The Emergency Coordination Center (CCE) has decreed the end of red alert due to the rain on the coast of Valencia, which fell to the yellow level after the strongest storm Emilia hit the sea during the … Sunday and the early hours of Monday.
The province of Valencia is now on yellow alert for this Monday due to rains and stormsthe danger therefore remains considerable. For its part, all of Castellón and Alicante will have the same alert level, while the south of Castellón will have an orange alert level for rain, as specified by the Emergencies.
For this Monday, locally heavy or very heavy showers are expected in the Valencian Community, persistent and accompanied by thunderstorms in the provinces of Valencia and Castellón, which will stop from midday in Valencia and, in the afternoon, in Castellónsaid the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
Minimum temperatures will drop slightly in the interior and in Castellón; while the maximums will mark a slight increasemore marked inside Valencia. Likewise, a moderate easterly wind is also expected on the coast, moving towards a slight westerly at the end of the day; and, in the rest of the autonomy, light wind from the north and northeast which will become variable with a predominance of the western component.
Schools closed this Monday
A total of 14 municipalities in the provinces of Valencia and Castellón have decided to suspend school activities for this Monday due to the weather alert, which affects 78,744 studentsaccording to data provided by the Ministry of Education late this Sunday.
In the province of Valencia, 13 municipalities have decreed the closure of classes, in addition to neighborhoods in the city of Valencia and other flood-prone areas of the municipality. These are Albal, Alboraia, Aldaia, Alaquàs, Benetússer, Catarroja, Chiva, Loriguilla, Paiporta, Picassent, Sedaví, Torrent and Xirivella, the majority of towns in the damaged area. In total, 69,609 students were affected. For its part, in the province of Castellón, a total of 9,135 students are affected after the closure of schools in the municipality of Villarreal.
In the city of Valencia, the Municipal Operational Coordination Center (Cecopal) has agreed to close educational activity in the educational centers determined by the town hall in the Civil Protection protocol for orange alert situations due to rain: those located in flood zones and neighborhoods affected by the dana of October 29. Otherwise, educational activity will take place normally.