Heavy rains and storms, up to 90 liters in one hourhave lifted the orange alert in the Balearic Islands, where emergency services confirmed on Wednesday that they had found one dead person hiker missing in the Torrent de Pareis (Majorca), in the heart of the Tramuntana mountains. His companion, with whom he got lost yesterday afternoon, has not yet appeared.
It was yesterday when a group of five people went on an excursion to this area of the island, despite the weather warnings. In addition to the deceased, a 32 year old british man There is another person who is still being sought, a third who was rescued on Tuesday evening and the others managed to arrive by their own means.
According to Aemet data, the entire Balearic archipelago is orange due to a powerful DANA that brings rain that will accumulate 50 liters and even between 60 and 90 liters per hour. Very strong gusts of wind associated with strong storms (90 to 120 km/h) are also expected, with the possibility of being hurricanes (more than 120 km/h).
The President of the Balearic Islands, Marga Prohens, cancelled the trip that was planned for this Wednesday to Perpignan, on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the death of King Sanç, due to the heavy rains expected during the day in the town.
In Catalonia, only the province of Tarragona continue with orange alert due to accumulated rainfall of up to 40 litres in one hour, although up to 60 to 90 litres can accumulate. In the rest of the community there is a yellow warning for rain that will add 25 litres in one hour and for storms accompanied by hail.
THE Valencian Community activated the orange level in the provinces of Valencia and Castellón due to the rains that will accumulate 40 liters per square meter in one hour, or between 60 and 90 liters in one hour. Throughout the community, there is also a yellow alert (risk) for storms with the possibility of hail.
In Aragon, La Rioja and in the Region of Murcia and in the provinces of Burgos and Soria (Castilla y León), Albacete, Cuenca and Guadalajara (Castilla-La Mancha), there is a yellow alert for storms and rain that will leave between 15 and 25 liters in one hour.
Six rescued in Hellín (Albacete)
A strong waterspout, which occurred around 10:00 p.m. yesterday, Tuesday at Hellin (Albacete), forced the Provincial Council firefighters to save six neighbors who were trapped in three vehicles and inside a house, still in the Rambla neighborhood.
In statements to Efe, sources from the Provincial Fire Service of the Provincial Council of Albacete (SEPEI) detailed that three rescues were carried out in vehicles – in one of them two people were traveling and in the rest only the driver – while they also had to remove an elderly couple from inside a house.
In total, the Hellín firefighters carried out 26 outings related to the storm, which left up to 90 liters per square meter, including 77 fell in just one hour.
