The drop of cold that devastated Valencia, leaving around a hundred dead, moved strongly this Thursday morning towards the province of Castellón, where up to 213 liters per square meter fell in towns like Tírig and ravines overflowed . The danger alerts began early in the morning, when AEMET announced on Twitter that precipitation could be intense and from that point on they were updated to red alert. The notification on cell phones, managed by the regional executive, rang mid-morning, at 11:50 a.m. He asked citizens not to leave their homes and, if they had already done so (at the time work centers and many schools were already full), to take refuge “in high areas”. AEMET lowered the alert to yellow from 2:06 p.m.
The cellphone warning also urges people not to travel on the roads as torrents of water flow toward the plain in the Torreblanca and Cabanes area. The most affected areas are Alt Maestrat, Baix Maestrat, Ports and Plana Alta. Currently, the CV-137 from Càlig to Sant Jordi is closed; CV-200 in the section that connects Aín to Almedíjar; CV-130 Albocàsser-Sant Mateu by Tírig; CV-154 Endomènech-La Serratella Tower; CV-1486 between the limits of Cabanes and Oropesa; CV-148 in Borseral; and CV-15 in La Pelejaneta (Vall d’Alba).
It has rained a lot in the sources of the boulevards, ravines and rivers like Cervera, Coves, Cèrvol and Sènia, and these can experience sudden and significant floods while on the coast it does not rain, but it can receive all these excesses. , particularly Benicarló, and experts warn that the pattern in Valencia could be repeated, which has left the municipality flooded and around a hundred dead. Between Benicarló and Càlig, where a cloudburst fell and Cervera Boulevard overflowed, workers were trapped in a factory and a telecommunications tower also fell, in addition to roads being cut.
Some town halls had announced this morning the suspension of classes, such as Peníscola, Torreblanca, Vall d’Alba, Vila-real, Orpesa or Segorbe, but the consensual decision and the alert not to move arrived when the work centers and the educational centers They were already full. It is up to the municipalities to suspend classes in nursery, primary and secondary schools, even if the ministry can encourage them to do so, which was not the case. The Jaume I University of Castelló suspended classes this morning, while some students were already on their way.
The decision to massively alert the population was taken at Cecopi, the Integrated Operational Coordination Center which took command of the situation, where all administrations are represented and where this morning the visit of the President of the Government and Alberto Núñez Feijóo.
Firefighters from the Castellón Provincial Consortium rescued a person in the Vilafamés area affected by the torrential rains recorded this Thursday by the province of Castellón and are working to rescue another person who is in a country house in Sant Mateu.
While efforts are being made to limit the damage in the province of Castellón, body rescue operations continue in Valencia and hundreds of residents throughout the area affected by the floods, such as Catarroja or Paiporta, are still deprived of basic products such as water, food. or medications.
