While violent floods claimed the lives of hundreds of people in the Valencia region (Spain) at the beginning of November, new severe bad weather has hit the south and east of Spanish soil in recent hours, raising fears of a new human and material drama.
Images that send shivers down your spine. Less than two weeks after the major floods in Valencia, heavy rainfall has accumulated in recent hours in the east and south of Spain, raising fears of a new human disaster.
A new cold drop phenomenon, called “Dana” among our Spanish neighbors, has affected several large Iberian cities, including Valencia as well as Malaga and Alicante. As a reminder, this phenomenon consists of seeing the cold air at altitude opposing the warm air at the surface.
In Granada, some cars were even completely submerged, to the point of being swept away in torrents.
According to the Eltiempo website, 202.5 mm of rain was recorded in Xabia (Alicante) during the day, as well as 138.6 mm of precipitation recorded in Gata de Gorgos (Alicante).
The town of Malaga was particularly affected by flooding this Wednesday, as this video relayed on X demonstrates.
More than 3,000 people evacuated in Malaga
The AVE high-speed train between Malaga and Madrid was interrupted early in the afternoon, hours before Malaga's Maria Zambrano station was evacuated. The city municipality has suspended municipal bus service.
According to information from El Pais, more than 3,000 people were evacuated in Malaga, particularly after the flooding of the Clinico hospital in the town. The region surrounding this city and the south of Tarragona have been placed on red alert until midnight, the maximum threshold synonymous with danger of death, by the Spanish authorities.
Other regions of Andalusia, Catalonia and the Valencian Community have been placed on orange alert for rains. Seven other municipalities, located in Galicia, Murcia, Asturias and Castile and Leon, have been placed on yellow alert for the rain.
