00:00While Spain is still recovering from the Dana in Valencia, other areas have flooded again due to heavy rains this week.
00:09Political accountability for the handling of the disaster in Valencia has not yet been addressed.
00:14Many consider it a failure, but who is responsible?
00:19It is up to the autonomous community to alert the citizens, to be aware of the possible risks for the population.
00:25From there, once the catastrophe has occurred, then the political friction is emerging,
00:31regarding whether the national government should have been directly involved in taking the reins of the crisis.
00:37It is not advisable at all for the government to intervene in the most initial phase of the crisis.
00:41But of course, in the medium and long term, the situation of the president of the autonomous community, Mr. Mazón, remains very touched.
00:47It is a very confusing situation and, in my opinion, it is the one that comes out most affected by this crisis.
00:59I think it is very unlikely that the hittings will not happen.
01:02In addition to the political crisis that has broken out after the Dana,
01:05there is also a great concern for the hydrographic management that will be done from now on in that area.
01:11It is a complicated area that tends to flood.
01:14Many scientists have moved there these days,
01:17with the aim of looking for solutions that will facilitate the lives of the neighbors in the future.
01:22They point to a responsible one, climate change.
01:28The river overflowed, so that made it merge with different streams and collapse with all the villages.
01:34Climate change has been very important.
01:36There should not have been so many torrential rains.
01:39The water in the rivers should not have overflowed so much, it should have been much more controlled.
01:43The biodiversity that was there has disappeared.
01:45Why? Because the mud, the water is quite polluted there.
01:49We have had to go with masks.
01:51We, for example, entered a garage and smelled fermentation,
01:55the pure fermentation of mud, bacteria, and that is really toxic to health, to the lungs.
02:05The Spanish Meteorological Agency acted, warned.
02:08What did not arrive in time was the emergency alarm that the government has to give to people.
02:14Now all that remains is to assist the recovery efforts and to plan better for the future.
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