Breathing cut off this morning in the Valencian Community due to warnings from AEMET regarding the new storm. For now, the DANA disembarks mainly in points on the Valencian coast and avoids the areas most affected by previous floods, which have already caused the death of at least 216 people. The rains left up to 80 liters per square meter last night in places like Cullera (Valencia).
They remain on red alert, which should remain active until midday this Thursday in 163 municipalities, particularly on the coast and in the areas most affected during previous floods. The heaviest rains are concentrated in Cullera, where more than 85 liters have already accumulated and traffic problems are occurring in the streets on the mountainside. According to weather forecasts, attention is now focused on areas like Huelva or Cádiz, after different towns in Malaga were flooded this Wednesday.
Mobility restrictions for private vehicles also continue in 20 municipalities, which remain in force until 6 p.m. this Thursday, as announced on Wednesday by the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (CECOPI).
The areas most affected by this first DANA a little over two weeks ago, the Valencian regions of La Hoya de Buñol and l’Horta Sud, feared that if the heavy rains were repeated, the problems from which many still suffer localities regarding sewers and infrastructure could make you relive what you experienced that day. But, for the moment, they are not very affected.
After a morning of heavy rain in the region of La Marina Alta (Alicante) and La Safor (Valencia) and an afternoon where the problems were concentrated in Castellón, a province in which firefighters had to carry out almost 70 interventions, At the beginning of the night, it rained sometimes heavily but without continuity in certain localities affected by what happened a little over two weeks ago, such as Chiva or Torrent. The same thing happened in towns like Llíria.
The Rambla del Poyo is another of the places where attention remains focused due to the overflow of October 29, which was the main cause of the greatest damage. According to data from the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation, in the four hours between 01:00 and 05:00 it received 80.2 liters per square meter.
Around 2 a.m., a storm core formed south of Valencia, leaving precipitation in some coastal towns, although much of it occurred at sea. According to Avamet data, in Mareny Blau ( Sweden), 45.2 liters per square meter were collected in just one hour. Something similar happened in El Perelló.
The mayor of Cullera asks citizens not to leave their homes
With the night already advanced, the storm cores moved south and between 04:00 and 05:00 they dumped approximately 44 liters per square meter at the AEMET observatory in Cullera. At another location, at the Inforatge station, 85.4 liters were received, most of it within an hour
The mayor of the city, Jordi Mayor, with a video in which several flooded streets can be seen, reported problems on many roads at the “foot of the mountain” and asked “citizens” not to leave their homes . do not take “any vehicle”. Rainfall has also been reactivated in Castellón and in points like Suera and Alcudia de Veo it has exceeded 100 liters per square meter in the last eight hours.
The General Directorate of Traffic maintains closed the roads CV-137 in Cálig, CV-134 La Salzadella, CV-130 in Tírig and CV-130 in Albocàsser, all located in the province of Castellón, following this episode of rain .
Castellón, on orange notice
The National Meteorological Agency has raised the rain warning to orange level in the southern interior of Castellón province, where up to 40 liters could accumulate in an hour or 100 in 12 hours.
On the north and south coasts of the province of Valencia, the red warning – the maximum – remains in force until midday due to rains that could drop 40 liters in an hour or up to 180 in 12 hours, more likely in coastal areas.
