Aemet lowers the alert to orange for DANA in Valencia: “The worst is already over”

According to the latest forecast issued, the warning is reduced to orange on the coast of Valencia and raised to the same color on the northern coast of Alicante, where it rains heavily in the beaches of Denia. Thus, they will be in force until 12:00 p.m. this Thursday, when the storm is expected to begin to subside.

The second DANA that has arrived in the Valencian Community -15 days after a previous one that has left, for the moment, 216 dead – has forced rescates, new road closures and surveillance of reservoirs and dams.

As reported by ‘112 Comunitat Valenciana’, during the night the Valencia Consortium firefighters mobilized four crews to attend to four rescues. In addition, the Mobility Services Management Center (Cegesem) has reported two new road closures during the night: CV-374 and CV-460.

Surveillance of reservoirs and dams is also maintained. Some of them, like Ulldecona or María Cristina They have carried out discharges through the spillway to control the flow. For its part, ‘112’ has received, since midnight, a total of 99 calls and has managed 80 incidents, mainly in Camp del Turia and l’Horta Sud.

The worst part of this new DANA has been borne by the coastal town of Cullerawhere between four and six in the morning torrential rainfall with around 90 liters per square meter has been recorded, which has caused damage and floods through the streets of the town.