– We must ensure that early warning reaches those who need it. And we must ensure that early warning leads to relevant early action, says the head of the UN agency, Clare Nullis, in a briefing at the world organization on Friday.
Nullis would not comment on whether Spanish authorities were too slow to warn residents about the floods that have particularly hit the Valencia region this week.
– It is something the Spanish authorities must look into, she says.
In Spain, anger is growing against the authorities, who are strongly criticized for not having warned of the extreme weather in advance so that more people could have been evacuated. The danger warning should not have been sent out before the flood was already a fact.
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