A flood washes away a bridge, cuts roads and destroys the centers of several towns in Valencia

The Magro River overflowed this afternoon during its passage through the Valencian municipalities of Carlet and Algemesia few hours after he also did it Useful.

Additionally, a flood washed away a bridge in the town of Picanya and flooded the center of the city chiva.

“The flood has just washed away a bridge. Impressive! We received the video on WhatsApp and we do not know the author. Be very careful on boulevards, rivers and ravines.. In Paiporta it doesn’t rain, but the water comes from above,” he posted on his X account. Valencian Meteorological Association (AVAMET).

In Carletthe Town Hall reported that the bridge over the Magro river was cut, on which several trees fell, while Algemesi The Territorial Emergency Plan was activated due to the river overflowing and the neighborhood was invited to concentrate on the upper parts of the homes.

The Algemesí City Council asked the population to avoid traveling, not to leave their homes and not to take vehicles, while it suspended the educational activity for this Wednesday and requested that the lines 112 and bus routes are not saturated if it does. is not strictly necessary.

The Emergency Coordination Center had issued a special hydrological alert due to the increased flow of the Magro River, which could reach thousand cubic meters per second downstream of the Forata reservoir (Yátova, Valencia) due to accumulated precipitation.

Jucar River

The municipal council of Cullera (Valencia) reported that the Júcar river that crosses the municipality has a high flow due to the heavy rains that fell in the area and continued cut the Marenyet and Escollera roadsto avoid the movement of vehicles and people.

He also points out in a press release that a lot of water and reeds accumulate during along the Azud de la Marquesa to the mouth of the Júcarespecially in the later reaches of the river in both parts.

The council also reduced the Rafol Road due to the accumulation of water under the bridge itself, while the city’s parks and gardens remain closed all day, as the strong wind caused trees to break and fall in the municipality.

The municipality updates and informs citizens through its official profiles on social networks so that they take extreme precautions at all times, avoid unnecessary outings and do not use the vehicle if not strictly necessary.

Flights

Aena reported that unfavorable weather conditions, while DANA was in the middle of an episode of torrential rains and strong gusts of wind in the province of Valencia, forced the diversion of six Valencia-bound flights to other airports and the cancellation of three others. exit.

The diverted flights were as follows: one from Zurich and another of Amsterdam were directed to Barcelona; three other flights from BergamoPisa and Palma which were diverted to Alicante; and a sixth, from Istanbul, diverted to Ibiza.

In addition, there were three cancellations of flights departing from Valencia Airport to Amsterdam, Munich and NurembergAena sources reported EFE