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Zapatero: "Let's make Lorca return to normal as soon as possible"

President Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has appeared this morning with Minister of Public Works, José Blanco, the president of the regional government, Ramón Luis Valcárcel and the Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jódar in a press conference in which the insured "will speed and means "will rebuild Lorca.

Zapatero pointed out that today is going to adopt a "broad decree-law 'of support measures for citizens and businesses in the city, which will provide aid for the rehabilitation reconstruccióny housing, public buildings, businesses and infrastructure.

addition, the president announced in the coming days, likely on Tuesday of next week, signing a "great agreement for the reconstruction Lorca. "

Zapatero pointed out that all proceedings shall be conducted in coordination with the autonomous region and municipality of Lorca and stressed the unity of the three administrations in the disaster.

Source: laverdad.es



Castle and all the churches, damaged

And to think that just days ago The tower was a lookout for thousands of Lorca celebrating the start of Holy Week, just in time when the clock struck the morning of Good Friday. And to think that these needles, they do not volverána move, that the tower, if finally gets saved, will be forever marked by the crack on the evening of Wednesday's cracked up and down and side to hand, scratching at the heart of San Francisco Church, which dates back to the sixteenth century and is a National Monument since 1982. It's just one of the puzzling pictures that people all the temples of the city.

The church Santiago and no roof. The ceiling is the only cover exists and altar area are accumulated debris. Neither the pastor nor the congregation could not believe that where last week had taken out with the greatest of joys, the First Communion of dozens of children had become a lot. "The church is in ruins and she seems to have fallen a bombra" he said yesterday the Minister of Culture, Pedro Alberto Cruz, who described what happened in Lorca as "the greatest catastrophe equity in Europe in recent years. "

few meters below in the Rosary Chapel, home of White Pass, the tower structure also appeared damaged, forcing the relocation of some of his images to As in the case of other brotherhoods. The main entrance and the side of the church of San Mateo are cordoned off. Unable to safely enter the Carmelite church. The entire roof of the main entrance has collapsed, like the chorus and part of the central nave and side. The hermitage of San Clemente, who had established recently, has seriously damaged the walls, as the Convent of the Virgen de las Huertas on the top of the tower, although Cruz, qualified yesterday after a visit to the building that "the island remains XIII Century monkeys are in perfect condition as valuable paintings. "

The emblem of the city, its castle, has not escaped the effects of earthquakes. "The tower of the Ram is broken, and has even shifted with respect to its initial position."

public administrations have already decided, as urgent action lines, evacuate the buildings in danger of collapse or collapse. All historic churches remain closed for an indefinite period, without religion. Other measures are "shoring to prevent cave-ins, and the collection of visual documentation of all places visited" for if we were to reinstate architectural features, "said Pedro Alberto Cruz .

Source: laverdad.es

keys disaster in Lorca: a shallow epicenter soil type

Why a medium-intensity earthquake has caused so much damage down? The answer lies in the shallowness of the epicenter, located less than ten kilometers in depth, and specific soil qualities of Lorca. As explained by the vice president, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, both factors have "multiplied the effects."

At a press conference at the Moncloa Palace to announce that on Friday approved aid the Council of Ministers for the victims, Rubalcaba stressed that the magnitude of the earthquake (5.1 magnitude on the Richter scale) is not consistent with the significant damage in the town. And although the CONSEQUENCES know because on Thursday morning has toured the town by land and air.

experts Geological Survey polled by the Executive have offered two possible reasons to explain: the shallowness of the epicenter and the floor of Lorca, who rather than moderate the effects of earthquake amplify and magnify .
Without these causes, the earthquake "no He need a priori to have caused so much damage ", insisted Rubalcaba.

Asked about the possibility of reform legislation that regulates the buildings to make it more demanding, stressed that existing legislation dating from a few years ago, but has recognized that catalogs after any disaster "immediately need to review all" , both those laws as security protocols that apply. But it has not been assessed whether this review may cause short-term changes.

Source: elmundo.es




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