During the night of Thursday to Friday, the northern Cáceres, central system and southern Avila remain in place. Emergency alert in progress This is because the cumulative rainfall in 12 hours exceeded 120mm. The State Meteorological Department (Aemet) announced the extension of this special danger warning until 5:59 a.m. today and called on the public to follow public protection advisories due to the risk of riverbed flooding and sudden inundation.
Storm Claudia remains stuck in the northwest of the peninsula after hitting our country hard and also dumping heavy rain on the Canary Islands. Therefore, there is still no rest and in the next few days continue to leave an unstable situation In most of the peninsular territory.
The highest rainfall in one day was recorded at the Tornavacas (Cáceres) station with 157.8 mm and in Puerto del Pico (Avila) with 156.6 mm. Considering this situation, residents of the areas most affected by the storm ES alert system messagesIn the southern province of Ávila, an INUNCYL situation 2 was declared at around 11:30 p.m. (despite the fact that the situation has “improved considerably,” as explained by the Autonomous Territorial Representative José Francisco Hernández), and in the northern region of Cáceres an INUNCYL situation 1 was declared at around 11:38 p.m. afternoon
The red alert has now been lifted (although these areas are still at yellow level) and the damage caused by the rain and strong winds is currently being assessed. Emergency security services have been dealing with several collapses of facades and roofs, as well as building collapses, the Cáceres State Council said. Flooding on public roadsespecially in the capital and Placencia.
Firefighters have also been called out to various parts of the city since Thursday in Avila, where winds caused tree branches and advertising posters to fall. Tormes riverWhile passing through the city of El Barco de Avila, It’s overflowingflooding the surrounding area.
Storm Claudia will continue unabated throughout the weekend, with cloudy to cloudy skies and a chance of rain. strong and tenacious In some parts of the country. This Friday, rain will become more intense in western Andalucía, the Pyrenees, the Central System, western Galicia, Cantabria and Alboran, and it will become a storm in western Andalusia.
Therefore, there are no more active red notifications, but 11 autonomous communities and 1 autonomous city they will be Yellow alert in progress This Friday, the provinces of Andalusia, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Malaga and Seville due to rain, storms, gusty winds and coastal phenomena. Aragon. Asturias; Mallorca in the Balearic Islands. Cantabria; Dangerous situation in the last four locations in the Basque Country ends early in the morning. The departments of Castile and León, Avila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, and Zamora. Catalonia, Barcelona, Girona, Lleida. Caceres, Extremadura. Galicia, A Coruña and Pontevedra. Navarre and Ceuta.
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