The heavy rains and overflowing rivers and ravines They continue to complicate the situation in the majority of the province of Valencia. The situation has led to the main factory in the Valencian Community, the Ford industrial complex in Almussafes You have to decide for your activity in the night shift and the morning shift.
According to reports from the works committee, the measure was requested before the chaotic situation in many municipalities and the impossibility of moving workers, in addition to the existing risks. The company’s own management has announced the measure to avoid more problems, although in this case It is not because water has caused damage at the automaker’s facilities.
The Ford plant in Almussafes is located near La Albufera in Valencia and very close to the region of La Ribera, which runs through the Júcar, one of the most affected by the rains and also the increase in water in the rivers and ravines. . The UGT union has asked the company to study the situation this Wednesday in light of the problems in many municipalities near Almussafes.
Alert all mobile phones
The announcement also came shortly after the Generalitat Valenciana Emergencies resorted to the massive and direct alert system for the population ‘ES-Alert’ in the event of emergencies and catastrophes that allows sending an audible alert and a message to all mobile phones located in a certain geographical area.
In this case the message with a strident sound has been sent to the terminals located in the province of Valencia with a very clear message: avoid traveling in the province of Valencia. In addition, it asks citizens to remain attentive to future warnings and inform themselves about weather conditions through official sources.
Downstream
After the Magro River has overflowed in Utiel causing real floods in the streets of that town, now the concern is moving downstream, especially in the municipalities of La Ribera and the metropolitan area of Valencia, an area that has historically suffered from the flooding of the Júcar and tragic episodes such as the Turia flood of ’57 after which its natural channel was diverted or the Tous swamp.
The Júcar Hydrographic Confederation (CHJ) has warned that the Magro River could reach 1,000 cubic meters per second (m3/s) downstream of the Forata reservoiras a consequence of the accumulated precipitation, and the Emergency Coordination Center (CEE) has advised the population to stay away from areas near the river.
The CEE has issued a special hydrological alert notice due to the increase in flow in the Magro River, which has overflowed due to DANA, and All the riverside municipalities of the Magro River and the Júcar River have been notified, from Algemesí to the mouth in Cullera..
This increase in flow means that widespread overflows may occur in areas close to the river. For this reason, it has been recommended removal of the population from the areas near the river.
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