This Sunday morning the Junta de Andalucía activated the Emergency Plan, operational situation 1, in the north and east of Almería due to the risk of flooding due to rains that can leave more than 120 liters per square meter . Emergencies 112 Andalusia asked the population “to be careful and avoid travel” in the areas of Almanzora, Los Vélez, Nacimiento and Tabernas, where the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) The warning was raised to orange due to rain.
The emergency phase refers to a phenomenon that involves damage and for which the necessary measures are implemented for the rescue and protection of people or property. Operational situation 1 is declared by the head of the competent ministry for civil protection and emergency when the emergency can be brought under control through the use of ordinary means and resources available in the Junta de Andalucía, or with specific support resources whose mobilization does not require specific coordination on the part of the central bodies of the national civil protection system.
Concretely, Aemet raised the warning to red this Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:59 p.m. in part of the province of Almer.This was due to the “extreme risk due to rain” in the Levante region, Valle del Almanzora and Los Vélez, as well as Nacimiento and Campo de Tabernas. A total of 60 liters per square meter is expected in one hour and 110-120 liters in twelve hours, with the possibility of reaching higher accumulations at certain points. Additionally, these areas will remain under an Orange Storm Alert until this afternoon.
According to the website of the National Meteorological Agency, consulted by Europa Press, the yellow warning is also activated in the region of Poniente and Almería Capital, due to the “risk” of rain and thunderstorms in which accumulated precipitation is expected in an hour. 20 liters per square meter.
Likewise, the coastal phenomena of this Sunday remain with a yellow warning throughout the coast of Cádiz, as well as in the Poniente area of Almería and on the coast of Granada. The alert will affect, in Cádiz, the coast and the Strait of Cádiz, between next midnight and Sunday afternoon 5 p.m. In both areas, easterly winds of between 50 and 61 kilometers per hour are forecast, west of Tarifa and in the offshore Trafalgar area.
In this sense, the risk of yellow level due to waves will remain in force all day from 09:00 a.m. in the areas of Poniente and Almería, capital and coast of Granada, with winds from the east and northeast at intervals 50 to 60 kilometers per hour and waves of two to three meters.
