THE State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) put an end to the meteorological crisis after the devastating effects that the passage of the DANA left in the Valencian Community and reported that the yellow warning is only active in the north of Castellón.
The regional delegation of Aemet spoke expressly to the Valencian population and the message was transmitted in Valencian for them. x: “Welcome fellow citizens; Valencians. We can end the weather crisis. “There is only the yellow warning active north of Castellón.”
The head of climatology at Aemet in the Valencian Community, Jose Angel Nuñezpointed out Efe that “significant phenomena” are no longer expected and that “the weather will continue to be variable and with some showers in Valencia, but nothing significant”.
“Today, the humanitarian crisis persists“, said Núñez, who indicated that he thought it was important to broadcast this news in Valencian.
Is it normal for a DANA to last this long? The spokesperson for Aemet, Rubén del Campo, answers this question: “No, the current situation, an episode as characteristic as the one which shakes the country and especially the Mediterranean with torrential rains which have left more than 200 dead, East exceptional, both in terms of the duration and intensity of the precipitation recorded“.
Benvolguts conciutadans; Valencians.
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Today there is nothing more active north of Castelló.— AEMET_C. Valencian (@AEMET_CValencia) November 4, 2024
This is what he told Efe: “There were between seven and eight days of DANA’s presence in the peninsular territory, causing intense storms in different areas.”
“There will be time to technically analyze the particular characteristics of this DANA and the causes that have made it last so long and cause so much rain,” he continued.
The meteorologist Francisco Martinof Weatherizedalso explained to Efe that the DANA has been “quasi-stationary for several days, fixed in the area of the eastern peninsula, very active, and has also found first-class gasoline, which is the Mediterranean, which, being so hot, acts as firing mechanism, like a match“.
All of this, he says, represents “a perfect cocktail, with the fundamental ingredients to generate strong surface storms.”
Restrictions
He Integrated operational coordination center (CECOPI) of the Generalitat Valenciana agreed last Sunday extend movement restriction for another 48 hours of private vehicles on the access roads to the municipalities most affected by DANA, a measure in force since last Friday evening.
The extension of this restriction is due to the traffic forecasts managed by both the DGT and the Civil Guard for this Monday, with serious traffic difficulties on the main access roads to Valencia (V-30 and V-31), because the A-7 has maintained a section closed since last Tuesday after the waterspout.
In total, five roads in the province of Valencia remain impassable after the passage of DANA, a natural disaster which has so far caused 210 deaths in the Valencian Community.
As reported by 112, in Valencia You cannot travel on the A-7between Quart de Poblet and Torrent; the N-3from San Juan to Siete Aguas; the CV-33of Torrent; the CV-36from Picanya to the connection with the A-7; And the CV-50from Chiva.
Concretely, the roads concerned are the entrances and exits of the municipalities to and from the V-31 in its entirety, with the exception of the entrance to the city of Valencia; and accesses and exits to municipalities from kilometer 0 of the V-30 (the Port) to kilometer 9, which coincides with the access to the A-3in both directions, except when entering Valencia.
It is also traffic prohibited in the CV-366southern access to Torrent; THE CV-400between Valencia and Albal; THE CV-403between Xirivella and Torrent; THE CV-407between Picanya and Sedaví, and the CV-410 between Alaquàs and the Bonaire shopping center.
Mobility is limited to private vehicles, with the following exceptions: attendance at social and health centers; respect for professional and institutional obligations; return to the place of habitual residence; assistance and care for the elderly or minors, dependent, disabled or vulnerable; urgent actions by public bodies; situations of need or major cause.
