The rains that affect the Valencian Community this Saturday have caused a total of 7.6 kilometers of retention on the AP-7 in sections of the provinces of Castellón and Valencia, as reported to Europa Press from the Traffic Management Center of the DGT.
On the one hand, in Castellón, there have been complications in traffic on the AP-7 from kilometer 444 in Alquerías del Niño Perdido to 437.4 in Virgen de la Gracia in the Barcelona direction. Traffic is also complicated, in this case also as a result of an accident, on the A-7 in Valencia at the height of La Cañada, from kilometer 327 to 326, in the Barcelona direction, the same sources have specified.
On the other hand, the intense precipitations that have unloaded with force in the province of Castellón have caused "incidents and problems" in the CV-10 in Borriol and in the CV-20 in Onda due to flooded roads. At these points, traffic has been diverted onto adjacent roads, as reported by the Emergency Coordination Center.
The first data show that the precipitation has left a cumulative of 185 liters per square meter (l/m2) in Borriol, 154 in Vilafamés, 127 in Pobla Tornesa, 63.4 in Sarratella, 41.8 in Vall d'Alba, 36 ,4 in Marines, 35.2 in the María Cristina reservoir, 21.8 in Serra, 15.2 in Andilla, 14.0 in Algar del Palancia, 12.6 in Valencia and 9.8 in Castelló de la Plana, according to the records of Aemet, Avamet and the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation.
The Plana Alta and the Plana Baixa have been the regions most affected by the rains this Saturday morning. In the Valle del Morico, in Borriol, up to 132 l/m2 have accumulated, according to data from the Valencian Meteorological Association.
As for the electrical device, on the morning of this Saturday Aemet has reported "a lot of activity" on the coast of Valencia and especially on that of Castellón. Even in the province of Castellón, the provincial body has intervened in four vegetation fires caused by lightning strikes: one in Borriol and three in palm trees in the towns of Onda, Vila-real and Almassora.
Likewise, the rains have also caused delays on the Metrovalencia lines, as reported by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat on social networks.
As a consequence of the rains, in the city of Valencia the City Council has decreed the closure of all fenced parks and gardens. In addition, the council has set up the Social Emergency Assistance Center (CAES), located on Calle de Santa Cruz de Tenerife and managed by the Red Cross, to accommodate homeless people. At 2:00 p.m., the city of Valencia had registered 19 accumulated l/m2, with the points where the most recorded being the Vara de Quart with 26.6 l/m2 and the Grandes Vías with 25.8 l/m2, and the Ronda South where less has been recorded, 12 l/m2.
