Spain broke precipitation records in March and may even end a long period of drought. The images that arrive from the dams are impressive.
It rained so much in March that, in Spain, the dams accumulated in just three weeks the water equivalent in a year.
With precipitation levels beating records, records show that water reserves have increased by 22.7% since March 4, reaching the 39,895 cubic hectometers.
For comparison, Spain uses, in a year, 32,000 cubic hectimeters of water in agriculture, industry and for urban consumption.
“In a month, we could practically end a long-term drought,” Spanish Aemet Meteorological Agency spokesman Rubén Del Campo.
A few days after the end of the month, March has already become the third fastest ever in Spainbehind only March 2018 and March 2013.
Spanish dams are now 71.2% capacity, and the average for this time of year is, in the last decade, 60.1%.
Record precipitation levels
According to data from El País, the Tagus Basin is now 81.8% of capacity and Guadiana at 65.3%, values substantially above the usual.
It is even recalled that the increase in flows left Portugal and Spain on alert to the risk of floods. This Thursday, the Portuguese Environment Agency revealed that articulated management with Spain on the Tagus River bed.
The rise of the waters of the Tagus River yet provoked the collapse of two sections of a Roman bridge in Talavera de la Reina, in the municipality of Toledo, in the center of Spain.
According to information gathered by El País, at least seven Spanish weather stations recorded record levels of record for March. Of these, in at least three records show that It rained six times more than usual.
