The dam of the María Cristina reservoir in Castellón presents an unusual appearance since DANA began to pour its furious and torrential rains. This dam has a capacity of 18.4 cubic hectometers and the appearance that it presents this Thursday has not been seen since it reached its limit in April 2020. In fact, it is one of the points that is monitored to avoid misfortunes, like this s It occurred in the neighboring region of L’Horta, in Valencia, where 155 deaths have already been recorded.
The Cervol river overflowed because it crossed the municipality of Vinarós, but since it occurred near its mouth in the Mediterranean, it did not cause any incident among the population. “It’s holding up,” according to a Civil Guard source about the effects of the worst DANA of the century. “They are going down the ravines with a lot of force, but for the moment it’s holding up.”
For the moment, this Civil Guard source estimates that “the northern area of the province of Castellón is the most affected”, since the National Meteorological Agency predicts that the torrential rains will exceed 180 liters per square meter. “The most affected areas in the interior are: San Mateo, Tirig, Salsadella, Albocacer and La Jana”.
Indeed, in towns like Tirig, in the Upper Maestrazgo region, the violent flow of water from the DANA has already surged through its streets. The images caused great concern among neighbors because they remember what happened in Letur: a tourist town in Albacete, located in the Sierra de Segura, where a woman, Dolores, 92, died and five other people were missing , whose bodies are being searched by GEAS divers of the Civil Guard in swimming pools and dams.
Water invades the streets of Tírig, a town in the province of Castellón.
“Right now I’m scared, but it’s under control“, underlines this source from the Civil Guard. “The only incidents consist of road closures. “Many evacuations are also underway in ground floors, shops, garages and houses flooded by water in the aforementioned city of Tirig, as well as in Sant Mateu, Catí or Vilafamés.
In addition, torrential rain interrupts train traffic between Castellón and Sant Isidre on all lines. DANA even modified the functioning of the courts of Villareal and Nules, which closed. A source from the TSJ of the Valencian Community indicated that the magistrates made this decision for security reasons: “Taking into account the existing weather conditions and the alerts that are received on citizens’ cell phones, so that they stay at home given the risk that any movement entails.”
The dam of the María Cristina reservoir in Castellón presents an unusual appearance according to DANA.
AEMET warns the population that The province of Castellón is plunged into a dangerous red alert this can lead to the overflowing of rivers, ramblas or dams like that of María Cristina: “We are going to send a very clear message and we are going to leave it fixed. The meteorological emergency is not over. DANA continues on Spain . Very intense storms occuryesterday in Andalusia, today in Castellón. “We’re going to continue like this for most of the week.”
The panic of the residents of Castellón begins to spread like wildfire and goes viral on social networks. This is the case of a neighbor who announces with her voice a video where she collects the location of his house, completely surrounded by the floodgiven the worrying passage of DANA through a good part of the province.
– Neighbor: Listen, please, how scary! It’s inhumane! Look how high the water is now. Dear God, please help us! Oh my God, how scary. Oh my God, help us!
A resident of Castellón is afraid because DANa surrounds her house.
Firefighters from the Castellón Provincial Consortium rescued a person in the Vilafamés area and are working to rescue another person who is in a barracks in Sant Mateu. In addition, he mobilized to collaborate with the Oropesa Local Police in the rescue of two other people, according to the Consortium.
The rain also blocks access to a shopping center in Castellón, to the N-340 national road towards Tarragona, at the Ulldecona crossroads. In the town of Nules, youn The driver was trapped in his car after a wet eruption that brought strong wind gusts and heavy rain, causing the fall of several trees. The worst DANA of the century took Castellón.
