- 5d ago
WhatsApp messages show Valencia officials' responses during deadly 2024 Dana: 'There will be many dead'
Court documents show then-president Carlos Mazón told Valencia's mayor there would be 'many dead, dozens for sure' hours after the alert, while a councilor joked about the emergency SMS.
- 6d ago
Valencia mayor testifies she had no political contact during DANA emergency and was never told about the mass alert
María José Catalá told a judge she first spoke to former regional president Carlos Mazón at 23:13 via WhatsApp, hours after flooding began, and that nobody informed her the ES-Alert was being prepared.
- Jul 3
Valencia remembers 43 lives lost in 2006 metro crash, as flood victims unite to demand answers
Twenty years after the Valencia metro derailment killed 43 people, the city held multiple tributes, with victims' families joined by survivors of the 2024 floods in a shared call against institutional neglect.
- Jul 2
After eviction, fire in Valencia squatted building forces 80 evacuations, 70 to hotels
A fire that broke out in the basement of a recently evicted squatted building in Valencia’s Benicalap neighborhood on Thursday forced the evacuation of around 80 residents from two buildings, with 70 people spending the night in hotels. No injuries were reported.
- Jun 20
Feijóo avoids backing Pérez Llorca as Valencia’s PP candidate while demanding early elections
The PP national leader addresses 1,300 supporters in Sueca but declines to confirm Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca as the party’s candidate for the Valencian regional government, drawing sharp criticism from the opposition.
- Jun 15
Valencia mayor Catalá confirms Generalitat gave no flood warning, blames predecessor's flood plan in Congress testimony
María José Catalá told the Congressional dana commission that the Valencian regional government failed to notify municipalities of the impending flood, and that the city's flood action plan (drafted under a previous administration) did not anticipate flooding in the affected neighbourhoods.
- Jun 15
Valencia begins Colón Street overhaul: wider sidewalks, quieter asphalt, and a race to finish before Christmas
Work started on Monday on a €2 million renovation of Valencia’s premier commercial artery, with crews targeting completion by early December to safeguard the vital holiday shopping season.
