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Living in fear
NOTHING is in place to stop a repeat of the devastating floods that happened a year ago. That is the verdict of a high-profile Costa Blanca mayor as experts met up at the National Flood Congress in Orihuela. A gota fria (cold drop) storm over the weekend of September 12 to 15 last year wiped out towns and villages across The
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still not received aid that was promised from the regional government soon after the natural disaster. But urgent aid has failed to arrive in many areas, with the President of the PPCV party
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at an Almoradi event, she de- Olive Press, the Liverpudlian manded it was not allowed to who now lives in Formentera happen again. del Segura, said: “The uncer“We must use all the means at tainty became an all encomour disposal to prevent a simi- passing factor in the fear. lar catastrophe from happening “We saw the devastation further again,” she upstream said. with the The PPCV Segura president bursting called for its banks THE heroes who helped save ‘more will’ and taking lives and property during the on the part away enfatal 2019 Vega Baja floods of the natire villaghave been recognised. tional and es. Almoradi council has unregional au“When veiled a plaque at its ‘ground thorities to Heradades zero’, where the Segura River sort out the was floodbroke its retaining walls and situation. ed out, we overflowed into the town. She addknew ForThe inscription reads: "In ed that the mentera recognition of all the heroes money was del Segura who, in one way or another, needed to was next. helped alleviate the consealleviate “Miracquences of the floods that ‘so much ulously, devastated our town from suffering’ the floods September 12 to 15, 2019." because the stopped entire Vega less than a Baja needs mile from investments. our front door. Since then, it’s Expat Peter Corner, 59, yester- only natural to take serious noday recalled the events – and tice of every weather warning. the fear - of the DANA and does “I just hope that all our good not want to have to live through luck didn’t run out in Septemthe same again. Talking to the ber 2019.”
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the Vega Baja region, killing seven people and causing millions of euros of devastation. “Yet we are still in fear as the urgent works have still not been done,” said the mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana. He added: “The reality is we don’t have infrastructure to prevent floods from happening again.” He revealed that Orihuela has