València (EFE).- Three autonomies – Valencian Community, Catalonia and Aragon – are on alert tomorrow Monday for heavy rains and storms, with parts of València, Castellón and Tarragona on orange warning, which implies a significant risk, as the situation progresses. State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) on its website.
In Vàlencia, the province most affected by this week’s devastating Dana, the orange warning will initially be in force throughout the day, since its northern coast has a risk of accumulated precipitation in one hour of 40 mm, the same as on the coast. south of Castellón.
Image of the Guadiamar River, as it passes through Gerena (Seville). EFE/Fermin Cabanillas
The orange warnings are also maintained on the northern coast and inland of Castellón, where there are possibilities of accumulated rain in 12 hours of up to 100 mm and where the showers will be localized, so that nearby towns could have very different accumulated amounts.
The same alert is activated on the pre-coastal and southern coast of Tarragona, although in this case the danger of accumulated precipitation in 12 hours is up to 150 mm.
Starting at noon, the yellow warning -risk- extends to the Bajo Aragón area of Teruel, the southern interior of Castellón, the coast of Barcelona and the northern coast, the northern pre-coastal and the central depression of Tarragona, where it could rain up to 20 mm in one hour.
Enable teleworking option for affected people
Along with the rains, Valencia, Tarragona and Castellón are on alert for storms that may be accompanied by hail.
On the other hand, the Department of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment has recommended this Sunday enabling the option of teleworking for people affected by dana.
It points out in a statement that the circumstances of the Valencian Community, and especially the province of Valencia, have changed due to the dana until it has become an exceptional situation for thousands of workers who will not be able to return to their jobs in person.
Civil Protection sends new mobile alerts
At 4:39 p.m. a civil protection alert was sent through the ES-Alert system informing the population of the areas affected by the damage that locally intense showers will be recorded in that area and that the recommendations of civil protection and 112 through official channels.
Given this situation and the greater vulnerability of roads, homes and infrastructure in the municipalities affected by the dana, Cecopi recommends that the population exercise extreme caution and follow self-protection advice, especially in the populations most damaged by the floods.
Remember that you must stay at home and, if possible, be in high areas or, if you are outside, you must take shelter at high points, do not travel on roads, do not approach coastal areas, do not go through flood tunnels, rivers. or ravines, remove vehicles from areas that may flood and pay attention, at all times, to the instructions of the authorities and Civil Protection services.
The episode of rain that affects the Valencian Community this Sunday has left accumulations of more than 70 liters per square meter in some towns in the provinces of Valencia and Alicante, and it begins to rain lightly in Paiporta five days after the great flow of the dana .
In Aldaia, plainclothes police officers and the Town Hall’s public address system have warned residents of the town to stop cleaning work and enter their homes, on upper floors, in view of the forecast of rain, which has begun to fall weakly. in the area.
