the coast near Valencia placed on “red alert” for rain

This system is activated from 9 p.m. Wednesday until midday Thursday.

The Spanish meteorological agency (Aemet) placed the coast near Valencia on “red alert” for rain on Wednesday, November 13, two weeks after the deadly floods which affected the region. “The danger is extreme. Avoid travel. Rivers overflow and floods may occur”warned Aemet on X. The alert is activated from 9 p.m. until Thursday noon.

In the municipality of Paiporta, considered the epicenter of the disaster two weeks ago, residents set up makeshift barricades with earth bags in front of house doors. These new rains have affected search operations for the 17 people still missing, concentrated mainly around waterways and on the coast, at river mouths.

In addition, part of the coast of Andalusia, in the south of the country, was still placed on red alert for severe weather, with an advisory in force until Wednesday evening, midnight. In Malaga, where several roads were flooded, the metro was closed, the train line to Madrid was suspended and flights were diverted. The municipality evacuated nearly three thousand people “preventively”.