Mud, reeds and lots of water is the landscape in the neighborhood of the Cantarería de Ontinyent , an almost ghostly place since yesterday the torrential rains caused the overflow of the Clariano river and forced 40 people to evacuate. "There is nothing left inside the houses. It is devastating to see the destruction it has caused. Even asphalted roads the water has been taken ," said the Councilor for Municipal Services of Ontinyent, Manuel Cuesta .

The neighbors of the neighborhood remain relocated in the municipal shelter, "and they will continue there because, although the flow of the river decreased during the night, a storm has fallen again this morning and has been 40 or 50 centimeters from overflowing again," he said .

Mari Carmen Debón is one of the neighbors who has lost everything. "I don't have clothes, I don't have anything else. This is a working-class neighborhood. I've been here all my life and I have never seen this. We went with the job because nobody expected what happened. It's a disaster," he said.

Vanesa Ríos saw how the water rose six meters and reached the first floor of her home. "We waited for him to go down and we went down the street because he couldn't be up there. At half past eleven they had to come and get us out," he explained.

There are no more evacuations planned , but from the City Hall much caution is requested. "If they don't have to leave their homes, they shouldn't do it. Making videos or photos can be very dangerous ," said the mayor.

Ontinyent has received in the last hours the visit of the president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, and the president of the Diputación de Valencia, Toni Gaspar. The intention of the mayor, Jorge Rodríguez , is to request the declaration of catastrophic zone when they manage to assess the damage, but he has already obtained the commitment that Tragsa brigades will be provided to assist in the cleaning tasks and that normality returns to the capital from the Vall d'Albaida.

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