Generalitat Valenciana activates ES-Alert due to flood risk throughout the province

The Generalitat Valenciana has sent an ES-Alert regarding the risk of flooding throughout the province of Valencia, in which it asks the population to avoid travel, stay away from riverbeds and ravines and, "in the event of an increase in the water level", go up to the "upper floors" of homes. The massive alert comes after the Emergency Coordination Center has activated situation 1 of the Special Flood Plan in the Valencian Community, especially after the intense storm of water that falls since late afternoon on the city of Valencia and its metropolitan area.

According to the Generalitat, the decision was made after flooding was recorded in several parts of the province. In fact, the yellow pre-emergency level has also had to be activated due to hydrological alert in the area of ​​the Poyo-Saleta ravines, which already overflowed in the tragic Dana of 2024. The yellow level hydrological pre-emergency has also been activated in the Carraixet-Calderona area. In the metropolitan area of ​​Valencia, for example, up to 85 liters per square meter have fallen, while in L'Eliana, 70 in just half an hour.

The heavy rains, which had already forced the Valencia City Council to decree the closure of schools starting at 2 p.m. this Wednesday, have caused delays on line C2 of the Valencia Cercanías core, due to the lack of tension on one of the tracks between Silla and Almussafes, according to Adif sources. Likewise, Valencia airport has had to divert flights to Alicante.

The intense storm, with downpours, gusty wind and abundant lightning, has also caused delays on all Metrovalencia lines, while keeping some sections on lines 1 and 2 closed.

The Valencia Fire Consortium has mobilized a total of 25 services related to the rains. Among the reported incidents are fires caused by lightning and vehicles blocked on roads whose occupants have had to be helped.

The areas with the most incidents have been recorded in Camp de Túria and l'Horta Sud and Nord, although firefighters have had to intervene mainly in La Pobla de Vallbona, Torrent, l'Eliana, Paterna, San Antonio de Benagéber, Sagunto or Tavernes Blanques.

Likewise, the match between Levante UD and Athletic Club de Bilbao corresponding to matchday 6 of LaLiga EA Sports scheduled for this Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. at the Ciutat de València has been postponed for weather reasons, according to the Valencian club.

For its part, the Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat has sent a statement this afternoon to the town councils located downstream of the Valencian Buseo dam to inform them that the body responsible for the reservoir will begin, as a preventive measure, a flow release process. Emergencies also asks those responsible for these municipalities to intensify surveillance and monitoring in the area.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has established the orange warning for rainfall with accumulated amounts of 60 liters per square meter in one hour and 120 l/m2 in twelve hours - which can be higher in a period of two or three hours - on the coast of Alicante and the south coast of Valencia, between 3:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. this Thursday.

There is also an orange warning for accumulated 40 liters per square meter in one hour in the south of the province of Castellón and the north and southern interior of Valencia, and for storms in the southern interior of Castellón and northern interior of Valencia, with possible large hail, until 11:59 p.m.

Alerts for Thursday

Aemet has also reported that it is establishing a yellow warning in the north of Castellón, due to rainfall with accumulated amounts of 20 l/m2 in one hour until 11:59 p.m.; of 30 l/m2 on the southern coast of Valencia and Castellón until 03:00 in the morning.

This Thursday there is a yellow alert for rain with accumulated amounts of 30 l/m2 on the northern coast and southern interior of Valencia and in the interior of Alicante until 8:00 p.m.; on the Alicante coast and the southern coast of Valencia between 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

The warning is also yellow in the province of Valencia due to accumulated 80 l/m2 in twelve hours in the province of Valencia and 60 l/m2 in the southern interior of Castellón until 00:00; and by storms that may be accompanied by hail, up to two centimeters, in Valencia, Castellón and in the southern interior of Alicante.