The Consell approves €23.5 million and aid of up to €6,000 per home

The Consell has approved an initial package of €23.5 million for families affected by the Adam storm. Aid for primary residences can reach €6,000.

The information, reported by alicantepress.com, states that the Consell has approved in an extraordinary meeting an initial package of emergency measures for the Adam storm, amounting to €23.5 million. Families affected by the storm will be able to receive up to €6,000 for damages to their primary residence and €3,000 if it is a second home.

The president of the Generalitat, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, explained that all these aids will be processed with a single application. It can be submitted online, through the electronic headquarters of the Generalitat, or in person at town halls and PROP offices, with the aim of reducing paperwork.

Those who have lost their primary residence will be able to receive €800 a month for twelve months to pay for relocation, up to a maximum of €9,600 per beneficiary unit. The aid for families also serves to replace items damaged by the floods.

The affected municipalities will have an initial allocation of €17.5 million, with aid of up to €200,000 per town hall to cover the most urgent expenses from the storm.

Affected individuals who need to claim from insurance companies will have access to free legal, notarial, and registration assistance. This service is designed for those who need to manage damages with the company or file a claim.

The Valencian government is also preparing a second call for aid, which will be approved in the coming days. This will be aimed at compensating for the loss of vehicles and damages in the primary sector, commerce, hospitality, and animal shelters.

In the cleaning and recovery of public spaces, more than 40 heavy machines and 271 personnel are working. An additional 80 people are expected to join to repair forest tracks.

Collection points for waste have been set up so that residents can deposit damaged materials without accumulating them on the street, reducing health issues.

In the affected treatment plants, more than a hundred technicians are working to restore the electricity supply with emergency generators and repair pumping systems. Regarding public services, all bus lines in the affected areas have been restored, and cleaning efforts in schools and health centres have been activated.

The Generalitat expects that the affected educational centres will resume teaching activities the day after the announcement of the aid. The exception is the centres in Oliva, where students will return on Thursday, 22 October, except for IES Gabriel Císcar.

In healthcare, the centres in the affected areas remain open, except for the auxiliary clinics in Els Poblets and Piles, which have not yet resumed their activities.