Overview

• RTVE’s newly released audio from a 1:45 p.m. meeting records Carlos Mazón citing a first hydrological alert tied to the Magro/Forata system, with another voice referencing the Poyo alert.
• He proceeded to a lunch at El Ventorro that stretched nearly four hours as conditions deteriorated, with Utiel reporting a “very dramatic” situation and national authorities offering UME support shortly after midday.
• A 40dB survey for EL PAÍS and Cadena SER finds 71% of Valencians say Mazón should resign, including majorities of Vox voters and more than half of PP voters, and 75.5% rate his management as bad or very bad.
• Despite the backlash, Lápiz Estratégico projects the PP would still place first with about 34 seats, leaving the right bloc narrowly ahead of the left by 51 to 48 in the regional parliament.
• Mazón argues agencies did not warn of the storm’s magnitude and has avoided detailed timelines in interviews, even as the judicial summary indicates most victims died before the Generalitat’s mobile alerts were sent.