The consequences of the DANA: flooded streets, trapped people and cut roads
DANA has caused flooding, rescues of people trapped in their homes or vehicles, road closures, the suspension of train services and the diversion of a flight.
Toledo and Madrid are on red alert due to heavy rains, while in Andalusia, Castilla y León, Catalonia and the Valencian Community the orange alert has been activated. These are the recommendations of the authorities before the precipitations.
In the Valencian Community there have been rescues of people who had been trapped in their vehicles and other incidents such as falling trees, fire outbreaks due to lightning or bilges have been resolved. In the province of Castelló, 189 liters of water per square meter were accumulated on Saturday, while in Valencia the heavy rains have especially affected the municipality of Alzaira, with 175 liters.
In Aragon, the storm has left streets flooded in the Zaragoza towns of Tauste, Gallur and Pedrola, where five people were isolated in two houses due to the havoc caused by the rains. In addition, an AVE was forced to stop on Saturday between Rueda de Jalón and Plasencia de Jalón, while a plane from Italy that was going to land in Zaragoza had to do so at the Girona airport. In Huesca, two canyoners lost their lives this Saturday.
In the Balearic Islands, firefighters have carried out 60 interventions and attended more than a hundred calls due to the effects of rain and wind. Services that had to do with large puddles of water on public roads and in homes in the old town of Ciutadella, as well as fallen tree branches or dry walls collapsed by the force of the water.
In Catalonia, firefighters attended to fifteen incidents throughout Saturday, when the rains especially affected areas of Tarragona such as Alcanar, a town where in the last 24 hours 215.7 liters per square meter have accumulated and whose inhabitants Civil Protection He has asked that they confine themselves to their homes. The AP-7 has been cut in Ulldecona and the N-340 in Alcanar between kilometers 1065 and 1078, in both directions of travel.
In Cuenca, the Civil Guard rescued an elderly woman this Saturday who had been trapped in her home in Buenache de Alarcón, where the water exceeded a meter and a half in height.
In Extremadura, the city most affected by the storms has been Mérida, where firefighters have not been able to cope with draining water and removing branches in different parts of the city. Juanes’ concert at the Teatro Romano was cancelled.
Several vehicles circulate in the rain through Castelló de la Plana, where rain and storms are expected. — Andreu Esteban (EFE)
2023-09-03 19:22:56
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