Spain's Weather Agency Issues Red Rain Warning for the Valencia and Alicante Coasts
Spain's State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) raised its rain warning to red on the morning of October 17 for the southern coast of Valencia province and the northern coast of Alicante province, effective from 10:00 on October 18 until the morning of October 19, describing an extraordinarily dangerous weather situation.
AEMET forecast up to 300 litres per square metre of rain in 24 hours in the red-warning area, with locally higher totals possible. The cut-off low, named Adam, is the first high-impact DANA to receive a name since the agency began naming such systems, and Sunday and Monday were expected to be the worst days of the episode.
The Valencian regional emergency coordination centre sent Es-Alert mobile warnings to the red-alert coastal areas urging residents to avoid travel. The Marina Alta district in northern Alicante and La Safor in southern Valencia are at the core of the warning area.
Source: State Meteorological Agency of Spain (AEMET
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：瓦伦西亚省 Oliva 的地中海海滩。Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 3.0。 / Photo: The Mediterranean beach at Oliva, Valencia. Photo by Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
