He king Philip VI will be back on tuesday to the Valencian Community for visit military units who are working on the ground after the passage of the DANAas reported Operetta.
The monarch will first visit the Jaime I Military Base, in Bétera, where he will have the opportunity to see the contingents of the Armyhe Air Force and of the EMU who participate in the emergency response. After that, it will travel to the port of Valencia, where will visit the amphibious assault ship Galicia and finally he will go to the Army main logistics base of Earth at the Valencia Trade Fair.
The King will thus return to the Valencian Community after the tense visit held last sunday next to the Queen Letiziathe president of the Government, Pedro Sanchezand the president of the Valencian Generalitat, Carlos Mazónto the town of Paiporta, one of the affected ones, where they were received with mud throwingshouting and insults.
At the moment, 8,500 troops from the three armies and the Royal Guard2,103 of them belonging to the Military Emergency Unit (UME), are deployed in the municipalities of the Valencian Community affected by the storm, 72 in total in an area of ​​4,608 square kilometers, equivalent to 43% of the surface of the entire province of Valencia.
This Friday, the Ministry of Defense has once again increased the troops assigned to the operation, which come from units throughout Spain. Specifically, for this day they have deployed new troops from the Headquarters of Engineers of the Army, the Navy has increased the vessels for the search and location of deceased or missing people on the coast and six other diving teams. In addition, the Air Force has planes ready at its bases to begin the reliefs.
Do use of 2,089 mediawhich include specialized intervention vehicles, helicopters, drones and engineering machines, among others. According to data offered this Friday, the Armed Forces 595 operations have been carried outbut some of these have not yet been finalized due to their complexity. The focus of the Armed Forces is currently in four towns classified as red by the authorities: Paiporta, Catarroja, Chiva and Masanasa.