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VIDEO – The National Meteorological Agency placed the coast of the Valencia region, as well as the provinces of Malaga and Tarragona, on red alert on Wednesday.
Torrential rains hit Spain again on Wednesday November 13, causing impressive flooding. The National Meteorological Agency (Aemet) had placed the coastline of the Valencia region, as well as the provinces of Malaga and Tarragona, on red alert. Authorities have not reported any new victims at this stage.
The red alert corresponds to meteorological phenomena “of exceptional intensity”, presenting “a very high level of risk for the population», explains Aemet. Traffic restrictions had thus been issued on the coast of Valencia, in areas already affected by the floods of October 29 which left at least 223 dead.
“The worst is over”
At the end of a night marked by heavy rainfall, the national meteorological agency on Thursday downgraded its alert to the “orange” level for the province of Malaga, in Andalusia (south), and for the region of Valencia (east). “The worst of this second depression is over», Warned Aemet on the social network
