The sky continues to fall on part of Spain. The national meteorological office Aemet on Tuesday placed parts of Valencia, as well as Catalonia and Andalusia, on orange alert – the second highest level – for heavy or torrential rain until Thursday. Parts of Andalusia and Catalonia are even on red alert.
Schools in towns affected by flooding in the east of the kingdom will also be closed this Wednesday. Dozens of town halls in the Valencia region, including Chiva, one of the most affected sites, have suspended classes and closed public gymnasiums due to the threat of new torrential rains. Classes have also been suspended in parts of southern Catalonia as well as in a few cities in Andalusia, including Malaga.
Sewers clogged with mud
This alert comes two weeks after an exceptional Mediterranean storm caused the deadliest floods Spain has seen in decades. The storm of October 29 left 223 dead, most of them in the Valencia region, according to the latest official report.
In order not to relive this tragedy, a military vehicle drove through towns in Valencia using a megaphone to warn of expected storms and urge people not to make “unnecessary trips”, according to images broadcast by Spanish public television TVE . Although the amount of rain forecast in Valencia is less than that which fell two weeks ago, local authorities have warned that sewage systems are clogged with mud and may struggle to cope with any rainfall significant, which would make further flooding possible.
Outrage over poor management of the crisis before and after the floods sparked mass protests on Saturday, the largest of which brought together 130,000 people in the city of Valencia.
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