The Aemet has raised the warning for rain in the north of Castellón to red. Specifically, it places the risk of precipitation as extreme in the northern interior, on the northern coast and on the southern coast of the province, with rain that could reach 180 liters per square meter in 12 hours. The Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat Valenciana has also activated situation 2 due to flooding throughout the province. Meanwhile, municipalities begin to prepare.
In towns such as Vinaròs, on the northern coast of the province, the City Council has canceled classes and has asked families to come pick up their children from educational centers. The situation, says Sara R., a resident of the municipality, is one of uncertainty. «At the school door there were both parents saying that they downplayed it and others who insisted that we should not leave the house. There are still people a little unaware of the danger that there may be,” he assures ABC.
In supermarkets, fear is also beginning to be felt that the situation experienced in the province of Valencia in the previous days could now be repeated in Castellón. «I’m leaving the supermarket now and there were people shopping as if it were the end of the world. You’re starting to see a bit of hysteria,” explains another neighbor, Carla S.
The authorities have asked the residents of Castellón not to leave their homes. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, repeated it during his visit to the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi) of the Valencian Community. “Do not go out, heed the calls from the emergency services and all their recommendations,” said the Chief Executive.
The Provincial Council of Castellón has also insisted on taking extreme caution in the face of the alerts decreed, and has asked citizens to avoid trips and only make those that are strictly necessary, as well as to stay away from boulevards and rivers and follow the information and indications of the official channels. emergency to ensure everyone’s safety.
Firefighters intervention
In inland towns such as Tírig or Catí, firefighters have had to intervene to help remove water from some homes. In the latter, they explain from their City Council, water has been taken from a house that was flooding, but there was no one inside and there is no damage to be regretted at the moment.
The Castellón Provincial Firefighters Consortium has also reported through its ‘X’ account of several rescues that they have carried out throughout the morning. Among them, that of some people who were on the roof of a house in Alcocebre, a person who was in a country house in San Mateo or two people in Oropesa.
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