Civil Protection sends a new ES-Alert message in Tarragona due to major flooding

Civil Protection will soon send a new ES-Alert message to citizens of the Baix Ebre and Montsià regions, in Tarragona, to report significant flooding in the area, where rain can leave more than 90 liters per square meter in just three hours.

The Generalitat recommends avoiding trips, not going outside and not going to look for your car or going down to basements.

In the last twelve hours, showers with storms of strong or torrential intensity have occurred in the Valencian Community, generally in areas close to the coast and without much penetration inland in the Plana Alta, the Baix Maestrat and the Ribera, which have left accumulated 145.8 liters per square meter in the municipality of Alcalà de Xivert (Castellón).

Eleven autonomous communities are today under warning for rain and storms, of which Catalonia and the Valencian Community are at red level (extraordinary danger) until 12 noon, due to rainfall of more than 90 liters per square meter in one hour in Tarragona and Castellón, which will be accompanied by hail and strong gusts of wind.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) maintains active warnings of extraordinary danger due to rain on the southern coast of Tarragona, where accumulations are also expected that in twelve hours could leave up to 250 liters per square meter, as in the southern coastal zone.