Overview

• Camarasa said the Es-Alert should have been sent by 3 p.m. on October 29 but only went out at 8:11 p.m., arriving after the third flood wave peaked.
• She criticized the alert’s text for failing to tell residents to seek higher floors or explicitly prioritize personal safety over property.
• The expert argued that the Cecopi crisis coordination center should have convened by the morning of October 29 once AEMET forecasts flagged severe risk.
• Court records show Generalitat Valenciana had real-time data from AEMET and 112 call logs logging desperate pleas from Chiva and Cheste that were not integrated into warnings.
• Camarasa highlighted that three successive water avalanches from the Horteta, Gallego and Poyo ravines outpaced existing monitoring and early-warning systems.