DANA loses strength but AEMET leaves 12 provinces on alert, with Castellón and Tarragona at “significant risk”

The torrential rains that have fallen in the last few hours are beginning to lose intensity and extent, although this Thursday twelve provinces remain on alert for rainfall, with special incidence in Tarragona and Castellón, where there is an orange level due to accumulations close to 40 liters in an hour or 100 liters in 12 hours.

In the Valencian Community, where the damage leaves at least 92 confirmed fatalities and dozens missing, the orange warning (significant risk) is only maintained in the province of Castellón due to rains of 40 liters in one hour or 100 liters in 12 hours, in areas of the coast and northern interior and due to storms, reports the Meteorological Agency (Aemet) on its website.

Catalonia, another region severely affected by water, continues to have an orange alert on the pre-coastal and southern coast of the province of Tarragona due to rainfall that will leave 40 liters in one hour or 100 liters in 12 hours; In the rest of the community, except Lérida, there is a yellow warning (risk) for accumulations between 30 and 20 liters in one hour and for storms.

In Andalusia the rains are easing and only the provinces of Cádiz, Seville and Huelva remain on yellow alert due to rainfall, which will leave between 15 and 20 liters in one hour.

Extremadura has also activated the yellow level today throughout the community due to rainfall that will accumulate between 15 and 20 liters per square meter in one hour.

The provinces of Teruel (Aragón), Ávila and Salamanca (Castilla y León) and the Autonomous City of Ceuta continue with a yellow warning due to rainfall that will range between 15-20 liters per square meter in one hour.

With the orange alert there is a significant meteorological risk, with a certain degree of danger for usual activities, and with the yellow alert there is no meteorological risk for the general population, although there is for some specific activity.

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