Civil Protection sends two ES-Alerts to the population due to the risk of flooding in Valencica and Alicante and asks that travel be avoided

The Generalitat Valenciana has sent, through the Emergency Coordination Center, two Es-Alert messages to the population due to the forecast of heavy rains in the provinces of Valencia and Alicante. The first alert has been for the inhabitants of the northern coast of Alicante and the southern coast of Valencia, on red alert from 10:00 a.m. this Sunday due to rain.

The second message has been sent to the residents of the northern coast and southern interior of Valencia, on a high orange warning starting tonight, so that they take extreme precautionary measures.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has raised the forecast this Sunday on the southern coast of the province of Valencia and north of Alicante to red notice (extraordinary danger), due to rainfall with accumulated amounts of 200 liters per square meter in twelve hours and 300 l/m2 in 24 hours in some points.

The warning has been established between 10:00 and 23:59 and Aemet warns that the meteorological danger is extraordinary and that vulnerable goods and populations or in exposed areas could suffer "very serious or catastrophic" impacts. Civil Protection has already sent an alert to mobile phones due to the risk of flooding on the northern coast and southern interior of Valencia, which is why it asks that travel be avoided.

The red notice will remain in place on Monday, the 19th, in the same area (north coast of Alicante and south of Valencia), between 00:00 and 10:00 am.

This Sunday there is also an orange warning on the coast of Alicante due to rainfall with accumulated amounts of 60 l/m2 in one hour in the north, which can reach 150 l/m2 in twelve hours and 300 l/m2 in 24 hours in some points and 50 l/m2 in the south.

Aemet also maintains the orange warning on the coast and in the southern interior of Valencia, due to rainfall with accumulated amounts of 60 l/m2 in one hour, which will probably reach 300 l/m2 in some points in 24 hours.

In the province of Castellón, there is a yellow warning tomorrow along the entire coast due to accumulated rainfall of 30 l/m2, which may be accompanied by hail and gusts of strong wind and by coastal phenomena, with a northeast wind of 50 to 60 km/h (force 7) and waves of 3 to 4 meters, which are also expected along the entire coast of Valencia and the north of Alicante.

The warnings remain on Monday

For Monday, Aemet warns of coastal phenomena, storms, rain and strong winds in the Valencian Community, and maintains the red warning on the southern coast of Valencia and the north of Alicante, due to accumulated rainfall of 200 l/m2 in twelve hours and 300 l/m2 in 24 hours.

In addition, there is an orange warning for rainfall with accumulated amounts of 60 l/m2 in one hour, which can reach 150 l/m2 in twelve hours and 300 l/m2 in 24 hours, in the southern interior of Valencia; and by rain with accumulated amounts of between 20 and 30 l/m2 in one hour on the coast of Castellón, which may be accompanied by hail and strong gusts of wind.

Aemet also foresees coastal phenomena due to northeast winds of 50 to 60 km/h (force 7) and waves of 3 to 4 meters along the entire coast of Castellón, Valencia and the north of Alicante.