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Aemet Acknowledges Cuenca References, Rejects Claim It Predicted Storm Letup in Valencia

A fresh statement reframes the controversial mentions as purely geographic, sharpening scrutiny of emergency messaging now under court review.

Overview

  • Aemet said on September 3 that references to the Serranía de Cuenca during October 29 calls were geographic markers and did not mean the DANA would ease in the Comunitat Valenciana.
  • La Generalitat delivered an Emergencies report to the Juzgado de Catarroja with call transcripts asserting Aemet indicated three times that the precipitation maximum would shift toward Cuenca.
  • The report cites calls at 9:43, 11:26 and 16:16 in which Cuenca was mentioned, including an exchange where José Ángel Núñez replied “eso, sí” when asked if rains would go toward the Serranía de Cuenca.
  • Aemet maintains Núñez described greater adversity in interior areas with an afternoon shift toward northern Valencia and Castellón and says no instruction implied a remission in Valencia.
  • The clash revives President Carlos Mazón’s October 29 message—later deleted—about a move toward Cuenca, as contradictory accounts remain before the Catarroja court investigating the floods.