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Current storm in Spain - October 1, 2026 | The heavy rains force new alert messages to be sent in Castellón and Tarragona
Renfe cancels the service of some trains in the Valencian Community and Catalonia | Dozens of municipalities have decided to suspend classes | Sánchez asks for caution in the face of red warnings for storms in Valencia and Catalonia
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The Generalitat of Catalonia has sent two Es-Alert messages to warn of the torrential rains that are falling in Tarragona, especially in the southern half. This alert is added to the one sent shortly before by the Valencian Community to the population of the southern interior of the province of Castellón. In addition, Aemet has issued a red warning for heavy rain on the northern coast and interior of Castellón and on the coast of Valencia starting at 6:00 p.m. In fact, Renfe has announced the suspension of the service of some trains in the Valencian Community and Catalonia as of that time. Previously, dozens of municipalities in the Valencian Community and Catalonia had decided to suspend classes this Thursday due to the storm. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has asked for “prudence” in the face of warnings of storms, rain and coastal phenomena in Valencia and Catalonia. "Let's be very cautious and pay attention to the recommendations of the emergency services. Be very cautious," he said in a message shared on social networks.
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Good morning. We start the story of the current storm that is going to affect the eastern third of the Peninsula starting this Thursday. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued a red warning, the maximum, due to the danger of torrential rains in Castellón, Valencia and Tarragona starting at 6:00 p.m. this Thursday and until early Friday morning. Accumulations of 90 liters per square meter are expected in just one hour and accumulations of more than 250 in 12 hours. In fact, the Valencian Community has sent an ES Alert message to the population of the provinces of Valencia and Castellón to avoid travel, stay away from riverbeds and ravines and respect traffic cuts or take refuge in high plants. It is the beginning of a serious episode of precipitation that will affect the entire eastern third of the country and, to a lesser extent, the Balearic Islands, and that will last at least until Monday with the formation of a dana on Sunday.
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About thirty Valencian municipalities suspend classes due to heavy rains
About thirty municipalities in the Valencian Community will suspend classes this Thursday starting at 1:00 p.m. and more localities are expected to join throughout the morning after the red warning due to intense rains that will affect, from 6:00 p.m., the northern coast and interior of Castellón and the coast of Valencia. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) foresees the accumulation in this area of 90 liters per square meter in one hour and up to 250 liters in twelve hours.
According to the Department of Education, so far about thirty municipalities have reported the suspension of classes, including the cities of Castellón and València, located in flood-prone areas and affected by the 2024 dana. The popular university, senior centers and occupational centers will also be affected. In the rest of the educational centers in the city, it has been urged not to carry out activities in the courtyards and outdoors. The Valencian council has called the CECOPAL (Municipal Operational Coordination Center) at 10:00 to address new measures in response to the red notice.
The municipalities of Bétera, Vilamarxant, Benaguasil, Alfafar, Xirivella, Albal, Paiporta, Gandia, Alaquàs, Alfara del Patriarca, Sagunto, Sedaví, Torrent, La Pobla de Vallbona, Aldaia, Moncada, Riba-roja de Túria, have also announced the suspension of classes, starting at 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Benigànim, Cheste, Godella, Chiva, Casinos, Gatova, Loriguilla, Tavernes de la Valldigna, San Antonio de Benagéber, Canals, Catarroja and Tírig.
According to Education, in the next few hours the CECOPAL call is planned in numerous municipalities affected by the red notice, so it is expected that more locations will join the suspension of classes. The Univesitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Universitat de València (UV) have also activated emergency level 2 on all their campuses and facilities and have suspended classes and outdoor activities starting at 1:00 p.m. this Thursday. (EFE)
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Castellón suspends classes and closes parks and beaches due to the red notice
The Castellón City Council has agreed to suspend classes starting at 2:00 p.m. this Thursday and throughout Friday due to the worsening weather forecast, which places the city under orange warning for rain and storms from 2:00 p.m. and in red level from 6:00 p.m., and will close parks, cemeteries and beaches. The measure was adopted this Thursday during the meeting of the Municipal Operational Coordination Center (Cecopal), convened following the notices of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) and the Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat. According to Aemet, the red notice contemplates rainfall of up to 90 liters per square meter in one hour and accumulated rainfall of up to 250 liters in 12 hours on the coast and in the northern interior of Castellón. The red warning will initially be active until 1:59 on Friday in the northern interior of the province and until 11:59 on the coast of Castellón. The City Council has also suspended outdoor activities organized by the council and has ordered the closure of parks, playgrounds and gardens until the end of the red alert. Likewise, municipal sports facilities, cemeteries and beaches will remain closed, and the street market scheduled for this Friday in Grao has been suspended.
As preventive measures, the council has activated the Municipal Action Plan against the Risk of Floods and has reinforced the municipal services capable of intervening in the event of possible incidents. The CIMSE room and the operational devices of the Prevention, Fire Fighting and Rescue Service (SPEIS) and the Local Police have also been reinforced. Police patrols will pay special attention to areas susceptible to flooding, ravines, channels, underpasses and other risk points.
The City Council also maintains coordination with the State Security Forces and Bodies and with the rest of the emergency services. Given the weather situation, the council recommends staggered pick-up of students starting at 2:00 p.m., avoiding unnecessary movements and not circulating, traveling or parking near ravines and flood-prone areas. It also asks you to follow the instructions of the emergency services and obtain information only through official channels and, in case of emergency, call 112. (EFE)
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Sánchez asks for caution in the face of red warnings for storms in Valencia and Catalonia
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, asked this Thursday for “prudence” in the face of warnings of storms, rain and coastal phenomena in Valencia and Catalonia. This was stated in a message on his social networks, in which Sánchez warned that "several provinces in the Valencian Community and Catalonia are under red warnings due to storms, rain and coastal phenomena." According to Sánchez, the situation is expected to be very adverse. "Let's be very cautious and pay attention to the recommendations of the emergency services. Be very cautious," he concluded. (Servimedia)
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WEATHER PREDICTION
The Aemet decrees a red notice due to torrential rains in Castellón, Valencia and Tarragona
Victoria Torres Benayas
Early in the morning, the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has raised the danger that looms over three eastern provinces, Castellón, Valencia and Tarragona, to a red warning, the maximum, where from 6:00 p.m. this Thursday until early Friday morning, both torrential and persistent rains are expected, which will leave more than 90 liters per square meter in just one hour and accumulated more than 250 in 12 hours. The agency warns that in many cases the precipitation will be accompanied by storms, with large hail and intense gusts of wind, and that such an amount of water can lead to sudden local flooding – known internationally as flash floods – in low areas, streams and boulevards.
You can read the complete information here
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Castilla-La Mancha activates the risk plan for rains and storms in three provinces
The Government of Castilla-La Mancha will activate at 1:00 p.m. this Thursday, in the alert phase - operational situation 0 - the Specific Plan for the Risk of Adverse Meteorological Phenomena (Meteocam) in the provinces of Albacete, Cuenca and Guadalajara due to the warnings for heavy rains and storms.
In a statement, the Board has reported that the Meteocam management has decreed the activation of the plan after receiving orange level warnings for rain, with accumulated precipitation in one hour of 30 liters, and also yellow for storms, with the probability of hail and very strong gusts of wind, which the Aemet has prepared for the Cuenca mountain range and the region of Alcaraz and Segura, in the province of Albacete, starting at 2:00 p.m. and end at 11:59 p.m.
In addition, the Aemet has also issued yellow level warnings for this Thursday due to heavy rain, in the remaining regions of the provinces of Albacete and Cuenca, with accumulated rainfall in 12 hours of 40 liters per square meter, starting at 2:00 p.m. and ending at 11:59 p.m., as well as storms, with the probability of hail and very strong gusts of wind.
Likewise, the Aemet forecasts also indicate yellow level warnings in the Parameras de Molina region, in the province of Guadalajara, with accumulated rainfall in one hour of 20 liters, starting at 2:00 p.m. and ending at 11:59 p.m. These yellow warnings also indicate storms, with the probability of hail and very strong gusts of wind.
Given the activation of Meteocam in the alert phase, the Emergency and Emergency Care and Coordination Service 112 has informed the town councils and intervention groups so that they can establish the prevention, monitoring and response measures that they deem appropriate in the face of this situation. Both the evolution of Aemet's risk predictions and the incidents that occur and their possible consequences will be assessed by the Plan management, to adapt the level of response. (EFE)
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The city of Valencia closes all educational centers from 3:00 p.m.
The CECOPAL (Municipal Operational Coordination Center) of the Valencia City Council has agreed to close all educational centers starting at 3:00 p.m. this Thursday due to forecasts of heavy rain and storms. The suspension of teaching activity also includes the Popular University, Occupational Centers, all regulated and non-regulated training centers, Senior Centers and Youth Centers, as reported by the council.
As a preventive measure, he adds, and given the possibility of the consequences of heavy rains that may occur during the night and early morning, this suspension is extended to Friday, October 2 due to any conditions that may occur. (EFE)
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Emergencies launches an ES-Alert due to the forecast of heavy torrential rains in Castellón and Valencia this Thursday
Cristina Vazquez
The Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat Valenciana has launched a few minutes after ten in the morning a massive ES-Alert message due to the extraordinary danger of torrential rains, especially starting at six in the afternoon this Thursday in different parts of the provinces of Castellón and Valencia. The Civil Protection alert informs that the orange level warnings will begin at two in the afternoon and at six the red level will be activated and will last for about 18 hours.
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The Generalitat also sends an Es-Alert to the areas on orange alert due to rain
The Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat has sent a second Es-Alert notice to the population of the former south of Castellón, the entire interior of Valencia and the northern coast of Alicante, areas with orange level alert for rain. As reported by Emergencies on social networks at 12:04 p.m., in these areas there is a risk that the weather conditions could worsen as they are very close to the areas with a red alert level, decreed by the Generalitat after the red warning from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
In this situation of extraordinary danger, it is necessary to avoid movements and stay away from riverbeds and ravines, as well as respect traffic cuts and, if the water level rises, access higher floors. Emergencies had already sent a first Es-Alert this Thursday, at 10:02 a.m., after activating the red alert due to “extraordinary danger” of rain from 6 p.m. in the northern interior and the coast of Castellón and the coast of Valencia, in which it also asked to avoid travel, stay away from ravines and, if the water level increases, go up to higher floors.
This message had been sent to the mobile phones of the population located in the areas affected by the red notice and also asked to remain attentive, stay away from roads and respect traffic cuts, while recommending calling 112 in case of an emergency and referring to the 112 website for more advice. That Es-Alert also explained that from 2 p.m. the orange level warnings (significant danger) due to rain will begin. (Efe)
Cristina Vazquez
Constant surveillance of channels and ravines due to weather alerts in the Valencian Community
The Emergency Minister of the Generalitat Valenciana, Juan Carlos Valderrama, assured at midday, at the end of a meeting at the Emergency Coordination Center
