For now, 70 deaths are the serious consequences of DANA which between this Tuesday and Wednesday have completely devastated our country, in particular the Valencian Community and Castilla-La Mancha. In this way, this natural disaster positions itself as the third with the highest number of deaths after the floods of Biescas (Huesca) in 1996 which left 87 dead and the floods of Turia in 1957, where almost 100 people lost their lives.
For this reason, the general chaos in many Spanish municipalities has caused limit road traffic and cancel buses, trains and flights. In this case, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has asked the population to avoid all road travel in the provinces of Valencia and Castellón.
In the case of roads, there is access to Valencia from Madrid affectedmore specifically the section of the A-7 that circles the west of the city and the roads that connect Valencia to Alicante.
More than 60 roads were affectedthe Valencian Community being the most affected. According to the latest update from the DGT, at 2:24 p.m., the A-3 (Chiva and Mislata), the A-7 (Masías del Juez and La Alcudia), the V-30 (Mislata), the V-31 and CV -36 (Horno de Alcedo and Silla), CV-35 (Titaguas), N-3 (Villar de Olmos and Utiel), CV-33 (Torrent) and CV-50 (Alzira).
In Castile-La Manchathe A3 (Atalaya del Cañavate and Minglanilla, towards Valencia) and the CM-2109 (Mira) from Cuenca are impassable. In the case of Guadalajara, GU-958 (Terrace) and GU-953 (Luzaga) are closed. Aragon also has restrictions and in Teruel the following roads are impassable: A-512 (Albarracín), A-2306 (Blesa), N-330 (Libros), TE-28 (Blancas), TE-V-4301 (Torralba de the Seasons). In Zaragoza, the A-1506 (Virgen de Herrera) is still closed.
The last region affected is Andalusiain Granada, the A-4200 (Río de Baza), the GR-9109 (Cúllar) and the GR-4104 (El Bejarín) are closed. In Malaga, the A-7504 (Villalón) is impassable and in Cádiz, traffic on the N-349 (Torrecera) has been interrupted.
The effects of DANA also fully affected the Manises Airport (Valencia) where heavy rain and strong winds flooded the slopes. More than 30 flights diverted and 49 cancellations have suffered in recent hours, according to Europa Press.
The airports of Balearic Islandsbetween Tuesday and this Wednesday, they registered six cancellations and one flight diversion coming from or going to the Valencian Community following the DANA. For the moment, this Wednesday Ibiza airport recorded a cancellation, as AENA indicated to Europa Press.
Throughout Spain, DANA has caused an increase in waiting times and an overload of management capacities in the sector Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airportwhich was to receive flights diverted from affected areas to ensure the safety of passengers.
In case you want to use the bus, you should know that all ALSA buses have suspended their services with origin-destination Valencia and surrounding areas, after floods in the Valencian Community and road closures.
Rail traffic is also suspended. For this reason, Adif will maintain the traffic suspension throughout this Wednesday on the high-speed line between Valencia and Madrid. The rail service that connects Valencia and Barcelona and the core of Cercanías remains suspended and their operations are subject to the evolution of the meteorological phenomenon.