Severe floods hit parts of eastern Spain after 4 months’ worth of rain in 24 hours
Torrential rains led to flash flooding in the coastal parts of Valencia, Spain, on Tuesday, March 31 into April 1, 2020. Up to 147 mm (5.8 inches) of rain fell in the region– four times the average rainfall for this time of the year, which is 34 to 39 mm (1.3 to 1.5 inches). Castellon was also hit bad after recording up to 150 mm (5.9 inches) of rain– its highest daily rainfall since 1976.
The Castellon region has been affected badly, as well as the towns of Almassora, Burriana, and Villafranca. Inundations were worsened by the runoff of rainwater from the Desert de Les Palmes mountains, which rise inland to the city's northern area.
Many properties were damaged and people were forced to evacuate. Firefighters rescued 91 residents who were trapped in their homes or vehicles in more than 40 operations– mostly in Almassora, but also in Borriana and Oropesa del Mar.
In Almassora, the city council has provided accommodation to around 20 people affected by the flooding along the coast.
Together with firefighters, the local police, municipal maintenance, logistic service, and the civil guard were involved in the clearing of accumulated floodwater in the streets of the municipality's beach.
Mayor Merche Gali assured people that the council will facilitate their temporary displacement until the beach goes back to normal.
Imatges dels #BombersForestals ahir treballant en el buidatge d'aigua a Almassora. Durant la nit @SIAB_Castellon ha continuat treballant amb les incidències produïdes tan a Almassora com a Burriana. pic.twitter.com/TsoBueqMJ1
— GVA 112CV (@GVA112) April 2, 2020
Cerramos un día de mucho trabajo para #BomberosCPBC @dipcas. Un total de 91 personas rescatadas como consecuencia del fuerte temporal de #lluvia y las posteriores inundaciones. Estas imágenes lo dicen todo. Queda aún mucho trabajo y ahí estaremos hasta finalizar cada servicio. pic.twitter.com/CmDnqOx5Lx
— CPBC (@SIAB_Castellon) April 1, 2020
On Wednesday, Castellon received its highest daily precipitation since 1976 after 150 mm (5.9 inches) of rain, according to AEMET spokesperson Ruben del Campo.
It also surpassed values of rainier seasons, such as those of early autumn or late summer, del Campo added.
The municipality of La Pobla Tornesa registered 197.6 mm (7.7 inches) of rain in a 24-hour period to Wednesday, while Vilafames saw 48 mm (1.9 inches).
Els bombers de la Diputació @SIAB_Castellon han rescatat 91 persones de l'interior dels seus habitatges i vehicles durant l'últim episodi de fortes pluges https://t.co/ccrXMsR3Tm pic.twitter.com/Wdp7yVWUvX
— Diputació de Castelló (@dipcas) April 2, 2020
#Spain: Heavy flooding in Castellon region. #Spanish #SpainFloods #flood#disaster #weather #floods #weatherupdate #weathernewspic.twitter.com/nThoPWXqVL
— Annu Kaushik (@AnnuKaushik253) April 2, 2020
Other areas also broke rainfall records, including Atzeneta where 133 mm (5.3 inches) of rain fell– the highest since AEMET started record-keeping in 1948.
"Never in this period and in the month of March had It rained so much," said physicist Melchor Rovira. "It is not normal for such torrential rains to occur outside of autumn. If this falls in the autumn, with the warm sea, there are no houses left. Now is when the sea temperature is colder and that complicates that more extreme episodes can occur."
Meanwhile, cities in the southeastern region Murcia and Albacete were hit by hailstorms on March 30. This caused flooding in the towns of Caravaca de la Cruz and Hellin.
Featured image credit: Provincial Council of Castellon
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The Creater is a very loving and respect ful person (man ) of all men and women although he created us in his own likeness he didn’t want to tell us how to live therefore he created two worlds ( lands ) he gave us all from the the time that he had first began to make all things that are visible the choice of how we wanted to use the gift of the body and of the fisical world. Thus he mad two worlds. You don’t yet remember but this world was already your own doing of how you wish to live, and now the time for this world is up. Your time to prove that you were right has indeed ended.
Good must now be rewarded the time has come.
This is how I thank it might hand all happened. / After meeting him.
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Looks as if you have been at the sauce again Kenneth. Try http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org if you can keep off the sauce long enough to type it.