Tallying the devastation from recent storms in Spain is still ongoing. In addition to human loss and damage to homes and infrastructure, it represented a critical time for essential emergency workers and affected people to communicate with each other. And despite successes, hard work remains.
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The effects of a brutal storm that hit the eastern Spanish peninsula in late October were felt beyond the affected areas. Videos shared on social media and calls to television and radio programs showed the magnitude of the rain and flooding in Valencia, Albacete, and other towns in the area. Many of these testimonies had several things in common: I can’t find another person, they don’t pick up the phone at emergency services, I don’t know how much battery I have left or if I’ll be able to call again.
In the midst of all the tragedy, the need to ask for or manage help, …