CNN Brasil - 11/12/2024
By Writing Team
Posted in November 12, 2024
Cars stacked after heavy rain and flooding in Valencia, Spain • 1/11/2024 REUTERS/Susana Vera.
Brazilian company operates in the Spanish city and other parts of eastern and southern areas of the country through Ambipar.
More than 220 people died after torrential rains in late October caused floods that swept through Valencia’s suburbs in Spain.
The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, announced yesterday 3.76 billion euros (about R$ 23.26 billion) in additional measures to rebuild the city after the deadliest flash floods in the country’s modern history.
A Brazilian multinational has joined recovery efforts in the affected regions.
Ambipar operates in the city of Valencia and other areas in the east and south of the country through Ambipar Response. The mobilization includes the deployment of professionals, equipment, and a command post.
The company has sent, in Cartagena and Castellón, two heavy-duty trucks with trailers, two cranes, a firefighting truck with a special submersible hydraulic pump, and five light vehicles.
Additionally, 24 divers were involved, along with inspections of affected areas, including drone reconnaissance of the sites.
This week, a command post and a maintenance station with four designated personnel were set up, along with the mobilization of six people from the United Kingdom and Ireland and 16 people from Spain.
By the end of the week, Ambipar will have a team of about 54 people and 32 vehicles on-site.
Other initiatives include setting up a command post and maintenance station equipped with pumps to drain water and diving gear.
More Rain
Two weeks after Spain’s worst floods in modern history, the national meteorological service, AEMET, issued an orange alert — the second highest — for heavy or torrential rain, starting Tuesday (12) night.
The Valencia emergency committee issued a special advisory to municipalities and organizations, requesting them to take preventive measures, including closing schools if students must travel.
The committee also recommended that people work remotely whenever possible, avoid non-essential travel, and follow updates from emergency services.
The municipality of Chiva, one of the hardest-hit areas, canceled schools and sports activities as a precaution, while in Aldaia, workers stacked sandbags and cleared ditches and drains.
The weather alert covers much of the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia, Valencia, Andalusia, and the Balearic Islands, according to AEMET.
Ambipar will continue this recovery operation throughout the year, working with the Spanish government to mitigate the effects of what has been considered the storm of the century.
*With Reuters
