A year after the devastating storm, President Carlos Mazón has still not clarified the details of his controversial handling of the most virulent storm to hit the Valencian Community this century, which left more than 200 dead. Details about his actions on the day of the storm are still emerging piecemeal and often contradict previously reported information.

It was not until four months after the DANA in Valencia that Carlos Mazón specified what time he had arrived on the fateful October 29th at the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi). Besieged by political and judicial pressure, the Valencian president claimed two weeks ago that it was 8:28 p.m. when he arrived at the scene, 17 minutes after the flood alert was sent to the population. This new version – until then he had placed his arrival "after 7 p.m." – was supported by an image released by the Generalitat Valenciana shortly after: a capture from the video surveillance system in which Mazón is seen greeting the receptionists at Cecopio at 8:28 p.m. However, several eyewitnesses maintain that the PP politician arrived earlier and in recent hours suspicions have grown that the photograph of Cecopio could have been manipulated.

It has taken almost four months since the DANA tragedy of October 29, which left 227 dead in the Valencian Community, for the head of the Consell, Carlos Mazón, to reveal what time he arrived at the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi). In statements to the media on Wednesday he admitted that he arrived at 8:28 p.m., 17 minutes after the alert was sent to the population about the floods and more than four hours after the emergency committee had been formed. However, he denied having changed his version of events about his role on the day the disaster broke out, although until now he claimed that he had arrived at Cecopio "from 7 p.m. onwards."