Aragón requests the UMU for the areas affected by the flood and “folds” troops </des
The Aragon Government has finally raised the alert level and request the intervention of the Military Emergency Unit (Ume) in the areas affected by the flood of last weekend. This has been confirmed late in the afternoon by the Minister of Finance and Interior, Roberto Bermúdez de Castro, in an emergency call from the Pignatelli building, headquarters of the DGA. In the morning, the president Jorge Azcón there was Discarded input This possibility, a power that falls to the regional executive, since the works “no longer have to do with help.”
However, Bermúdez de Castro pointed from the press room to “the huge amount of damage” on roads, roads, basic infrastructure such as health centers and even water collection points on which the community is already working. “We have understood that the best we could do is add effective,” said the head of the branch, who added that “it is never too late if the happiness is good.”
Accelerate the return to normal
Communication with the Central Government delegate in Aragon, Fernando Beltrán, took place minutes before the press conference. There are several nuclei affected by the storm but Bermúdez de Castro has not offered details about the deployment, which will determine those responsible for the UME and from the ground. The objective is none other than accelerating the return to normal for the process to be dilated “a few weeks”, although the forecast is that the repair of some points could last months, according to the first estimates.
The military will be in constant coordination with the troops already deployed from 112 and the infoar, the latter limited in recent days by the start of the forest fire campaign. However, the counselor has advanced that Aragon will “fold” his own means thanks to the incorporation of more crews and the hiring of machinery.
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Asked about the non -activation of the UME during the weekend, Bermúdez de Castro has specified that, in coordination with the rest of the administrations involved, it was not considered necessary. He has also defended Azcón’s words regarding the State Meteorology Agency for not establishing the red alert, because “everyone is subject to criticism.” Statements to which Fernando Beltrán has responded, with a “closed defense” to the weather organism.
