This Sunday morning, the Junta de Andalucía activated the Emergency Plan, operational situation 1, in the north and east of Almería due to the risk of flooding due to rain that could leave more than 120 liters per square meter. Emergencies 112 Andalusia has asked the population to “be cautious and avoid travel” in the areas of Almanzora, Los Vélez, Nacimiento and Tabernas, where the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) The warning has been raised to orange due to rain.
The emergency phase refers to a phenomenon that involves damage and for which the necessary measures are put into practice for the relief and protection of people or property. Operational situation 1 is declared by the head of the Ministry with powers in matters of civil protection and emergencies when the emergency can be controlled through the use of the ordinary means and resources available in the Junta de Andalucía, or with specific support of resources whose mobilization does not require specific coordination by the central bodies of the National Civil Protection System.
Specifically, the Aemet has raised the warning to red this Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:59 p.m. in part of the province of AlmerIt was due to “extreme risk due to rain” in the Levante area, Valle del Almanzora and Los Vélez, and Nacimiento and Campo de Tabernas. A total of 60 liters per square meter is expected in one hour and 110-120 liters in twelve hours, with the possibility of reaching higher accumulations in some points. In addition, these regions will remain under an orange warning for storms until this afternoon.
According to the website of the State Meteorological Agency, consulted by Europa Press, the yellow warning is also activated in the area of Poniente and Almería Capital, due to the “risk” of rain and storms in which accumulated precipitation is expected in one hour. 20 liters per square meter.
Likewise, the coastal phenomena for this Sunday remain with a yellow warning on the entire coast of Cádiz, as well as in the Poniente area of Almería and the Granada coast. The alert will affect, in Cádiz, the Cadiz coast and the Strait, between next midnight and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. In both areas there is a forecast of easterly winds between 50 and 61 kilometers per hour, west of Tarifa and in the Trafalgar area out to sea.
In this sense, the risk of yellow level due to waves will remain in force throughout the day from 09:00 a.m. in the areas of Poniente and Almería capital and coast of Granada, with wind from the east and northeast at intervals of 50 to 60 kilometers per hour. hour, and waves of two to three meters.
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