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CHJ Call Log Shows Focus on Forata, Not Poyo, on Day Valencia Flood Killed 228

New CHJ documents sent to the Valencian inquiry precede Miguel Polo’s Sept. 19 witness appearance.

Overview

  • The submission lists about twenty calls by CHJ president Miguel Polo on October 29, with only one referring to the Poyo ravine, which accounted for most deaths.
  • The CHJ maintains in writing that it does not perform day-to-day monitoring of ramblas and instead cross-checks information when asked by the regional emergency coordination center.
  • After a midday email from the CHJ flagged a sudden Poyo surge at 264 m3/s, the Generalitat activated a hydrological alert as provincial firefighters later withdrew their watch around 14:30.
  • Between 16:13 and 18:43 the CHJ sent no further emails while Poyo flows rose to 1,686.8 m3/s, though SAIH data remained available online.
  • Testimony says the warning reached 112 but was not taken to Cecopi; Polo joined the crisis meeting from 17:00 focused on Forata, briefed Secretary of State Hugo Morán at 19:30 on Forata and Cecopi dysfunction, and the mobile alert went out at 20:11.