The Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) has activated the red rain alert across the entire coast and north of the province of Castellónwith a 12-hour precipitation forecast of 180 mm.
The AEMET Comunitat Valenciana reported that very intense storms are occurring in Castellón, with accumulations of more than 100 liters per square meter in a few hours in an area between Vall d’Alba and Els Ports and Tinença de Benifassà.
Likewise, he recommends that citizens be very careful, stay informed, not become overconfident and not have a sense of false security in areas of the coastline where it does not rain.
(10:20 a.m.) Update #Dana:
🌧️⛈️The Emergency Coordination Center informs:🔴LEVEL RED rain alert in the northern interior and along the entire Castellón coast
🟡Yellow level rain alert in the southern interior of Castellón and Valencia
🟡Storm level alert… pic.twitter.com/5VGoK2Cqa0— Emergencies 112CV (@GVA112) October 31, 2024
The municipalities of Castellón de Peñíscola, Torreblanca, Vall d’Alba, Vila-real, Oropesa, Segorbe, Viver, IES Viver-Jérica, Les Coves de Vinromà, Xert, Tírig, La Salzadella, Forcall, Olocau, La Mata, Sant Mateu , Vinaròs, Castelló de la Plana, Betxí, Borriana, Almassora have closed educational centers by DANA to avoid mobility.
Likewise, as reported by the Ministry of Education, Alqueríes suspended classes in the afternoon, while in Benassal school transportation was suspended, but at CEIP Alcalde Fabregat i the IES Pere Enric Barreda , minimum services are maintained to accommodate students who have no other alternative.
In Benabord, there are difficulties of access, but it is open; and at the El Sambori nursery school, in Onda, they find themselves without electricity.
On the other hand, some municipalities have not suspended classes, but are experiencing difficulties accessing schools or moving teachers and students. In this case, the territorial management insists that the priority is to guarantee maximum security for all people.
Some bus lines had problems and were unable to reach their destinations. For example, the school transport that goes from Useres to Atzeneta del Maestrat.
Likewise, the Castelló Town Hall has decided close all municipal facilities who are outside.
The council recommends avoiding any movement that is not extraordinarily urgent and emphasizes that at present the city is in no imminent danger. “We ask the population for calm. According to the technical criteria of the Local Police and Fire Brigade of Castellón, there is no immediate and imminent danger for the population,” he insists in a press release.
The Town Hall, on the other hand, requests that hoaxes are not disseminated and that all information is followed through the official communication channels and institutional social networks of the Castelló Town Hall and the security space: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
