The Generalitat sends a new ES-Alert to ask people not to leave home while the UME mobilizes in Oliva (Valencia)

Fourth ES-Alert in the Valencian Community since Dana Adam began to hit the north of the province of Alicante and the south of Valencia this weekend. The Generalitat has once again sent a new massive alert this Monday to the population of the Marina Alta and Safor regions to ask them not to leave their homes due to the heavy rains that have forced the Military Emergency Unit (UME) to be mobilized in Oliva and that have already left a woman dead in Sagunto while bathing on the beach.

Units of the Third Battalion of the UME have left the Valencian base in Bétera to join, along with the emergency services, the flood warnings in Oliva, where the rain has been pouring incessantly since last night. In fact, the dana has forced the Generalitat to activate emergency situation 2.

In statements to the Ser network, the mayor of Oliva, Yolanda Pastor, reported that around 2,000 people had to be evicted from a total of seven campsites in the municipality. In the coastal area, firefighters are carrying out rescues.

Sources from the Valencia Provincial Firefighters Consortium have confirmed that, as a result of the floods, they have had to carry out rescues not only in Oliva, but also in Piles or Miramar, for which helicopters have also been mobilized.

According to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), the storm is of very high or extreme potential adversity in Safor and northern Marina Alta; Between Pego, Real de Gandía, Villalonga and Barx, 500 l/m² have been exceeded in the last 48 hours and occasionally 600 l/m2 have been exceeded.

In Avamet stations, more than 600 l/m² were exceeded in the last 36 hours in the area between Pego and Forna, in the Marina Alta, with 651 in Forna until 06:30 in the morning, so Aemet assures that it would be the most important episode of rain in the area since November 1987.

Civil Protection alerts ask to avoid travel, stay away from rivers and ravines and not cross flood zones. In addition, it is recommended to go to higher floors in case water enters the homes.

Dozens of municipalities in Alicante and Valencia have suspended classes this Monday. In total, some 87,000 students will be affected by the school closures.