Direct | A new DANA puts País Valencià, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands on orange alert

The BOE publishes the package of 110 additional Government measures for those affected

The Official State Gazette (BOE) published this Tuesday the Government’s second aid package for those affected by DANA, which includes 110 additional measures worth 3,765 million euros, and which are added to the plan announced last week of 10,600 million euros, which makes a total of 14,365 million for the victims.

Teresa Ribera will appear at her own request for DANA on Wednesday the 20th in Congress

Teresa Ribera, third vice president of the Government and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, will appear at her own request on November 20 before the plenary session of Congress to explain the role of her department in relation to the DANA that devastated a good part of the province of Valencia.

The King returns to Valencia to visit the soldiers working on the ground

Felipe VI visits the area affected by the flood again this Tuesday, after the incidents recorded on November 3, when the kings went to Paiporta accompanied by Pedro Sánchez and Carlos Mazón. The king visits the military units deployed in the Valencian Country and the military ship Galicia, deployed this week to assist in the cleaning and rescue work.

Heavy rains, waves, wind and snow put eight communities on alert

The arrival of a new DANA to the Iberian Peninsula this Tuesday keeps eight autonomous communities on alert due to intense rain, waves, wind or snow. The Balearic Islands, Catalonia and País València are on orange alert due to rough seas or rainfall of 40 liters in one hour.

In the Balearic Islands there is an orange warning (significant risk) on all the islands (Ibiza, Formentera, Menorca and Mallorca) due to heavy rain. Catalonia has activated the orange alert in Girona due to adverse coastal phenomena with north winds of 60 to 70 km/h (force 8), waves of 3 to 4 meters and maximum expected wave of 6 to 7 meters. In the provinces of Barcelona and Tarragona there is a yellow warning for storms and rain that will leave 20 liters in one hour. Meanwhile, País València maintains the orange warning in the provinces of Valencia and Alicante, especially in coastal areas, due to accumulated rainfall in one hour of up to 40 liters, occasionally accompanied by storms; Aemet specifies that the alert will begin at 9:00 p.m. peninsular time. Castellón is under a yellow warning due to rain that will leave 20 liters