The new storms come two weeks after several floods devastated eastern Spain, causing the deaths of more than 220 people and the destruction of homes and infrastructure. This Wednesday, in the south of the province of Málaga, the streets were flooded and residents near the Guadalhorce River were evacuated from their homes.
The Spanish region of Valencia was placed on red alert this Wednesday, while They forced around 3,000 people to abandon their homes, in addition to causing the closure of schools and the cancellation of trains.
A raised to the red level – extreme risk – the warning of rain on the north and south coast of the province of Valencia since 9pm today until noon on Thursday (less than an hour in Lisbon).
This afternoon, the population affected by the flooding caused by the storm (known locally as ‘) of October 29 in the province of Valencia was warned on restrictions on private vehicle traffic.
Storm arrives in Malaga
In the south of the province of Málaga, the streets were flooded and residents in the vicinity of the Guadalhorce River were removed from their homes as a preventive measure.
As schools across the province were closedas well as many stores, and trains running between Malaga and Madrid on the AVE high-speed rail line were cancelled, but there are no reports of casualties.
Storms ravaged eastern Spain 2 weeks ago
These new storms appear two weeks after several floods have devastated eastern Spaincausing a death of more than 220 people and the destruction of homes and infrastructureespecially in the Valencia region, which is still recovering from the effects of the storm.
Red alert
AEMET also placed Malaga under red alertstating that they had accumulated until 70 millimeters of rain in one hour.
Parts of the province of Tarragona, in the east of the country, were also affected by heavy rain and remained under red alert.
The forecast in Malaga delayed the start of Billie Jean King tennis cup final between Spain and Poland, which was scheduled for today.
The storm system affecting Spain is caused by hot air colliding with stagnant cold air and forming powerful rain clouds and experts say cycles of drought and floods are increasing with climate change.
