precautionary evacuations and closed schools

In several cities in Spain, schools are still closed today and people are asked to work from home if possible. Heavy rain is expected in the next few hours. This applies to areas in the east and south of the country such as the areas of Malaga, Granada, Tarragona, Valencia and Castellón, the newspaper reports. The World.

Aemet has the national weather service code red published in parts of the regions of Catalonia and Andalusia. In the Catalan province of Tarragona, southwest of Barcelona, ​​up to 180 millimeters of rain could fall in twelve hours today. In Malaga it is 120 millimeters.

In the Malaga region, 3,000 people were evacuated as a precaution. This mainly concerns the residents of Álora, Cártama and Alhaurín de la Torre and Pizarra and some houses in the area of ​​Campanillas in the city of Malaga, writes The World.

Less rain is expected than two weeks ago. Then it fell in some places more than 400 millimeters. However, there are now flood warnings. The sewage system is blocked with mud in many places, making it difficult for rainwater to drain.

Code red applies to two categories:

In some places, the rain last night was already causing problems. This is how the port is in Valencia Closed because of the bad weather. In addition, in the town of Benicarló, in Castellón, there were several events. The fire brigade rescued someone from his car that was closed by the water, it can be read at El Mundo.

Images on social media show a lot of water flowing through the streets of Benicarló last night:

In late October, heavy fog and rain showers caused deadly floods. More than 200 people were killed, mainly in the Valencia region. This number is expected to rise further with dozens of people still missing.

He did last weekend 130,000 people participated in a protest march against regional president Carlos Mazón. According to the demonstrators, it is responsible for the failed delivery of aid.