Although the weather situation has begun to relax in the Valencian Community, the AEMET maintains different warnings at this time in communities such as Andalusia or Catalonia. In the early afternoon, the most complicated forecast is the one that points to the area of Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz). This area is currently under a red notice from the agency for heavy rain.
It is the highest alert level of the AEMET, as the meteorological agency recalls on its social networks, and points to an “extreme” risk. It is a level of alert similar to the one that was activated yesterday in different regions of the Valencian Community, the most affected at this time by DANA and which has already left at least 70 dead.
The AEMET notice, however, expands the focus not only to that town in Cadiz but to the rest of the province, as well as to other neighboring ones such as Seville, where it has raised the notice to orange alert. Areas such as the northern mountains of Seville or the Sevillian countryside are under threat of significant rain in an alert that the agency maintains until 12 midnight, according to the latest update published.
The Local Civil Protection Service has reported that Jerez is on Red Alert due to a forecast of rain of up to 120 liters in 12 hours and the City Council has asked all citizens to “exercise caution and prudence.” The Jerez City Council has activated at 1 p.m. this Wednesday the Local Territorial Emergency Plan in the emergency phase and Operational situation 1 until the different meteorological assets that affect the municipality drop in level.
As explained by the deputy mayor, Agustín Muñoz, this decision has been adopted due to the extension of the warnings issued by orange warning due to rain with accumulations of up to 80 liters in 12 hours and a probability of up to 70 percent due to storm warnings. widespread that can produce locally strong rains and winds.
The virtual CECOP is already activated and both the Local Police, Firefighters, Civil Protection and Environmental Operator Brigades are working in coordination to resolve the incidents that are occurring. Parks, Zoobotanical, Cemetery and sports facilities have been closed and the bus service has been paralyzed as circulation is impossible.
In the rural area, early in the day, the CA-9017 highway that connects Torrecera and Paterna was cut off due to the overflowing of the Arroyo Salado de Paterna, according to Mayor Francis Arcila. In the ELA of Barca de la Florida there was concern about the situation of the Puente Chico. The mayor, Alejandro López, commented that the Guadalete River had not yet exceeded its height but he remained on alert for the future state of the bridge. In Estella del Marqués, a stream that crosses Arboleda Street has overflowed again. This channel, which comes from the Las Aguilillas park, has dragged branches and vegetation, which has caused it to overflow.
The AEMET map points to other territories in the country, such as Catalonia, where the alert reaches orange. The situation fundamentally threatens the Baix Llobregat area (Barcelona). The meteorological service of Catalonia (Meteocat) has decreed the maximum alert level for violent weather, risk of hail of more than 2 cm and wind gusts of more than 25 meters per second that could cause tornadoes in the province of Barcelona.
For its part, the City Council of the Catalan capital has decreed the Basic Municipal Emergency Plan due to the poor state of the sea. Within the framework of this device, the Urban Guard has been deployed along the Barcelona coast and prevents access to breakwaters and beaches.
Waves that may exceed 2.5 meters are expected to occur on the Barcelona coast. The Generalitat has asked for caution and to avoid traveling by road, as well as approaching beaches and breakwaters. Given the high risk, the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, will meet again at 6:30 p.m. with the DANA monitoring committee.
Other communities on alert
The latest map published by the AEMET also points to other territories where complicated next few hours are expected. Since this morning, several towns in the province of Teruel have also been affected, where there have been river overflows, flooding of streets and flats and cuts in the road network. The Bajo Aragón area remains on yellow alert, according to the meteorological agency, at least until late this afternoon
It is a situation similar to what is expected for the next few hours in certain regions of Zaragoza and even in the south of Huesca.
In addition to Aragón, some neighboring communities also remain under a yellow alert that will last throughout the afternoon. This is the case of Navarra. The AEMET indicates both the area of the Navarrese Pyrenees and the center and the banks of the Ebro.
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