Valencian evening this Tuesday with a desolate panorama, when the DANA (Isolated depression at high levels) He unleashed all his fury on several regions of the province.
The V-30, one of the main arteries connecting the capital and paralleling the bed of the Turia river, became a scene of chaos and danger, with dozens of vehicles stuck in a growing body of water.
Those of the 112 and the Civil Guard They’re collapsed, but they still work. While waiting to contact emergency services, people stuck on the V-30 posted messages on social media seeking help and information about flooding in rivers and ravines.
“Cars blocked on the V30 in Valencia. Picanya area, Catarroja, the tower brings down all the water from the overflowing ravine. There are a lot of people stuck. including my husband“, he published on his account Cristina Nacher.
The message is accompanied by a video in which we see the road absolutely flooded with water and the occupants taking refuge in the hoods of their cars.
Others, however, chose to take refuge on the bridges and leave their vehicles abandoned on the V-30.
The bed of the Turia river, parallel to this artery, multiplied its flow in just a few hours due to the rain that fell on the Valencian coast.
Cars blocked on the V30 in Valencia. Picanya area, Catarroja, the tower brings down all the water from the overflowing ravine. There are a lot of people stuck. including my husband pic.twitter.com/88RwoBst7K
– Cristina Nacher (@crinacba) October 29, 2024
Poyo Ravine
Much of the flooding was caused by the overflowing of the Poyo ravine, which affected the entire metropolitan area of Valencia. “This is a situation never seen before“, declared this afternoon the Valencian president Carlos Mazon.
Roads turned into rivers and many vehicles became stranded, further complicating rescue efforts.
🆘🔴 IN PAIPORTA, CALLE CLARA CAMPOAMOR 4A, BAJO. 3 PEOPLE TRAPPED. We cannot contact any emergency. Please help me. An hour and a half ago, the apartment and the street were like this. If it rains, it can be terrible. Please help me. @GVA112 @apuntnoticies @police @ume pic.twitter.com/uIJxJQI27a
– chat ekko🌴 (@eusoupabIo) October 29, 2024
Transport services, including the AVE and several metro lines, were temporarily suspended, leaving hundreds of passengers stuck in stations and stops.
The situation is critical in several parts of the metropolitan area of the Valencian capital, with entire neighborhoods under water.
Please, on Calle Albal 7 in Paiporta, at the Moda Visión optician, there are people locked inside, the water reaches above their waists and the windows have burst, the lines do not work. MAXIMUM DIFFUSION @GVA112 @police @BombersValence
– Vcfomort🤍🖤 (@Julio_krt8) October 29, 2024
Historic rains
The Valencian Community will remember October 29, 2024 as a sadly “historic” day due to the violence of a DANA including rain “huge“broke up with the cold drop records of 1996.
From Aemet they highlight the amount of precipitation that fell on chiva (Valence). Thus, according to the data from the automatic station of Hydrographic Confederation of JúcarAround 10 p.m., 445.4 L/m2 were already recorded.
This is “the greatest amount of precipitation in 24 hours in the Valencian Community since the cold fall of September 11, 1996, where 520 L/m2 accumulated in Taverns“.
The State Meteorological Agency emphasizes that these accumulations, which it describes as “enormous”, are “much more dangerous when recorded in indoor areas near mountains than when they occur on the coast, because they cause floods and floods.
#DANA #Valence These are the V30, a river, and the new Turia canal next to it.
The Torre district flooded and the water does not drain @GVA112 @apuntoratge @marcredondo pic.twitter.com/8ZFdFxDwYk— José Ma. (@JMstation) October 29, 2024
Also the Valencian Meteorological Association (Avamet) highlighted that the information provided by the stations describes a “historic” day, with more than 400 l/m2 in Cheste, Buñol or Torís, in addition to Chiva.
Also very significant figures in Requena (315) or Utiel (275). “Atrocious”, summary.
