The storm: latest live news from the dana | Torrential rains force to cut the AP-7 in Tarragona and confine the municipality of Alcanar | Spain

2023-09-03 11:49:30

How the storm is affecting each community

At 11:30 this Sunday, this is how the storm affects the different communities:

Catalonia. The torrential rains have caused the cutting of the AP-7 between Tarragona and Castellón and the N-340 in the Tarragona municipality of Alcanar. Both routes run parallel to the coast. In addition, Civil Protection has asked the population of Alcanar (9,600 inhabitants) to confine the entire municipality due to the accumulation of rainfall and has recommended that the residents go up to the upper floors of the houses, since the rains are already accumulating in the locality more than 200 liters per square meter. The storm, which has Catalonia on orange warning, has been stuck since Saturday over the southern regions of Tarragona, with a powerful rainfall train, and has discharged more than 100 meters per square liter in the municipalities of Tivissa (134), l’Ametlla de Mar (116) and el Masroig (111).

Valencian Community. The storm has been felt strongly during the early hours of this Saturday to Sunday in the province of Valencia and has left people trapped in cars in the towns of Torrent and Benifaió, water leaks in homes and has forced the cut through a sinkhole circulation of Metrovalencia line 2, with a bus service to transport passengers between Paterna and Llíria. In addition, the AP-7 is cut in Castellón in its connection with Tarragona. The Valencian Community is also on orange notice.

Madrid and Toledo, on red notice. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has today extended the red warning to the entire Community of Madrid, the maximum of a scale of three, which was already activated at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday for the southern, Vegas and western areas of this region and all of La Mancha in Toledo. The red notice is decreed from this noon due to the risk that 120 liters per square meter accumulate in 12 hours, locally even more, and that said rains fall torrentially, that is, with an intensity of 60 liters per hour or more. 10 in just 10 minutes.

Orange notice also for Castilla y León; yellow for six communities and Ceuta. The Aemet has also activated the yellow warning for rain in Andalusia, Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Murcia, the Basque Country, La Rioja and the city of Ceuta. In addition to Catalonia and the Valencian Community, Castilla y León are also on orange warning due to the significant risk of torrential rains.