THE State Meteorological Agency (Aémet) activated the adverse weather warning (FMA) orange level in the Community of Madrid by the heavy rains and wind which ravage the region this Tuesday due to the DANA passage, which crosses Spain. It notably affected Valencia, Andalusia and Castile-La Mancha. Emergency services have recommended Madrid residents to limit road travel to avoid problems and, in case of emergency, to call 112. Since 3 p.m. this Tuesday, Aemet has activated the yellow alert for heavy rain and storms throughout the Community of Madrid. A large part of the warnings issued on Tuesday concerned falls in trees, branches and ledgesas shown in the video recorded in Móstoles.
This Tuesday was the rainiest day of the week in Madridwith a water accumulation of 24.5 mm and a precipitation probability of 100%. Weather conditions will improve slightly in the following days as DANA weakens, but the rain will continue. This Wednesday, the weather should improve slightly. The sky will be partly cloudy.
The main complications in Madrid traffic took place this Tuesday morning: were registered on the A-5 (Madrid-Extremadura), which passes through Arroyomolinos and Navalcarnerowith up to ten kilometers delay after traffic was cut off in the left lane due to an accident.
Temperature, wind and rain
THE temperatures will rise and that it will be between 13°C and 19°C. The chance of rain will decrease to 80%, with a total of 15.9 mm. The humidity is 71%. The wind will blow at 17 km/h, with gusts reaching 26 km/h. Cloud cover will decrease by up to 50%.
Valencia, 38,000 people without electricity
At least one person died in Valencia, where many cities were affected: their streets were flooded, different structures like bridges collapsed and even different tornadoes were recorded. More than 38,000 residents are without electricity due to the incidence of DANA in various parts of the Valencian Community, firefighters worked all day carrying out different rescues.
The passage of the storm in the province of Valencia caused numerous incidents in the service due to rains and strong winds, which caused breakdowns in the electrical transmission and distribution lines that supply the substation located in the area.
DANA in Andalusia
He the storm that hit the Andalusian community since Monday left up to 870 emergency situationswithout any trace of injuries so far, as reported by the Emergency Coordination Center (Cecem 112).
The Ministry of the Presidency, Interior, Social Dialogue and Administrative Simplification deactivated at 8:50 p.m., the emergency phase, operational situation 1, of the Emergency Plan for Flood Risks in Andalusia, activated in this phase from 11:09 p.m. this Tuesday morning.
He the passage of the DANA caused significant floodingroad and rail network closures, road incidents and human rescues, although no injuries were reported. THE Malaga provinces with 381 incidentsGranada with 196 and Almería with 151 are those that have concentrated the greatest number of warnings since the start of the current rain episode. They are followed, with a lower volume in terms of cases processed, by Seville with 54, Jaén with 46, Córdoba with 25 and Cádiz with 17.
