The UME displays means in Aragon to return normality to the peoples affected by the floods
The Military Emergency Unit (UME) This morning has begun an important support operation in several Affected Aragonese towns for the strong storms and floods of recent days.
Aragon requests the UMU for the areas affected by the flood and “folds” of their own
From early hours, teams of the Emergency Intervention Battalions of the UME have left from their bases in Saragossa, responding to urgent call to collaborate in recovery tasks. The priority objective: to restore public services and clean the flooded municipalities.
The Government Delegate, this Tuesday in Azuara with its mayor
The Government Delegate, Fernando Beltrán, has moved to the advanced command post of 112 in Letux, where he has reported the coordination with the Interior Ministry to activate the UME. “Fortunately, with the incorporation of the UME after the management with Madrid, a recognition team came out last night and this morning a device of 118 military, a sanitary, seven pumps and a nurse,” he said.
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The teams of the #Ume deployed in the town of #Azuara They are already carrying out road opening with machinery and bundle of the affected streets.
Total deployment @Umegob
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– Ume (@umegob) June 17, 2025
Total deployment in the area: more than 280 troops
To the OME operation, resources of multiple emergency bodies have been added, reaching a deployment of 286 people, with reinforcement forecast in the next few hours. In Letux, where the advanced command center has been installed, Civil Protection (18 people and 6 vehicles), firefighters from Zaragoza and Teruel, with more than a dozen agents and nodrizas, and a broad device to infoar, with 102 forest firefighters, 81 serga workers and 35 vehicles. They also collaborate toilets of 061 with two advanced life support ambulances and Red Cross, which has deployed specialized personnel and psychological support for the victims of victims.
Direct support to municipalities
The tasks underway include the cleaning of streets, access clearance and recovery of damaged infrastructure, thus responding to the direct requests of local mayors. “They asked us to leave the peoples in normal situation, and that is what we are going to do,” Beltrán added.
Although the total operation of the operation has not yet been determined, the authorities have stressed that the UME will remain in the area “the necessary days” to guarantee total recovery.
Flooded municipalities ask for help: “We are completely abandoned”
In parallel, the Emergency financial aid, and the insurance consortium has made a first assessment of the damages suffered.
