Overview
- José Ángel Núñez said he cannot claim the agency performed very well on October 29 because the floods left 228 dead, making the admission during an À Punt interview.
- He explained that Aemet issues warnings based on probability thresholds and noted a red warning was in place early that day, while acknowledging they did not foresee extreme local totals such as 770 liters in Turís.
- Núñez contrasted the 1957 Valencia flood, which lacked a meteorological warning but had early media alerts, with 2024, when there was a weather warning but public alerting was late or insufficient.
- He argued there was excessive reliance on automated tools at the expense of human judgment, called for a comprehensive system review, and said public confidence must be rebuilt.
- He has testified as a witness in the judicial probe and attempts to name him as an investigated party were rejected, while the Valencian government used his remarks to intensify its criticism of Aemet and the central government.