First there was silence. A silence of death and destruction. Then came the sound of volunteers' boots and shovels. Then the pump trucks and Kärcher pressure washers. Now, four and a half months after the DANA disaster, the soundtrack of the affected towns in Horta Sud is the sound of drills, hammers, and steep slopes. Everywhere you look, workers are working on the ground floors. In the Valencian Country, the time for reconstruction has arrived, and the streets have only just returned to some semblance of normality a few weeks ago once the mud was removed. But it's only an appearance, of course. Because every inhabitant has terrible stories from that night. The physical scar will take years to disappear, but the other may never do so. Perhaps that's why these days another sound can be heard mixed with the construction work: the children's firecrackers, anticipating a time of celebration, the Fallas, which should serve to begin to turn the page and leave so much misery behind.

Toñi García (59 years old), a resident of the Valencian town of Benetússer, lost her husband, Miguel Carpio, and her only daughter, Sara Carpio, on the night of October 29th. Hers is a story full of tears and pain. But it is also an example of courage, that of a person who offers her testimony despite the suffering that telling it entails. A courage that has prompted her to participate in the creation of the DANA Victims Association October 29, 2024 and that she also showed when she denounced the indifference of the former Minister of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism Nuria Montes, who, despite working in the same floor of the Administrative City as her headquarters, does not leave for six days.

Little by little, information about the Valencian DANA and those affected has been disappearing from the news. Let's not forget them, and that's why this Sunday we're offering an extensive report on the situation in the Valencian towns affected by the storm on October 29th, now that the Fallas are approaching. David Miró and Xavier Bertral have returned to the scene, and in the dossier, you can read impressive stories from that day and also tales of overcoming difficulties, as people have tried to cope thanks to the wave of solidarity that emerged. We also interview the relative of one of the victims and analyze the legal and political situation of the President of the Generalitat (Catalan Government), Carlos Mazón.