Madrid emergencies and 112 ask to limit displacements before an Manzanares multiplied by 15 | News from Madrid

The Manzanares is at the limit and emergency services, both from Madrid capital and the regional government, spend the night in sailing, watching it, in case it is necessary to cut any of the great roads of the city, especially the A-6 in the area of ​​Puerta de Hierro and the branch that connects the M-30 with the M-40. All authorities, from the City Council to 112, Government Delegation and the DGT, ask the maximum citizenship of caution and restricts the displacements by car. The rain that has returned this Thursday and that is expected to continue falling in the next few hours in the capital and in the rest of the region, along with the and the increase in the volume of water that disembark in it the (CHT) of the El Pardo dam, has multiplied by 15 the usual flow of the river until it reaches 45.5 cubic meters/second this noon.

At 21.30 the last meeting of the Advisory Committee of (Painunam) has been held, which “will continue to monitor the situation throughout the night to adopt the measures that may correspond,” he says in X that “he will report promptly of any performance or novelty.” At 23.00, he pointed out that for the moment “, but it may be necessary in the next few hours.” “Avoid unnecessary displacements, especially near Ríos Manzanares and Jarama and stay informed by official channels,” claims the City Council.

For its part, the advanced command post of the regional government at the headquarters of the Security and Emergency Agency Madrid 112 (ASEM 112), in Pozuelo de Alarcón, “pending the rainfall that is taking place and its affectation in channels and roads” of the region. “It is recommended to restrict road displacements and be informed of the weather and traffic,”.

The Government Delegation to citizens to avoid taking the car and has asked for “maximum caution and attention to information and indications of security and emergency services”. “As far as possible it is requested to restrict displacements in the Community of Madrid due to heavy rains. Do not forget to inform yourself of the state of the roads and the weather forecast before undertaking the march,”. At the moment, no other large company has moved to this situation, except Renfe, whose direction has activated the protocol so that all those responsible for teams who serve in the Community of Madrid facilitate teleworking to their employees provided that their functions allow it.

It worries what can happen in the next few hours because the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet), the minimum, for rains that it maintained throughout the day in the mountains to the entire community until two in the morning. In the Sierra, another 40 liters per square meter can accumulate in 12 hours, promptly more than 60 in 24 hours. In the metropolitan area, Henares, South, Vegas and West are expected in one hour. In both cases, accompanied by a storm and it is possible that of hail. In addition, there is yellow warning by wind in the mountains until midnight by gusts of 80 kilometers per hour.

Emergency services have spent tension all day. First thing in the morning, the City Council already requested, “maximum caution” in the surroundings of Manzanares, especially for the non -channeled area of ​​the river, between Mingorrubio and the bridge of the French, due to the risk of floods. “The unbalanced in the El Pardo area follow. There are beacon areas where the passage is prohibited. Do not approach the sections of the river not channeled. Find out only by official channels,” he recommended. The capital is from Monday at level 1 of the Painunam emergency phase, which has three levels.

The central government proceeded at dawn, at kilometer 25, due to the danger of overflow, which has been reopened with the first lights of the day. “The incidence in the node zone of the M-40 has ended. The branch that remained cut,”. In the press conference after the Governing Board, the ViceAlcaldesa has indicated that they are following “minute by minute” the situation and has not ruled out new traffic cuts: “I am going to say it clearly, we do not rule out that there may be some important condition to the A-6 at Puerta de Hierro or the M-30 with the M-40 ″.

Although the Jarama also worries, “the most committed situation is that of Manzanares by the unwins that are taking place from the Pardo dam. The information we have by Confederation is that it will continue to be unpacked at a very important level, around 60 meters per second,” he explained, to underline that there is a “very overflow space so “no way has been compromised.” Regarding Jarama, the most remarkable thing is the riverbed in the area of ​​Muñoza, bars and in the “auxiliary roads of the airport.”

The entire Community of Madrid has been located since Monday, in operational situation 1 of the “a scale goes from pre -emergency to five levels from zero to four. The regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has decided to put themselves in front and has presided over the coordination meeting with the mayors of the municipalities affected by the rains of the last days of the region at the headquarters of ASEM 112. There, Ayuso has announced a line of aid for the most affected municipalities.

Throughout the day, the storm has left incidents in 87 municipalities and caution is maintained in the basins of Jarama, Lozoya, Guadarrama, Alberche, Tajuña and Henares. The Isabel II and the CHT channel without stopping its 13 and three swamps, respectively.

The Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Interior, Carlos Novillo, has asked citizens from Telemadrid not to make “escapes” this weekend the Sierra before the forecast of more snowfall at a level of 1,200 meters. “They are not the best conditions for us to have high mobility,” he said. “That flow of these rivers is unpublished in our region for many years and although it is very beautiful, there will be more time to see it,” he added.