Armando G. Tejeda

Correspondent

La Jornada Newspaper
Wednesday, November 13, 2024, p. 24

Madrid. The search for missing people and the reconstruction of towns devastated by torrential rains had to be suspended in much of the region due to the threat of a new isolated high-level depression (DANA), which forced the postponement of classes and outdoor activities. free, close parks and public centers in Valencia, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Murcia, Andalusia, Galicia, Cantabria, Aragon and Asturias.

The devastating effects of the rains on October 29, with 230 dead and tens of thousands of victims, caused the authorities to take extreme precautions and alert the affected populations by all means.

The State Meteorological Agency reported its forecasts for the coming days, in which there will be rainfall that could lead to a new critical situation. There is an orange alert – second level of three – in the Balearic Islands, Alicante and Valencia, where 40 liters per square meter are expected in one hour, and due to bad conditions at sea in Girona, with waves of three to four meters.

The yellow alert – first level – was launched in Aragon due to wind, Asturias and Castilla y León due to snow, in other areas of Catalonia due to rough seas, rain and storms, as well as in Galicia, Murcia and other areas of the Valencian Community.

The Valencia City Council notified the suspension of classes and the closure of parks and gardens throughout the city starting today, as did fifty municipalities. The same was decided in five towns in the province of Tarragona.

The meteorological system also reported that DANA is moving from France towards the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, where it will remain at least until Friday. The increase in instability will be accompanied by the entry of a humid Mediterranean flow from the eastwhich provides more fuel to a DANA than It is not known what his final position will be.

This position determines when it will rain and which area will be most affected.

Early yesterday morning some river overflows were recorded in the region of Almería, where scenes of cars swept away by the flood and flooded houses and towns were again seen. The heaviest rains will be between today and tomorrow.