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Souleymane Loum
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According to Météo France forecasts, delivered this Tuesday, November 12, France will be hit by very unusual coolness for the season. But for neighboring Spain, which has not yet buried all its dead following the latest floods, it is a “nightmare scenario» which is looming, yet another…
The reason? The same as during the flood which devastated the country last October: the terrible “cold drop”, directly from the Netherlands and Denmark. It is preparing to descend on France, with its share of sudden drop in temperatures and “more unstable weather» this Tuesday. But it is especially in Spain that fears are greatest.
Remember that the cold drop is a pocket of cold air at altitude which descends and collides with warm flows, the meteorological phenomenon produces precipitation, more or less heavy. In this case in Spain they were torrential and devastating, the equivalent of a year of rain in a few hours. “These low pressure areas are associated with an unstable air mass. They often cause disturbed weather, with showers, associated with strong gusts of wind», Explains the Météo France website.
So today a change of scenery in France, no more mild weather drained by the anticyclones, in the space of 24 hours some cities will display -4 to -8 degrees. Nice, for example, will go from 20°C to 12°C, and the capital Paris from 10°C to 6°C. Showers and thunderstorms are also forecast, particularly in the south of the country.
Then the cold drop will head towards Spain during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, a prospect which terrifies citizens and authorities when we know that the last time there were 222 deaths. “Clearly this is the nightmare scenario.», Comments forecaster Guillaume Jausseau on X, based on satellite images. “A new Dana (cold drop) is expected to isolate itself from Tuesday off the coast of Portugal, risking generating heavy rains along the Spanish coast, by supplying a profusion of moisture from the Mediterranean & Atlantic“, he specifies.
This phenomenon is “a new risk of stationary storms that could cause significant accumulations» of precipitation, warns meteorologist Guillaume Séchet, who adds that “the Valencia region could be affected again».
The heavy human toll had fueled the anger of the residents. Last Saturday a demonstration mobilized nearly 130,000 people in Valencia to demand the immediate departure of the president of the regional executive, Carlos Mazón. The Spanish central government was also very harshly criticized for the disastrous management of the disaster. Moreover, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and King Felipe VI had a tough time on the ground.
Popular discontent pushed the government to decree 110 new measures for reconstruction and aid to disaster victims, a package validated yesterday Monday by a Council of Ministers. Furthermore, Sanchez has released a fund of 500 million euros dedicated to financing the evacuation “thousands of tons of mud and debris» which litter the streets of Valencia. To add to the thousands of volunteers, soldiers, police, civil guards and emergency services agents.
The authorities are working to restore infrastructure, distribute aid and find the remains of dozens of missing people. But if other torrential rains fall on the region with the same violence as last time it will significantly complicate the task of responders and rescuers, not to mention potential victims.
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