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CostaBlancaPeople 14th - 20th September 2021
14th - 20th September - edition 907
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DANA: Two years later and no solutions
major structural works announced to fix the damage caused by the terrible flooding of September 2019 are still ‘projects’, most of which are still under review. promises to dig out the rambla de Abanilla, improve capacity of the
riverbed of the Segura, the creation of rolling reservoirs, hydraulic corridors and more are projects much lauded over the last two years since the Vega baja was devastated by the September 2019 dAnA.
two years have passed since biblical levels of rain fell on the southern Costa blanca – 2800 cubic hectometres of rain fell on the Segura basin; triple what the reservoir is capable of holding. that, coupled with the breaking of the banks
of the river in Almoradí and overall bad planning caused the greatest catastrophe the Vega baja has seen for 140 years. As the two year anniversary was marked this weekend, many took the opportunity to highlight the lack
of action to repair damage done. the economic cost of the tragedy is estimated to be in the region of 3000 million euro. thousands of families were left without shelter as their homes were destroyed and two years on, little or no structural work necessary for the prevention of another dAnA of 2019 proportions has begun. obtaining finance for works of such magnitude is not easy but many claim that to date most of the structural works necessary don’t even have a study done. As the Covid pandemic broke out here just six months after the dAnA, there was of course an additional delay to the arrival of funds and it is hoped that most of the major works will be financed with eU funds. the Valencian Government
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