the Valencia region again on red alert, two weeks after the floods

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Two weeks after the floods which devastated the south-east of Spain, the National Meteorological Agency placed on red alert the coastline of the Valencia region, hit by new torrential rains.

The alert came into effect on Wednesday November 13 from 9 p.m. and will remain in effect until Thursday, 12 p.m.

Traffic restrictions

Until 180 millimeters of rain could fall in twelve hours on the coast of Valencia, according to Aemet.

This led the authorities to issues restrictions de circulation and to suspend classes on Thursday in more than a hundred municipalities, some already affected by the floods of October 29, which left at least 223 dead.

Only the travel for “cases of force majeure” are authorized, announced on X the conservative president of the Valencia region Carlos Mazón, much criticized for his lack of responsiveness and his chaotic management of the floods of October 29.

These measures are “exceptional” and aim to “ensure the safety of people”, he justified.

Due to torrential rains, rail traffic between Barcelona and Valencia has been suspendedwhile the re-operation of trains on the Madrid-Valencia line, scheduled for Thursday morning, has been postponed, according to the Ministry of Transport.

In Paiporta, a town in the suburbs of Valencia considered to be the epicenter of the disaster of October 29, residents had drawn up signs on Wednesday morning makeshift barricades with bags of earth in front of the doors of the houses, with the fear, in particular, of seeing the sewers still blocked by mud overflow.

Floods disrupt searches for missing people

These new rains have affected search operations for 17 people still missingconcentrated mainly around watercourses and on the coast, at river mouths.

“Search searches at sea were compromised due to the maritime storm. After this meteorological episode, the tides will be assessed again to determine search areas.

As a precaution, several municipalities in the region had asked the thousands of volunteers who come every day to help residents clear the streets not to go to the disaster areas on Wednesday. Alerts were also issued on telephones.

Source: AFP

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