Municipalities of Valencia, Alicante, Tarragona, Málaga and Granada suspend classes this Wednesday due to the arrival of a new DANA

a new DANA arrives this Wednesday in Spain and, although it is expected to be less intense than the previous one, Experts indicate that it is “more unpredictable”, so we must be “very attentive”. For this reason, some 50 municipalities in the Valencian Community -belonging to the provinces of Valencia and Alicante– They announced this Tuesday the suspension of classes and sports activities this Wednesday. In Catalonia, the Generalitat has made the decision to suspend classes and restrict mobility in five regions of Tarragona, the same measure that the Junta de Andalucía has adopted to 27 locations in Malaga and Granada.

These decisions have been made after the DANA that devastated part of the province of Valencia on October 29, and in light of the orange warning for rains of 40 liters per square meter in one hour, and 120 in twelve hours, which has been activated by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) in the province of Valencia and in the north of the province of Alicante. In Tarragona, the meteorological institution has also activated the orange alert for rain and coastal phenomena.

In this sense, Aemet has warned that they will register very heavy rainfall for Wednesdaywith the probability of being locally torrential and persistent. The affected areas will be in the Mediterranean area, mainly Malaga, north of Alicante, south of Valencia, north of Castellón and south of Tarragona. Starting in the afternoon, it will also impact the northern coast of Valencia. In these areas, accumulations of around 150 l/m2 in 24 hours are likely.

In fact, the organism The warning for heavy rain has been raised to red. starting at ten in the morning in the Malaga regions of Axarquía and the Costa del Sol and Guadalhorce. The warning will be orange from three in the morning in these two coastal regions and in Antequera, further inland in the province of Malaga, as well as on the coast of Granada and in the Genil region.

As reported by the Department of Education, in the province of Valenciamany of the municipalities have communicated the suspension of classes seriously affected by floodssuch as Chiva, Aldaia, Paiporta, L’Alcudia, Algemesí or Torrent. Valencia, Sueca, Picassent, Cullera, Gandía, Alaquàs, Quart de Poblet, Xirivella, Paterna or Burjassot, Mislata, Museros, Alfara del Patriarca, Albalat, Almussafes, Manises or Sollana have also done it.

In the province of Alicantethe municipalities that have reported the suspension of classes are: Dénia, Xàbia, Llíber, Xaló, Alcalalí, Pedreguer, Gata de Gorgos, Senija, Orba, Teulada, Ondara, Pego and Els Poblets. Also those of Benissa, Benigembla, Sagra, Sanet i Negrals, El Ràfol d’Almúnia, Benimeli, El Verger, Teulada, Tormos, La Vall de Laguar and Benidoleig. For its part, Calpe did so on Tuesday afternoon and has yet to determine whether to suspend them this Wednesday. In Castellónthe only town councils that have so far reported the closure of their educational centers to the new DANA have been Benicarló, Peñíscola, Santa Magdalena de Pulpís and Alcalà de Xivert-Alcossebre.

As explained by the Minister of the Interior and Public Security, Núria Parlon, the regions affected by mobility restrictions and in which classes have also been suspended in Tarragona They are: Tarragonès, Montsià, Baix Ebre, Ribera d’Ebre and Baix Camp. Mobility restrictions will begin at 6:00 a.m. and will be in force until midnight. Citizens living in the affected areas will receive on their mobile phones a Civil Protection alertsince in these regions 100 liters can accumulate in 24 hours.

For its part, the Junta de Andalucía has activated the Emergency Plan, operational situation 1, and has suspended classes from Early Childhood Education to the University of about twenty regions of Malaga and three municipalities of Granada to the risk of flooding. Specifically, they are the Malaga towns of Antequera, Axarquía, Malaga capital, Costa del Sol and Guadalhorce; and the Granada municipalities of Almuñécar, Motril and Albuñol, Emergencies 112 has reported.

Also evictions are going to take place on the banks of the Guadalhorce, in the municipalities of Álora, Cártama, Alhaurín de la Torre, Pizarra and Málaga, which last week were already affected by the overflowing of the river.