259409024&oldid=prev</id> <title>Borgenland: /* Valencian government */</title> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259409024&oldid=prev"/> <updated>2024-11-25T00:22:45Z</updated> <summary type="html"><p><span class="autocomment">Valencian government</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Previous revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:22, 25 November 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 154:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 154:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mazón administration was criticised for its [[disaster response]]. [[Compromís]] spokesperson {{ill|Àgueda Micó|es||ca}} held Mazón personally responsible for the deaths and "shirking his responsibilities".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ana|last=Cabanillas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20241031/compromis-carga-mazon-muertes-gestion-111010896|title=Compromís carga contra Mazón y le acusa de "rehuir responsabilidades": "Hubo muertes por la dana y por la gestión"|trans-title=Compromís charges against Mazón and accuses him of "shirking his responsibilities": "There were deaths due to the dana and the management"|work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Mazón's [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]'s leader [[Alberto Núñez Feijóo]] defended him, instead blaming AEMET for failing to alert promptly.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Aitor|last=Riveiro|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/feijoo-sale-defensa-mazon-cuestiona-previsiones-aemet-dana_1_11780615.html|title= Feijóo sale en defensa de Mazón y cuestiona las previsiones de la AEMET sobre la DANA|trans-title=Feijóo comes to Mazón's defence and questions the AEMET's forecasts on the DANA.|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; However, AEMET's timeline of events contradicted Feijóo: it first issued a weather red alert at 07:31 for northern inland Valencia and extended the warning to southern Valencia at 07:36; however, at 13:00, Mazón spoke to the press where he downplayed the storm and claimed it would dissipate by 18:00.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Toño|last=Fraguas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/rastreador/datos-aemet-desmienten-feijoo-primera-alerta-envio-7-36-martes_132_11781301.html|title= Los datos de la AEMET desmienten a Feijóo: la primera alerta se difundió a las 7.36 del martes|trans-title=The AEMET data refutes Feijóo: the first alert was issued at 7.36 a.m. on Tuesday|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Several meteorologists said that Feijóo's blame of AEMET could engender distrust of the meteorological agency and further endanger people by delegitimising weather warnings.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Antonio|last=Martínez Ron|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/cientificos-advierten-cuestionar-aemet-hecho-feijoo-pone-peligro_1_11782595.html|title= Los científicos advierten: cuestionar a la AEMET, como ha hecho Feijóo, nos pone a todos en peligro |trans-title=Scientists warn: questioning AEMET, as Feijóo has done, puts us all in danger|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Twenty Valencian civic organisations and trade unions also demanded Mazón's resignation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/convocan-manifestacion-mazon-dimision|title= Convocada la primera manifestación para exigir la dimisión de Carlos Mazón|trans-title=First demonstration called to demand the resignation of Carlos Mazón|date=31 October 2024|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The civil organisation "Justice for Valencia" opened a [[lawsuit]] against Mazón, as well as [[Emilio Argüeso Torres|Emilio Argüeso]] and {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten{{!}}Salomé Pradas|es|Salomé Pradas Ten}}, under the charges of [[reckless homicide]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ester|last=Fayos|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/la-demanda-penal-contra-carlos-mazon-apuntara-al-delicte-dhomicidi-imprudent/|title=Estudien la presentació d'una demanda penal contra Carlos Mazón per un delicte d'homicidi imprudent|trans-title=Considering the filing of a criminal lawsuit against Carlos Mazón for the crime of reckless homicide|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[General Confederation of Labour (Spain)|General Confederation of Labour]] (CGT) also requested that the Valencian prosecutor's office investigate Mazón for [[criminal negligence]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Jesús|last=Rodríguez|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/cgt-denuncia-carlos-mazon-per-multiples-delictes-contra-els-drets-dels-treballadors/|title=CGT denuncia Carlos Mazón per múltiples delictes contra els drets dels treballadors|trans-title=The CGT denounces Carlos Mazón for multiple crimes against workers' rights|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mazón administration was criticised for its [[disaster response]]. [[Compromís]] spokesperson {{ill|Àgueda Micó|es||ca}} held Mazón personally responsible for the deaths and "shirking his responsibilities".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ana|last=Cabanillas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20241031/compromis-carga-mazon-muertes-gestion-111010896|title=Compromís carga contra Mazón y le acusa de "rehuir responsabilidades": "Hubo muertes por la dana y por la gestión"|trans-title=Compromís charges against Mazón and accuses him of "shirking his responsibilities": "There were deaths due to the dana and the management"|work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Mazón's [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]'s leader [[Alberto Núñez Feijóo]] defended him, instead blaming AEMET for failing to alert promptly.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Aitor|last=Riveiro|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/feijoo-sale-defensa-mazon-cuestiona-previsiones-aemet-dana_1_11780615.html|title= Feijóo sale en defensa de Mazón y cuestiona las previsiones de la AEMET sobre la DANA|trans-title=Feijóo comes to Mazón's defence and questions the AEMET's forecasts on the DANA.|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; However, AEMET's timeline of events contradicted Feijóo: it first issued a weather red alert at 07:31 for northern inland Valencia and extended the warning to southern Valencia at 07:36; however, at 13:00, Mazón spoke to the press where he downplayed the storm and claimed it would dissipate by 18:00.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Toño|last=Fraguas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/rastreador/datos-aemet-desmienten-feijoo-primera-alerta-envio-7-36-martes_132_11781301.html|title= Los datos de la AEMET desmienten a Feijóo: la primera alerta se difundió a las 7.36 del martes|trans-title=The AEMET data refutes Feijóo: the first alert was issued at 7.36 a.m. on Tuesday|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Several meteorologists said that Feijóo's blame of AEMET could engender distrust of the meteorological agency and further endanger people by delegitimising weather warnings.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Antonio|last=Martínez Ron|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/cientificos-advierten-cuestionar-aemet-hecho-feijoo-pone-peligro_1_11782595.html|title= Los científicos advierten: cuestionar a la AEMET, como ha hecho Feijóo, nos pone a todos en peligro |trans-title=Scientists warn: questioning AEMET, as Feijóo has done, puts us all in danger|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Twenty Valencian civic organisations and trade unions also demanded Mazón's resignation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/convocan-manifestacion-mazon-dimision|title= Convocada la primera manifestación para exigir la dimisión de Carlos Mazón|trans-title=First demonstration called to demand the resignation of Carlos Mazón|date=31 October 2024|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The civil organisation "Justice for Valencia" opened a [[lawsuit]] against Mazón, as well as [[Emilio Argüeso Torres|Emilio Argüeso]] and {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten{{!}}Salomé Pradas|es|Salomé Pradas Ten}}, under the charges of [[reckless homicide]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ester|last=Fayos|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/la-demanda-penal-contra-carlos-mazon-apuntara-al-delicte-dhomicidi-imprudent/|title=Estudien la presentació d'una demanda penal contra Carlos Mazón per un delicte d'homicidi imprudent|trans-title=Considering the filing of a criminal lawsuit against Carlos Mazón for the crime of reckless homicide|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[General Confederation of Labour (Spain)|General Confederation of Labour]] (CGT) also requested that the Valencian prosecutor's office investigate Mazón for [[criminal negligence]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Jesús|last=Rodríguez|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/cgt-denuncia-carlos-mazon-per-multiples-delictes-contra-els-drets-dels-treballadors/|title=CGT denuncia Carlos Mazón per múltiples delictes contra els drets dels treballadors|trans-title=The CGT denounces Carlos Mazón for multiple crimes against workers' rights|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As of November, the Valencian government had not declared the situation a "catastrophic emergency", the maximum [[State of emergency#Spain|state of emergency]] available to a regional government, which would have made Mazón personally and legally responsible for managing the emergency response, thus keeping both political control at the regional level and legal blame to [[Generalitat Valenciana|regional Minister of the Interior]] {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten|es||ca}},&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first1=Miguel|last1=González|first2=Ferran|last2=Bono|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2024-11-02/la-generalitat-valenciana-no-ha-declarado-el-maximo-nivel-de-emergencia-que-permite-su-legislacion.html|title=La Generalitat valenciana no ha declarado el máximo nivel de emergencia que permite su legislación|trans-title=The Valencian Government has not declared the maximum level of emergency permitted by legislation|date=2 November 2024|work=[[El País]]|language=es|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; who <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">would</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">eventually get fired</del> by Mazón on 22 November.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As of November, the Valencian government had not declared the situation a "catastrophic emergency", the maximum [[State of emergency#Spain|state of emergency]] available to a regional government, which would have made Mazón personally and legally responsible for managing the emergency response, thus keeping both political control at the regional level and legal blame to [[Generalitat Valenciana|regional Minister of the Interior]] {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten|es||ca}},&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first1=Miguel|last1=González|first2=Ferran|last2=Bono|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2024-11-02/la-generalitat-valenciana-no-ha-declarado-el-maximo-nivel-de-emergencia-que-permite-su-legislacion.html|title=La Generalitat valenciana no ha declarado el máximo nivel de emergencia que permite su legislación|trans-title=The Valencian Government has not declared the maximum level of emergency permitted by legislation|date=2 November 2024|work=[[El País]]|language=es|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; who <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dismissed</ins> by Mazón on 22 November.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{cn}}</ins></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 4 November, in an interview with [[Cadena COPE]], Mazón blamed the Spanish government and commanders of the [[Military Emergencies Unit]] (UME) for mismanaging the response to the flooding. He claimed that, at 15:21 on 29 October, he had requested the intervention of the UME in Utiel and Requena, and that the [[List of agencies in Spain#Directorate-General for Water|Hydrographic Confederation]], under the direction of Environment Minister [[Teresa Ribera]], had suppressed the alerts. This was swiftly denied by the Confederation, which stated that the regional government is responsible for issuing any alerts.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/mazon-cambia-estrategia-busca-confrontacion-sanchez-culpa-ahora-ume-confederacion-hidrografica-retraso_1_11789229.html|title=Mazón cambia de estrategia y busca la confrontación con Sánchez: culpa ahora a la UME y a la Confederación Hidrográfica del retraso|trans-title=Mazón changes strategy and seeks confrontation with Sánchez: he now blames the UME and the Hydrographic Confederation for the delay|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; General Francisco Javier Marcos, the commander of the UME, also rejected Mazón's claims. He stated that the UME had mobilised 1,000 soldiers on the day of the floods, but that it was subject to the orders of the regional government, which directed the emergency response. He said the moment the Valencian government gave the order, the UME deployed to affected zones within minutes.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=José Enrique|last=Monrosi|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/jefe-ume-desmiente-mazon-comunidad-autonoma-dirige-emergencia-decide_1_11790706.html|title= El jefe de la UME desmiente a Mazón: "Es la comunidad autónoma quien dirige la emergencia y decide dónde vamos"|trans-title=The head of the UME refutes Mazón: "It is the autonomous community who directs the emergency and decides where we go"|language=es|work=[[elDiario.es]]|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 4 November, in an interview with [[Cadena COPE]], Mazón blamed the Spanish government and commanders of the [[Military Emergencies Unit]] (UME) for mismanaging the response to the flooding. He claimed that, at 15:21 on 29 October, he had requested the intervention of the UME in Utiel and Requena, and that the [[List of agencies in Spain#Directorate-General for Water|Hydrographic Confederation]], under the direction of Environment Minister [[Teresa Ribera]], had suppressed the alerts. This was swiftly denied by the Confederation, which stated that the regional government is responsible for issuing any alerts.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/mazon-cambia-estrategia-busca-confrontacion-sanchez-culpa-ahora-ume-confederacion-hidrografica-retraso_1_11789229.html|title=Mazón cambia de estrategia y busca la confrontación con Sánchez: culpa ahora a la UME y a la Confederación Hidrográfica del retraso|trans-title=Mazón changes strategy and seeks confrontation with Sánchez: he now blames the UME and the Hydrographic Confederation for the delay|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; General Francisco Javier Marcos, the commander of the UME, also rejected Mazón's claims. He stated that the UME had mobilised 1,000 soldiers on the day of the floods, but that it was subject to the orders of the regional government, which directed the emergency response. He said the moment the Valencian government gave the order, the UME deployed to affected zones within minutes.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=José Enrique|last=Monrosi|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/jefe-ume-desmiente-mazon-comunidad-autonoma-dirige-emergencia-decide_1_11790706.html|title= El jefe de la UME desmiente a Mazón: "Es la comunidad autónoma quien dirige la emergencia y decide dónde vamos"|trans-title=The head of the UME refutes Mazón: "It is the autonomous community who directs the emergency and decides where we go"|language=es|work=[[elDiario.es]]|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> </tr>  </table></summary> <author><name>Borgenland</name></author> </entry> <entry> <id>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259408710&oldid=prev</id> <title>79.152.101.135: /* Valencian government */</title> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259408710&oldid=prev"/> <updated>2024-11-25T00:20:31Z</updated> <summary type="html"><p><span class="autocomment">Valencian government</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Previous revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:20, 25 November 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 154:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 154:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mazón administration was criticised for its [[disaster response]]. [[Compromís]] spokesperson {{ill|Àgueda Micó|es||ca}} held Mazón personally responsible for the deaths and "shirking his responsibilities".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ana|last=Cabanillas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20241031/compromis-carga-mazon-muertes-gestion-111010896|title=Compromís carga contra Mazón y le acusa de "rehuir responsabilidades": "Hubo muertes por la dana y por la gestión"|trans-title=Compromís charges against Mazón and accuses him of "shirking his responsibilities": "There were deaths due to the dana and the management"|work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Mazón's [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]'s leader [[Alberto Núñez Feijóo]] defended him, instead blaming AEMET for failing to alert promptly.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Aitor|last=Riveiro|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/feijoo-sale-defensa-mazon-cuestiona-previsiones-aemet-dana_1_11780615.html|title= Feijóo sale en defensa de Mazón y cuestiona las previsiones de la AEMET sobre la DANA|trans-title=Feijóo comes to Mazón's defence and questions the AEMET's forecasts on the DANA.|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; However, AEMET's timeline of events contradicted Feijóo: it first issued a weather red alert at 07:31 for northern inland Valencia and extended the warning to southern Valencia at 07:36; however, at 13:00, Mazón spoke to the press where he downplayed the storm and claimed it would dissipate by 18:00.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Toño|last=Fraguas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/rastreador/datos-aemet-desmienten-feijoo-primera-alerta-envio-7-36-martes_132_11781301.html|title= Los datos de la AEMET desmienten a Feijóo: la primera alerta se difundió a las 7.36 del martes|trans-title=The AEMET data refutes Feijóo: the first alert was issued at 7.36 a.m. on Tuesday|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Several meteorologists said that Feijóo's blame of AEMET could engender distrust of the meteorological agency and further endanger people by delegitimising weather warnings.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Antonio|last=Martínez Ron|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/cientificos-advierten-cuestionar-aemet-hecho-feijoo-pone-peligro_1_11782595.html|title= Los científicos advierten: cuestionar a la AEMET, como ha hecho Feijóo, nos pone a todos en peligro |trans-title=Scientists warn: questioning AEMET, as Feijóo has done, puts us all in danger|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Twenty Valencian civic organisations and trade unions also demanded Mazón's resignation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/convocan-manifestacion-mazon-dimision|title= Convocada la primera manifestación para exigir la dimisión de Carlos Mazón|trans-title=First demonstration called to demand the resignation of Carlos Mazón|date=31 October 2024|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The civil organisation "Justice for Valencia" opened a [[lawsuit]] against Mazón, as well as [[Emilio Argüeso Torres|Emilio Argüeso]] and {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten{{!}}Salomé Pradas|es|Salomé Pradas Ten}}, under the charges of [[reckless homicide]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ester|last=Fayos|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/la-demanda-penal-contra-carlos-mazon-apuntara-al-delicte-dhomicidi-imprudent/|title=Estudien la presentació d'una demanda penal contra Carlos Mazón per un delicte d'homicidi imprudent|trans-title=Considering the filing of a criminal lawsuit against Carlos Mazón for the crime of reckless homicide|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[General Confederation of Labour (Spain)|General Confederation of Labour]] (CGT) also requested that the Valencian prosecutor's office investigate Mazón for [[criminal negligence]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Jesús|last=Rodríguez|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/cgt-denuncia-carlos-mazon-per-multiples-delictes-contra-els-drets-dels-treballadors/|title=CGT denuncia Carlos Mazón per múltiples delictes contra els drets dels treballadors|trans-title=The CGT denounces Carlos Mazón for multiple crimes against workers' rights|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mazón administration was criticised for its [[disaster response]]. [[Compromís]] spokesperson {{ill|Àgueda Micó|es||ca}} held Mazón personally responsible for the deaths and "shirking his responsibilities".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ana|last=Cabanillas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20241031/compromis-carga-mazon-muertes-gestion-111010896|title=Compromís carga contra Mazón y le acusa de "rehuir responsabilidades": "Hubo muertes por la dana y por la gestión"|trans-title=Compromís charges against Mazón and accuses him of "shirking his responsibilities": "There were deaths due to the dana and the management"|work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Mazón's [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]'s leader [[Alberto Núñez Feijóo]] defended him, instead blaming AEMET for failing to alert promptly.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Aitor|last=Riveiro|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/feijoo-sale-defensa-mazon-cuestiona-previsiones-aemet-dana_1_11780615.html|title= Feijóo sale en defensa de Mazón y cuestiona las previsiones de la AEMET sobre la DANA|trans-title=Feijóo comes to Mazón's defence and questions the AEMET's forecasts on the DANA.|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; However, AEMET's timeline of events contradicted Feijóo: it first issued a weather red alert at 07:31 for northern inland Valencia and extended the warning to southern Valencia at 07:36; however, at 13:00, Mazón spoke to the press where he downplayed the storm and claimed it would dissipate by 18:00.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Toño|last=Fraguas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/rastreador/datos-aemet-desmienten-feijoo-primera-alerta-envio-7-36-martes_132_11781301.html|title= Los datos de la AEMET desmienten a Feijóo: la primera alerta se difundió a las 7.36 del martes|trans-title=The AEMET data refutes Feijóo: the first alert was issued at 7.36 a.m. on Tuesday|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Several meteorologists said that Feijóo's blame of AEMET could engender distrust of the meteorological agency and further endanger people by delegitimising weather warnings.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Antonio|last=Martínez Ron|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/cientificos-advierten-cuestionar-aemet-hecho-feijoo-pone-peligro_1_11782595.html|title= Los científicos advierten: cuestionar a la AEMET, como ha hecho Feijóo, nos pone a todos en peligro |trans-title=Scientists warn: questioning AEMET, as Feijóo has done, puts us all in danger|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Twenty Valencian civic organisations and trade unions also demanded Mazón's resignation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/convocan-manifestacion-mazon-dimision|title= Convocada la primera manifestación para exigir la dimisión de Carlos Mazón|trans-title=First demonstration called to demand the resignation of Carlos Mazón|date=31 October 2024|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The civil organisation "Justice for Valencia" opened a [[lawsuit]] against Mazón, as well as [[Emilio Argüeso Torres|Emilio Argüeso]] and {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten{{!}}Salomé Pradas|es|Salomé Pradas Ten}}, under the charges of [[reckless homicide]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ester|last=Fayos|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/la-demanda-penal-contra-carlos-mazon-apuntara-al-delicte-dhomicidi-imprudent/|title=Estudien la presentació d'una demanda penal contra Carlos Mazón per un delicte d'homicidi imprudent|trans-title=Considering the filing of a criminal lawsuit against Carlos Mazón for the crime of reckless homicide|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[General Confederation of Labour (Spain)|General Confederation of Labour]] (CGT) also requested that the Valencian prosecutor's office investigate Mazón for [[criminal negligence]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Jesús|last=Rodríguez|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/cgt-denuncia-carlos-mazon-per-multiples-delictes-contra-els-drets-dels-treballadors/|title=CGT denuncia Carlos Mazón per múltiples delictes contra els drets dels treballadors|trans-title=The CGT denounces Carlos Mazón for multiple crimes against workers' rights|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As of November, the Valencian government had not declared the situation a "catastrophic emergency", the maximum [[State of emergency#Spain|state of emergency]] available to a regional government, which would have made Mazón personally and legally responsible for managing the emergency response, thus keeping legal blame to [[Generalitat Valenciana|regional Minister of the Interior]] {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten|es||ca}},&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first1=Miguel|last1=González|first2=Ferran|last2=Bono|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2024-11-02/la-generalitat-valenciana-no-ha-declarado-el-maximo-nivel-de-emergencia-que-permite-su-legislacion.html|title=La Generalitat valenciana no ha declarado el máximo nivel de emergencia que permite su legislación|trans-title=The Valencian Government has not declared the maximum level of emergency permitted by legislation|date=2 November 2024|work=[[El País]]|language=es|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; who would eventually get fired by Mazón on 22 November.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As of November, the Valencian government had not declared the situation a "catastrophic emergency", the maximum [[State of emergency#Spain|state of emergency]] available to a regional government, which would have made Mazón personally and legally responsible for managing the emergency response, thus keeping<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> both political control at the regional level and</ins> legal blame to [[Generalitat Valenciana|regional Minister of the Interior]] {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten|es||ca}},&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first1=Miguel|last1=González|first2=Ferran|last2=Bono|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2024-11-02/la-generalitat-valenciana-no-ha-declarado-el-maximo-nivel-de-emergencia-que-permite-su-legislacion.html|title=La Generalitat valenciana no ha declarado el máximo nivel de emergencia que permite su legislación|trans-title=The Valencian Government has not declared the maximum level of emergency permitted by legislation|date=2 November 2024|work=[[El País]]|language=es|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; who would eventually get fired by Mazón on 22 November.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 4 November, in an interview with [[Cadena COPE]], Mazón blamed the Spanish government and commanders of the [[Military Emergencies Unit]] (UME) for mismanaging the response to the flooding. He claimed that, at 15:21 on 29 October, he had requested the intervention of the UME in Utiel and Requena, and that the [[List of agencies in Spain#Directorate-General for Water|Hydrographic Confederation]], under the direction of Environment Minister [[Teresa Ribera]], had suppressed the alerts. This was swiftly denied by the Confederation, which stated that the regional government is responsible for issuing any alerts.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/mazon-cambia-estrategia-busca-confrontacion-sanchez-culpa-ahora-ume-confederacion-hidrografica-retraso_1_11789229.html|title=Mazón cambia de estrategia y busca la confrontación con Sánchez: culpa ahora a la UME y a la Confederación Hidrográfica del retraso|trans-title=Mazón changes strategy and seeks confrontation with Sánchez: he now blames the UME and the Hydrographic Confederation for the delay|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; General Francisco Javier Marcos, the commander of the UME, also rejected Mazón's claims. He stated that the UME had mobilised 1,000 soldiers on the day of the floods, but that it was subject to the orders of the regional government, which directed the emergency response. He said the moment the Valencian government gave the order, the UME deployed to affected zones within minutes.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=José Enrique|last=Monrosi|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/jefe-ume-desmiente-mazon-comunidad-autonoma-dirige-emergencia-decide_1_11790706.html|title= El jefe de la UME desmiente a Mazón: "Es la comunidad autónoma quien dirige la emergencia y decide dónde vamos"|trans-title=The head of the UME refutes Mazón: "It is the autonomous community who directs the emergency and decides where we go"|language=es|work=[[elDiario.es]]|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 4 November, in an interview with [[Cadena COPE]], Mazón blamed the Spanish government and commanders of the [[Military Emergencies Unit]] (UME) for mismanaging the response to the flooding. He claimed that, at 15:21 on 29 October, he had requested the intervention of the UME in Utiel and Requena, and that the [[List of agencies in Spain#Directorate-General for Water|Hydrographic Confederation]], under the direction of Environment Minister [[Teresa Ribera]], had suppressed the alerts. This was swiftly denied by the Confederation, which stated that the regional government is responsible for issuing any alerts.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/mazon-cambia-estrategia-busca-confrontacion-sanchez-culpa-ahora-ume-confederacion-hidrografica-retraso_1_11789229.html|title=Mazón cambia de estrategia y busca la confrontación con Sánchez: culpa ahora a la UME y a la Confederación Hidrográfica del retraso|trans-title=Mazón changes strategy and seeks confrontation with Sánchez: he now blames the UME and the Hydrographic Confederation for the delay|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; General Francisco Javier Marcos, the commander of the UME, also rejected Mazón's claims. He stated that the UME had mobilised 1,000 soldiers on the day of the floods, but that it was subject to the orders of the regional government, which directed the emergency response. He said the moment the Valencian government gave the order, the UME deployed to affected zones within minutes.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=José Enrique|last=Monrosi|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/jefe-ume-desmiente-mazon-comunidad-autonoma-dirige-emergencia-decide_1_11790706.html|title= El jefe de la UME desmiente a Mazón: "Es la comunidad autónoma quien dirige la emergencia y decide dónde vamos"|trans-title=The head of the UME refutes Mazón: "It is the autonomous community who directs the emergency and decides where we go"|language=es|work=[[elDiario.es]]|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> </tr>  </table></summary> <author><name>79.152.101.135</name></author> </entry> <entry> <id>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259408410&oldid=prev</id> <title>79.152.101.135: /* Valencian government */</title> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259408410&oldid=prev"/> <updated>2024-11-25T00:17:46Z</updated> <summary type="html"><p><span class="autocomment">Valencian government</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Previous revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:17, 25 November 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 154:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 154:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mazón administration was criticised for its [[disaster response]]. [[Compromís]] spokesperson {{ill|Àgueda Micó|es||ca}} held Mazón personally responsible for the deaths and "shirking his responsibilities".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ana|last=Cabanillas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20241031/compromis-carga-mazon-muertes-gestion-111010896|title=Compromís carga contra Mazón y le acusa de "rehuir responsabilidades": "Hubo muertes por la dana y por la gestión"|trans-title=Compromís charges against Mazón and accuses him of "shirking his responsibilities": "There were deaths due to the dana and the management"|work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Mazón's [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]'s leader [[Alberto Núñez Feijóo]] defended him, instead blaming AEMET for failing to alert promptly.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Aitor|last=Riveiro|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/feijoo-sale-defensa-mazon-cuestiona-previsiones-aemet-dana_1_11780615.html|title= Feijóo sale en defensa de Mazón y cuestiona las previsiones de la AEMET sobre la DANA|trans-title=Feijóo comes to Mazón's defence and questions the AEMET's forecasts on the DANA.|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; However, AEMET's timeline of events contradicted Feijóo: it first issued a weather red alert at 07:31 for northern inland Valencia and extended the warning to southern Valencia at 07:36; however, at 13:00, Mazón spoke to the press where he downplayed the storm and claimed it would dissipate by 18:00.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Toño|last=Fraguas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/rastreador/datos-aemet-desmienten-feijoo-primera-alerta-envio-7-36-martes_132_11781301.html|title= Los datos de la AEMET desmienten a Feijóo: la primera alerta se difundió a las 7.36 del martes|trans-title=The AEMET data refutes Feijóo: the first alert was issued at 7.36 a.m. on Tuesday|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Several meteorologists said that Feijóo's blame of AEMET could engender distrust of the meteorological agency and further endanger people by delegitimising weather warnings.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Antonio|last=Martínez Ron|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/cientificos-advierten-cuestionar-aemet-hecho-feijoo-pone-peligro_1_11782595.html|title= Los científicos advierten: cuestionar a la AEMET, como ha hecho Feijóo, nos pone a todos en peligro |trans-title=Scientists warn: questioning AEMET, as Feijóo has done, puts us all in danger|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Twenty Valencian civic organisations and trade unions also demanded Mazón's resignation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/convocan-manifestacion-mazon-dimision|title= Convocada la primera manifestación para exigir la dimisión de Carlos Mazón|trans-title=First demonstration called to demand the resignation of Carlos Mazón|date=31 October 2024|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The civil organisation "Justice for Valencia" opened a [[lawsuit]] against Mazón, as well as [[Emilio Argüeso Torres|Emilio Argüeso]] and {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten{{!}}Salomé Pradas|es|Salomé Pradas Ten}}, under the charges of [[reckless homicide]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ester|last=Fayos|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/la-demanda-penal-contra-carlos-mazon-apuntara-al-delicte-dhomicidi-imprudent/|title=Estudien la presentació d'una demanda penal contra Carlos Mazón per un delicte d'homicidi imprudent|trans-title=Considering the filing of a criminal lawsuit against Carlos Mazón for the crime of reckless homicide|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[General Confederation of Labour (Spain)|General Confederation of Labour]] (CGT) also requested that the Valencian prosecutor's office investigate Mazón for [[criminal negligence]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Jesús|last=Rodríguez|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/cgt-denuncia-carlos-mazon-per-multiples-delictes-contra-els-drets-dels-treballadors/|title=CGT denuncia Carlos Mazón per múltiples delictes contra els drets dels treballadors|trans-title=The CGT denounces Carlos Mazón for multiple crimes against workers' rights|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mazón administration was criticised for its [[disaster response]]. [[Compromís]] spokesperson {{ill|Àgueda Micó|es||ca}} held Mazón personally responsible for the deaths and "shirking his responsibilities".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ana|last=Cabanillas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20241031/compromis-carga-mazon-muertes-gestion-111010896|title=Compromís carga contra Mazón y le acusa de "rehuir responsabilidades": "Hubo muertes por la dana y por la gestión"|trans-title=Compromís charges against Mazón and accuses him of "shirking his responsibilities": "There were deaths due to the dana and the management"|work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Mazón's [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]'s leader [[Alberto Núñez Feijóo]] defended him, instead blaming AEMET for failing to alert promptly.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Aitor|last=Riveiro|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/feijoo-sale-defensa-mazon-cuestiona-previsiones-aemet-dana_1_11780615.html|title= Feijóo sale en defensa de Mazón y cuestiona las previsiones de la AEMET sobre la DANA|trans-title=Feijóo comes to Mazón's defence and questions the AEMET's forecasts on the DANA.|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; However, AEMET's timeline of events contradicted Feijóo: it first issued a weather red alert at 07:31 for northern inland Valencia and extended the warning to southern Valencia at 07:36; however, at 13:00, Mazón spoke to the press where he downplayed the storm and claimed it would dissipate by 18:00.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Toño|last=Fraguas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/rastreador/datos-aemet-desmienten-feijoo-primera-alerta-envio-7-36-martes_132_11781301.html|title= Los datos de la AEMET desmienten a Feijóo: la primera alerta se difundió a las 7.36 del martes|trans-title=The AEMET data refutes Feijóo: the first alert was issued at 7.36 a.m. on Tuesday|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Several meteorologists said that Feijóo's blame of AEMET could engender distrust of the meteorological agency and further endanger people by delegitimising weather warnings.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Antonio|last=Martínez Ron|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/cientificos-advierten-cuestionar-aemet-hecho-feijoo-pone-peligro_1_11782595.html|title= Los científicos advierten: cuestionar a la AEMET, como ha hecho Feijóo, nos pone a todos en peligro |trans-title=Scientists warn: questioning AEMET, as Feijóo has done, puts us all in danger|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Twenty Valencian civic organisations and trade unions also demanded Mazón's resignation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/convocan-manifestacion-mazon-dimision|title= Convocada la primera manifestación para exigir la dimisión de Carlos Mazón|trans-title=First demonstration called to demand the resignation of Carlos Mazón|date=31 October 2024|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The civil organisation "Justice for Valencia" opened a [[lawsuit]] against Mazón, as well as [[Emilio Argüeso Torres|Emilio Argüeso]] and {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten{{!}}Salomé Pradas|es|Salomé Pradas Ten}}, under the charges of [[reckless homicide]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ester|last=Fayos|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/la-demanda-penal-contra-carlos-mazon-apuntara-al-delicte-dhomicidi-imprudent/|title=Estudien la presentació d'una demanda penal contra Carlos Mazón per un delicte d'homicidi imprudent|trans-title=Considering the filing of a criminal lawsuit against Carlos Mazón for the crime of reckless homicide|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[General Confederation of Labour (Spain)|General Confederation of Labour]] (CGT) also requested that the Valencian prosecutor's office investigate Mazón for [[criminal negligence]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Jesús|last=Rodríguez|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/cgt-denuncia-carlos-mazon-per-multiples-delictes-contra-els-drets-dels-treballadors/|title=CGT denuncia Carlos Mazón per múltiples delictes contra els drets dels treballadors|trans-title=The CGT denounces Carlos Mazón for multiple crimes against workers' rights|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As of<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> 2</del> November, the Valencian government had not declared the situation a "catastrophic emergency", the maximum [[State of emergency#Spain|state of emergency]] available to a regional government, which would have made Mazón personally and legally responsible for managing the emergency response, thus keeping legal blame to [[Generalitat Valenciana|regional Minister of the Interior]] {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten|es||ca}},&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first1=Miguel|last1=González|first2=Ferran|last2=Bono|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2024-11-02/la-generalitat-valenciana-no-ha-declarado-el-maximo-nivel-de-emergencia-que-permite-su-legislacion.html|title=La Generalitat valenciana no ha declarado el máximo nivel de emergencia que permite su legislación|trans-title=The Valencian Government has not declared the maximum level of emergency permitted by legislation|date=2 November 2024|work=[[El País]]|language=es|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; who would eventually get fired by Mazón on 22 November.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As of November, the Valencian government had not declared the situation a "catastrophic emergency", the maximum [[State of emergency#Spain|state of emergency]] available to a regional government, which would have made Mazón personally and legally responsible for managing the emergency response, thus keeping legal blame to [[Generalitat Valenciana|regional Minister of the Interior]] {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten|es||ca}},&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first1=Miguel|last1=González|first2=Ferran|last2=Bono|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2024-11-02/la-generalitat-valenciana-no-ha-declarado-el-maximo-nivel-de-emergencia-que-permite-su-legislacion.html|title=La Generalitat valenciana no ha declarado el máximo nivel de emergencia que permite su legislación|trans-title=The Valencian Government has not declared the maximum level of emergency permitted by legislation|date=2 November 2024|work=[[El País]]|language=es|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; who would eventually get fired by Mazón on 22 November.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 4 November, in an interview with [[Cadena COPE]], Mazón blamed the Spanish government and commanders of the [[Military Emergencies Unit]] (UME) for mismanaging the response to the flooding. He claimed that, at 15:21 on 29 October, he had requested the intervention of the UME in Utiel and Requena, and that the [[List of agencies in Spain#Directorate-General for Water|Hydrographic Confederation]], under the direction of Environment Minister [[Teresa Ribera]], had suppressed the alerts. This was swiftly denied by the Confederation, which stated that the regional government is responsible for issuing any alerts.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/mazon-cambia-estrategia-busca-confrontacion-sanchez-culpa-ahora-ume-confederacion-hidrografica-retraso_1_11789229.html|title=Mazón cambia de estrategia y busca la confrontación con Sánchez: culpa ahora a la UME y a la Confederación Hidrográfica del retraso|trans-title=Mazón changes strategy and seeks confrontation with Sánchez: he now blames the UME and the Hydrographic Confederation for the delay|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; General Francisco Javier Marcos, the commander of the UME, also rejected Mazón's claims. He stated that the UME had mobilised 1,000 soldiers on the day of the floods, but that it was subject to the orders of the regional government, which directed the emergency response. He said the moment the Valencian government gave the order, the UME deployed to affected zones within minutes.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=José Enrique|last=Monrosi|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/jefe-ume-desmiente-mazon-comunidad-autonoma-dirige-emergencia-decide_1_11790706.html|title= El jefe de la UME desmiente a Mazón: "Es la comunidad autónoma quien dirige la emergencia y decide dónde vamos"|trans-title=The head of the UME refutes Mazón: "It is the autonomous community who directs the emergency and decides where we go"|language=es|work=[[elDiario.es]]|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 4 November, in an interview with [[Cadena COPE]], Mazón blamed the Spanish government and commanders of the [[Military Emergencies Unit]] (UME) for mismanaging the response to the flooding. He claimed that, at 15:21 on 29 October, he had requested the intervention of the UME in Utiel and Requena, and that the [[List of agencies in Spain#Directorate-General for Water|Hydrographic Confederation]], under the direction of Environment Minister [[Teresa Ribera]], had suppressed the alerts. This was swiftly denied by the Confederation, which stated that the regional government is responsible for issuing any alerts.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/mazon-cambia-estrategia-busca-confrontacion-sanchez-culpa-ahora-ume-confederacion-hidrografica-retraso_1_11789229.html|title=Mazón cambia de estrategia y busca la confrontación con Sánchez: culpa ahora a la UME y a la Confederación Hidrográfica del retraso|trans-title=Mazón changes strategy and seeks confrontation with Sánchez: he now blames the UME and the Hydrographic Confederation for the delay|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; General Francisco Javier Marcos, the commander of the UME, also rejected Mazón's claims. He stated that the UME had mobilised 1,000 soldiers on the day of the floods, but that it was subject to the orders of the regional government, which directed the emergency response. He said the moment the Valencian government gave the order, the UME deployed to affected zones within minutes.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=José Enrique|last=Monrosi|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/jefe-ume-desmiente-mazon-comunidad-autonoma-dirige-emergencia-decide_1_11790706.html|title= El jefe de la UME desmiente a Mazón: "Es la comunidad autónoma quien dirige la emergencia y decide dónde vamos"|trans-title=The head of the UME refutes Mazón: "It is the autonomous community who directs the emergency and decides where we go"|language=es|work=[[elDiario.es]]|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> </tr> </table></summary> <author><name>79.152.101.135</name></author> </entry> <entry> <id>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259407672&oldid=prev</id> <title>79.152.101.135: /* Valencian government */</title> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259407672&oldid=prev"/> <updated>2024-11-25T00:11:43Z</updated> <summary type="html"><p><span class="autocomment">Valencian government</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Previous revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:11, 25 November 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 154:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 154:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mazón administration was criticised for its [[disaster response]]. [[Compromís]] spokesperson {{ill|Àgueda Micó|es||ca}} held Mazón personally responsible for the deaths and "shirking his responsibilities".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ana|last=Cabanillas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20241031/compromis-carga-mazon-muertes-gestion-111010896|title=Compromís carga contra Mazón y le acusa de "rehuir responsabilidades": "Hubo muertes por la dana y por la gestión"|trans-title=Compromís charges against Mazón and accuses him of "shirking his responsibilities": "There were deaths due to the dana and the management"|work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Mazón's [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]'s leader [[Alberto Núñez Feijóo]] defended him, instead blaming AEMET for failing to alert promptly.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Aitor|last=Riveiro|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/feijoo-sale-defensa-mazon-cuestiona-previsiones-aemet-dana_1_11780615.html|title= Feijóo sale en defensa de Mazón y cuestiona las previsiones de la AEMET sobre la DANA|trans-title=Feijóo comes to Mazón's defence and questions the AEMET's forecasts on the DANA.|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; However, AEMET's timeline of events contradicted Feijóo: it first issued a weather red alert at 07:31 for northern inland Valencia and extended the warning to southern Valencia at 07:36; however, at 13:00, Mazón spoke to the press where he downplayed the storm and claimed it would dissipate by 18:00.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Toño|last=Fraguas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/rastreador/datos-aemet-desmienten-feijoo-primera-alerta-envio-7-36-martes_132_11781301.html|title= Los datos de la AEMET desmienten a Feijóo: la primera alerta se difundió a las 7.36 del martes|trans-title=The AEMET data refutes Feijóo: the first alert was issued at 7.36 a.m. on Tuesday|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Several meteorologists said that Feijóo's blame of AEMET could engender distrust of the meteorological agency and further endanger people by delegitimising weather warnings.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Antonio|last=Martínez Ron|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/cientificos-advierten-cuestionar-aemet-hecho-feijoo-pone-peligro_1_11782595.html|title= Los científicos advierten: cuestionar a la AEMET, como ha hecho Feijóo, nos pone a todos en peligro |trans-title=Scientists warn: questioning AEMET, as Feijóo has done, puts us all in danger|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Twenty Valencian civic organisations and trade unions also demanded Mazón's resignation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/convocan-manifestacion-mazon-dimision|title= Convocada la primera manifestación para exigir la dimisión de Carlos Mazón|trans-title=First demonstration called to demand the resignation of Carlos Mazón|date=31 October 2024|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The civil organisation "Justice for Valencia" opened a [[lawsuit]] against Mazón, as well as [[Emilio Argüeso Torres|Emilio Argüeso]] and {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten{{!}}Salomé Pradas|es|Salomé Pradas Ten}}, under the charges of [[reckless homicide]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ester|last=Fayos|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/la-demanda-penal-contra-carlos-mazon-apuntara-al-delicte-dhomicidi-imprudent/|title=Estudien la presentació d'una demanda penal contra Carlos Mazón per un delicte d'homicidi imprudent|trans-title=Considering the filing of a criminal lawsuit against Carlos Mazón for the crime of reckless homicide|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[General Confederation of Labour (Spain)|General Confederation of Labour]] (CGT) also requested that the Valencian prosecutor's office investigate Mazón for [[criminal negligence]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Jesús|last=Rodríguez|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/cgt-denuncia-carlos-mazon-per-multiples-delictes-contra-els-drets-dels-treballadors/|title=CGT denuncia Carlos Mazón per múltiples delictes contra els drets dels treballadors|trans-title=The CGT denounces Carlos Mazón for multiple crimes against workers' rights|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mazón administration was criticised for its [[disaster response]]. [[Compromís]] spokesperson {{ill|Àgueda Micó|es||ca}} held Mazón personally responsible for the deaths and "shirking his responsibilities".&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ana|last=Cabanillas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20241031/compromis-carga-mazon-muertes-gestion-111010896|title=Compromís carga contra Mazón y le acusa de "rehuir responsabilidades": "Hubo muertes por la dana y por la gestión"|trans-title=Compromís charges against Mazón and accuses him of "shirking his responsibilities": "There were deaths due to the dana and the management"|work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Mazón's [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]'s leader [[Alberto Núñez Feijóo]] defended him, instead blaming AEMET for failing to alert promptly.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Aitor|last=Riveiro|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/feijoo-sale-defensa-mazon-cuestiona-previsiones-aemet-dana_1_11780615.html|title= Feijóo sale en defensa de Mazón y cuestiona las previsiones de la AEMET sobre la DANA|trans-title=Feijóo comes to Mazón's defence and questions the AEMET's forecasts on the DANA.|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; However, AEMET's timeline of events contradicted Feijóo: it first issued a weather red alert at 07:31 for northern inland Valencia and extended the warning to southern Valencia at 07:36; however, at 13:00, Mazón spoke to the press where he downplayed the storm and claimed it would dissipate by 18:00.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Toño|last=Fraguas|date=31 October 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/rastreador/datos-aemet-desmienten-feijoo-primera-alerta-envio-7-36-martes_132_11781301.html|title= Los datos de la AEMET desmienten a Feijóo: la primera alerta se difundió a las 7.36 del martes|trans-title=The AEMET data refutes Feijóo: the first alert was issued at 7.36 a.m. on Tuesday|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=31 October 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Several meteorologists said that Feijóo's blame of AEMET could engender distrust of the meteorological agency and further endanger people by delegitimising weather warnings.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Antonio|last=Martínez Ron|date=1 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/cientificos-advierten-cuestionar-aemet-hecho-feijoo-pone-peligro_1_11782595.html|title= Los científicos advierten: cuestionar a la AEMET, como ha hecho Feijóo, nos pone a todos en peligro |trans-title=Scientists warn: questioning AEMET, as Feijóo has done, puts us all in danger|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Twenty Valencian civic organisations and trade unions also demanded Mazón's resignation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/convocan-manifestacion-mazon-dimision|title= Convocada la primera manifestación para exigir la dimisión de Carlos Mazón|trans-title=First demonstration called to demand the resignation of Carlos Mazón|date=31 October 2024|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=1 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The civil organisation "Justice for Valencia" opened a [[lawsuit]] against Mazón, as well as [[Emilio Argüeso Torres|Emilio Argüeso]] and {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten{{!}}Salomé Pradas|es|Salomé Pradas Ten}}, under the charges of [[reckless homicide]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Ester|last=Fayos|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/la-demanda-penal-contra-carlos-mazon-apuntara-al-delicte-dhomicidi-imprudent/|title=Estudien la presentació d'una demanda penal contra Carlos Mazón per un delicte d'homicidi imprudent|trans-title=Considering the filing of a criminal lawsuit against Carlos Mazón for the crime of reckless homicide|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[General Confederation of Labour (Spain)|General Confederation of Labour]] (CGT) also requested that the Valencian prosecutor's office investigate Mazón for [[criminal negligence]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Jesús|last=Rodríguez|date=5 November 2024|url=https://directa.cat/cgt-denuncia-carlos-mazon-per-multiples-delictes-contra-els-drets-dels-treballadors/|title=CGT denuncia Carlos Mazón per múltiples delictes contra els drets dels treballadors|trans-title=The CGT denounces Carlos Mazón for multiple crimes against workers' rights|work=[[La Directa]]|language=ca|access-date=5 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As of 2 November, the Valencian government had not declared the situation a "catastrophic emergency", the maximum [[State of emergency#Spain|state of emergency]] available to a regional government, which would have made Mazón personally and legally responsible for managing the emergency response, thus keeping legal blame to [[Generalitat Valenciana|regional Minister of the Interior]] {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten|es||ca}}<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del>&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first1=Miguel|last1=González|first2=Ferran|last2=Bono|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2024-11-02/la-generalitat-valenciana-no-ha-declarado-el-maximo-nivel-de-emergencia-que-permite-su-legislacion.html|title=La Generalitat valenciana no ha declarado el máximo nivel de emergencia que permite su legislación|trans-title=The Valencian Government has not declared the maximum level of emergency permitted by legislation|date=2 November 2024|work=[[El País]]|language=es|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As of 2 November, the Valencian government had not declared the situation a "catastrophic emergency", the maximum [[State of emergency#Spain|state of emergency]] available to a regional government, which would have made Mazón personally and legally responsible for managing the emergency response, thus keeping legal blame to [[Generalitat Valenciana|regional Minister of the Interior]] {{ill|Salomé Pradas Ten|es||ca}}<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</ins>&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first1=Miguel|last1=González|first2=Ferran|last2=Bono|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2024-11-02/la-generalitat-valenciana-no-ha-declarado-el-maximo-nivel-de-emergencia-que-permite-su-legislacion.html|title=La Generalitat valenciana no ha declarado el máximo nivel de emergencia que permite su legislación|trans-title=The Valencian Government has not declared the maximum level of emergency permitted by legislation|date=2 November 2024|work=[[El País]]|language=es|access-date=2 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> who would eventually get fired by Mazón on 22 November.</ins></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 4 November, in an interview with [[Cadena COPE]], Mazón blamed the Spanish government and commanders of the [[Military Emergencies Unit]] (UME) for mismanaging the response to the flooding. He claimed that, at 15:21 on 29 October, he had requested the intervention of the UME in Utiel and Requena, and that the [[List of agencies in Spain#Directorate-General for Water|Hydrographic Confederation]], under the direction of Environment Minister [[Teresa Ribera]], had suppressed the alerts. This was swiftly denied by the Confederation, which stated that the regional government is responsible for issuing any alerts.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/mazon-cambia-estrategia-busca-confrontacion-sanchez-culpa-ahora-ume-confederacion-hidrografica-retraso_1_11789229.html|title=Mazón cambia de estrategia y busca la confrontación con Sánchez: culpa ahora a la UME y a la Confederación Hidrográfica del retraso|trans-title=Mazón changes strategy and seeks confrontation with Sánchez: he now blames the UME and the Hydrographic Confederation for the delay|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; General Francisco Javier Marcos, the commander of the UME, also rejected Mazón's claims. He stated that the UME had mobilised 1,000 soldiers on the day of the floods, but that it was subject to the orders of the regional government, which directed the emergency response. He said the moment the Valencian government gave the order, the UME deployed to affected zones within minutes.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=José Enrique|last=Monrosi|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/jefe-ume-desmiente-mazon-comunidad-autonoma-dirige-emergencia-decide_1_11790706.html|title= El jefe de la UME desmiente a Mazón: "Es la comunidad autónoma quien dirige la emergencia y decide dónde vamos"|trans-title=The head of the UME refutes Mazón: "It is the autonomous community who directs the emergency and decides where we go"|language=es|work=[[elDiario.es]]|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 4 November, in an interview with [[Cadena COPE]], Mazón blamed the Spanish government and commanders of the [[Military Emergencies Unit]] (UME) for mismanaging the response to the flooding. He claimed that, at 15:21 on 29 October, he had requested the intervention of the UME in Utiel and Requena, and that the [[List of agencies in Spain#Directorate-General for Water|Hydrographic Confederation]], under the direction of Environment Minister [[Teresa Ribera]], had suppressed the alerts. This was swiftly denied by the Confederation, which stated that the regional government is responsible for issuing any alerts.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/mazon-cambia-estrategia-busca-confrontacion-sanchez-culpa-ahora-ume-confederacion-hidrografica-retraso_1_11789229.html|title=Mazón cambia de estrategia y busca la confrontación con Sánchez: culpa ahora a la UME y a la Confederación Hidrográfica del retraso|trans-title=Mazón changes strategy and seeks confrontation with Sánchez: he now blames the UME and the Hydrographic Confederation for the delay|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; General Francisco Javier Marcos, the commander of the UME, also rejected Mazón's claims. He stated that the UME had mobilised 1,000 soldiers on the day of the floods, but that it was subject to the orders of the regional government, which directed the emergency response. He said the moment the Valencian government gave the order, the UME deployed to affected zones within minutes.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=José Enrique|last=Monrosi|date=4 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/jefe-ume-desmiente-mazon-comunidad-autonoma-dirige-emergencia-decide_1_11790706.html|title= El jefe de la UME desmiente a Mazón: "Es la comunidad autónoma quien dirige la emergencia y decide dónde vamos"|trans-title=The head of the UME refutes Mazón: "It is the autonomous community who directs the emergency and decides where we go"|language=es|work=[[elDiario.es]]|access-date=4 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> </tr> </table></summary> <author><name>79.152.101.135</name></author> </entry> <entry> <id>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259362922&oldid=prev</id> <title>Pacopac: (GR) File renamed: File:2024-11-01 Voluntaris per Alfafar devastat a consequència de les inundacions Octubre de 2024.jpg → File:2024-11-01 Voluntaris per Alfafar devastat a conseqüència de les inundacions Octubre de 2024.jpg correcting</title> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Spanish_floods&diff=1259362922&oldid=prev"/> <updated>2024-11-24T19:42:34Z</updated> <summary type="html"><p>(<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/GR" class="extiw" title="c:GR">GR</a>) <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:FR" class="extiw" title="c:COM:FR">File renamed</a>: <a href="/wiki/File:2024-11-01_Voluntaris_per_Alfafar_devastat_a_consequ%C3%A8ncia_de_les_inundacions_Octubre_de_2024.jpg" title="File:2024-11-01 Voluntaris per Alfafar devastat a consequència de les inundacions Octubre de 2024.jpg">File:2024-11-01 Voluntaris per Alfafar devastat a consequència de les inundacions Octubre de 2024.jpg</a> → <a href="/wiki/File:2024-11-01_Voluntaris_per_Alfafar_devastat_a_conseq%C3%BC%C3%A8ncia_de_les_inundacions_Octubre_de_2024.jpg" title="File:2024-11-01 Voluntaris per Alfafar devastat a conseqüència de les inundacions Octubre de 2024.jpg">File:2024-11-01 Voluntaris per Alfafar devastat a conseqüència de les inundacions Octubre de 2024.jpg</a> correcting</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Previous revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:42, 24 November 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 172:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 172:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Volunteers===</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; 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border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the days after the flooding, without any government coordination, thousands of [[Valencians|Valencian]] volunteers [[self-organized]] to help affected towns; bringing supplies, including food and water, and helping clean up the mud and debris.&lt;ref name="VoluntLV"&gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/valencia/20241101/10070101/miles-valencianos-lanzan-calle-palas-alimentos-ayuda-damnificados.html |title=Miles de valencianos se lanzan a la calle con palas y alimentos en ayuda de los damnificados |date=1 November 2024 |lang=es |work=[[La Vanguardia]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="VoluntED"&gt;{{cite web|first1=Carlos|last1=Navarro Castelló|first2=Laura|last2=Martínez|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/valencia/sociedad-valenciana-autogestiona-asistir-afectados-falta-organizacion-generalitat_1_11785238.html|title=La sociedad valenciana se autogestiona para asistir a los afectados ante la falta de organización de la Generalitat|trans-title=Valencian society is self-managing to assist those affected by the lack of organisation by the Generalitat (Valencian regional government)|work=[[elDiario.es]]|date=November 2024 |language=es|access-date=3 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.elmundo.es/comunidad-valenciana/2024/11/01/6724baa2fdddff88378b4574.html |title=Decenas de miles de voluntarios se auto organizan para ayudar en la zona cero de la riada: "¿Qué comida podéis hacer en casa? ¿Cuántos sois? ¿Estáis bien?" |date=1 November 2024 |lang=es |publisher=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; As the Valencian government had not provided information for how to provide aid, and as police presence in the affected areas was minimal, volunteer groups were created autonomously to provide a response. The Valencian government attempted to discourage volunteer activities due to the danger of using damaged infrastructure,&lt;ref name="VoluntED"/&gt; while emergency services requested that volunteers not use vehicles.&lt;ref name="VoluntED"/&gt;&lt;ref name="VoluntLV"/&gt; Minister of Health [[Mónica García]] advised volunteers to wear [[personal protective equipment]] and long clothes, in order to prevent infection by contaminated waters.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/sociedad/2024-11-03/recomendaciones-de-sanidad-tras-la-dana-desechar-alimentos-humedos-y-que-los-voluntarios-usen-mascarilla-guantes-y-ropa-larga.html|title=Recomendaciones de Sanidad tras la dana: desechar alimentos húmedos y que los voluntarios usen mascarilla, guantes y ropa larga|trans-title=Health recommendations after the DANA: discard wet food and have volunteers wear masks, gloves and long clothing|date=3 November 2024|work=[[El País]]|access-date=3 November 2024|language=es}}&lt;/ref&gt; Municipal governments in the affected areas themselves called for popular support from volunteers; in many towns affected by the floods, Valencian volunteers arrived before the [[Military Emergencies Unit]] (UME) or police.&lt;ref name="VoluntED"/&gt;[[File:2024-11-01 Voluntaris per Alfafar devastat a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">consequència</del> de les inundacions Octubre de 2024.jpg|thumb|Volunteers cleaning up in [[Benetússer]], [[Alfafar]] and [[Catarroja]]|left]]Volunteers also set up and organized diverse websites to help finding missing people, ask for help or collaborate with others in better organization.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=Fernández |first=Silvia |date=2024-11-04 |title=Cómo funciona la página web para encontrar desaparecidos por la DANA |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/andro4all/internet/como-funciona-la-pagina-web-para-encontrar-desaparecidos-por-la-dana |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Andro4all |language=es}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Una plataforma 'online' de un grupo voluntario gestiona peticiones de ayuda de afectados |url=https://valenciaplaza.com/plataforma-online-grupo-voluntario-gestiona-peticiones-ayuda-afectados |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Valencia Plaza |language=es}}&lt;/ref&gt; </div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the days after the flooding, without any government coordination, thousands of [[Valencians|Valencian]] volunteers [[self-organized]] to help affected towns; bringing supplies, including food and water, and helping clean up the mud and debris.&lt;ref name="VoluntLV"&gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/valencia/20241101/10070101/miles-valencianos-lanzan-calle-palas-alimentos-ayuda-damnificados.html |title=Miles de valencianos se lanzan a la calle con palas y alimentos en ayuda de los damnificados |date=1 November 2024 |lang=es |work=[[La Vanguardia]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="VoluntED"&gt;{{cite web|first1=Carlos|last1=Navarro Castelló|first2=Laura|last2=Martínez|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/valencia/sociedad-valenciana-autogestiona-asistir-afectados-falta-organizacion-generalitat_1_11785238.html|title=La sociedad valenciana se autogestiona para asistir a los afectados ante la falta de organización de la Generalitat|trans-title=Valencian society is self-managing to assist those affected by the lack of organisation by the Generalitat (Valencian regional government)|work=[[elDiario.es]]|date=November 2024 |language=es|access-date=3 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.elmundo.es/comunidad-valenciana/2024/11/01/6724baa2fdddff88378b4574.html |title=Decenas de miles de voluntarios se auto organizan para ayudar en la zona cero de la riada: "¿Qué comida podéis hacer en casa? ¿Cuántos sois? ¿Estáis bien?" |date=1 November 2024 |lang=es |publisher=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; As the Valencian government had not provided information for how to provide aid, and as police presence in the affected areas was minimal, volunteer groups were created autonomously to provide a response. The Valencian government attempted to discourage volunteer activities due to the danger of using damaged infrastructure,&lt;ref name="VoluntED"/&gt; while emergency services requested that volunteers not use vehicles.&lt;ref name="VoluntED"/&gt;&lt;ref name="VoluntLV"/&gt; Minister of Health [[Mónica García]] advised volunteers to wear [[personal protective equipment]] and long clothes, in order to prevent infection by contaminated waters.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/sociedad/2024-11-03/recomendaciones-de-sanidad-tras-la-dana-desechar-alimentos-humedos-y-que-los-voluntarios-usen-mascarilla-guantes-y-ropa-larga.html|title=Recomendaciones de Sanidad tras la dana: desechar alimentos húmedos y que los voluntarios usen mascarilla, guantes y ropa larga|trans-title=Health recommendations after the DANA: discard wet food and have volunteers wear masks, gloves and long clothing|date=3 November 2024|work=[[El País]]|access-date=3 November 2024|language=es}}&lt;/ref&gt; Municipal governments in the affected areas themselves called for popular support from volunteers; in many towns affected by the floods, Valencian volunteers arrived before the [[Military Emergencies Unit]] (UME) or police.&lt;ref name="VoluntED"/&gt;[[File:2024-11-01 Voluntaris per Alfafar devastat a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">conseqüència</ins> de les inundacions Octubre de 2024.jpg|thumb|Volunteers cleaning up in [[Benetússer]], [[Alfafar]] and [[Catarroja]]|left]]Volunteers also set up and organized diverse websites to help finding missing people, ask for help or collaborate with others in better organization.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=Fernández |first=Silvia |date=2024-11-04 |title=Cómo funciona la página web para encontrar desaparecidos por la DANA |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/andro4all/internet/como-funciona-la-pagina-web-para-encontrar-desaparecidos-por-la-dana |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Andro4all |language=es}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Una plataforma 'online' de un grupo voluntario gestiona peticiones de ayuda de afectados |url=https://valenciaplaza.com/plataforma-online-grupo-voluntario-gestiona-peticiones-ayuda-afectados |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Valencia Plaza |language=es}}&lt;/ref&gt; </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 1 November, the Mazón government announced the creation of a volunteer platform, in an attempt to [[centralisation|centralise]] the volunteer response.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Toni|last=Cuquerella|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/generalitat-centralizara-plataforma-voluntariado-organizacion-distribucion-voluntarios_1_11785378.html|title= La Generalitat centralizará con la Plataforma del Voluntariado la organización y distribución de voluntarios|trans-title=The Generalitat will centralise the organisation and distribution of volunteers with the Volunteer Platform|date=1 November 2024|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=3 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Volunteers that attended the government-organised shifts reported "chaos" and "confusion" among the coordinators over the assignment of tasks and destinations; many volunteers disembarked their assigned buses and instead walked to the affected towns, returning to self-organisation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=2 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/generalitat-valenciana-comunica-cubierto-turnos-voluntarios-sabado_1_11786032.html|title=La ola de solidaridad desborda las previsiones y la Generalitat Valenciana da por cubiertos los turnos de voluntarios|trans-title=The wave of solidarity overflows the forecasts and the Generalitat Valenciana considers the volunteer shifts to be covered|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=3 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Seven of the buses transported volunteers to clean up a [[shopping center]], rather than any of the affected villages; the volunteers refused to disembark, with one volunteer saying "we refuse to clean a [[Zara (retailer)|Zara]], we are here to help people."&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Tomás|last=Muñoz|date=2 November 2024|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/nos-hemos-negado-limpiar-un-zara-estamos-aqui-ayudar-gente|title="Nos hemos negado a limpiar un Zara, estamos aquí para ayudar a la gente"|trans-title="We refuse to clean a Zara, we are here to help people"|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=3 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; In response to orange weather warnings, on 3 November, the Valencian government imposed restrictions on [[freedom of movement]], in particular setting the number of volunteers authorised to travel to Valencia’s southern suburbs to 2,000 and restricting access to 12 other localities;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2024-11-03 |title='Murderers!': Spanish royals leave flood-hit town after heckling by angry crowd |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241103-spanish-royals-set-to-visit-flood-hit-valencia-as-recovery-efforts-intensify |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=France 24 |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt; volunteers disobeyed the restrictions and sought alternative routes to affected towns.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=María|last=Fabra|date=3 November 2024|url=https://elpais.com/espana/comunidad-valenciana/2024-11-03/valencia-afronta-la-amenaza-de-mas-lluvia-mientras-se-esfuma-la-esperanza-de-encontrar-desaparecidos-con-vida.html|title=Valencia afronta la amenaza de más lluvia mientras se esfuma la esperanza de encontrar desaparecidos con vida|trans-title=Valencia faces threat of more rain as hopes of finding missing people alive fade|work=[[El País]]|language=es|access-date=3 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The restrictions coincided with the visit of the king and queen to the affected towns.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/generalitat-prohibe-entrada-voluntarios-doce-municipios-afectados-dana|title=La Generalitat prohíbe la entrada de voluntarios en doce municipios afectados por la Dana|trans-title=The Generalitat prohibits the entry of volunteers to twelve municipalities affected by the DANA|date=2 November 2024|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=3 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 1 November, the Mazón government announced the creation of a volunteer platform, in an attempt to [[centralisation|centralise]] the volunteer response.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Toni|last=Cuquerella|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/generalitat-centralizara-plataforma-voluntariado-organizacion-distribucion-voluntarios_1_11785378.html|title= La Generalitat centralizará con la Plataforma del Voluntariado la organización y distribución de voluntarios|trans-title=The Generalitat will centralise the organisation and distribution of volunteers with the Volunteer Platform|date=1 November 2024|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=3 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Volunteers that attended the government-organised shifts reported "chaos" and "confusion" among the coordinators over the assignment of tasks and destinations; many volunteers disembarked their assigned buses and instead walked to the affected towns, returning to self-organisation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Martínez|date=2 November 2024|url=https://www.eldiario.es/comunitat-valenciana/politica/generalitat-valenciana-comunica-cubierto-turnos-voluntarios-sabado_1_11786032.html|title=La ola de solidaridad desborda las previsiones y la Generalitat Valenciana da por cubiertos los turnos de voluntarios|trans-title=The wave of solidarity overflows the forecasts and the Generalitat Valenciana considers the volunteer shifts to be covered|work=[[elDiario.es]]|language=es|access-date=3 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; Seven of the buses transported volunteers to clean up a [[shopping center]], rather than any of the affected villages; the volunteers refused to disembark, with one volunteer saying "we refuse to clean a [[Zara (retailer)|Zara]], we are here to help people."&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=Tomás|last=Muñoz|date=2 November 2024|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/nos-hemos-negado-limpiar-un-zara-estamos-aqui-ayudar-gente|title="Nos hemos negado a limpiar un Zara, estamos aquí para ayudar a la gente"|trans-title="We refuse to clean a Zara, we are here to help people"|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=3 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; In response to orange weather warnings, on 3 November, the Valencian government imposed restrictions on [[freedom of movement]], in particular setting the number of volunteers authorised to travel to Valencia’s southern suburbs to 2,000 and restricting access to 12 other localities;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2024-11-03 |title='Murderers!': Spanish royals leave flood-hit town after heckling by angry crowd |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241103-spanish-royals-set-to-visit-flood-hit-valencia-as-recovery-efforts-intensify |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=France 24 |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt; volunteers disobeyed the restrictions and sought alternative routes to affected towns.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|first=María|last=Fabra|date=3 November 2024|url=https://elpais.com/espana/comunidad-valenciana/2024-11-03/valencia-afronta-la-amenaza-de-mas-lluvia-mientras-se-esfuma-la-esperanza-de-encontrar-desaparecidos-con-vida.html|title=Valencia afronta la amenaza de más lluvia mientras se esfuma la esperanza de encontrar desaparecidos con vida|trans-title=Valencia faces threat of more rain as hopes of finding missing people alive fade|work=[[El País]]|language=es|access-date=3 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt; The restrictions coincided with the visit of the king and queen to the affected towns.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/valencia/generalitat-prohibe-entrada-voluntarios-doce-municipios-afectados-dana|title=La Generalitat prohíbe la entrada de voluntarios en doce municipios afectados por la Dana|trans-title=The Generalitat prohibits the entry of volunteers to twelve municipalities affected by the DANA|date=2 November 2024|work=[[El Salto (newspaper)|El Salto]]|language=es|access-date=3 November 2024}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td> </tr> </table></summary> <author><name>Pacopac</name></author> </entry> </feed>

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