The Emergency Coordination Centre handled a total of 168 weather-related incidents between Saturday afternoon, 17th October, and 14:00 on Sunday across the Valencian Community. Of these calls, 84 were logged in the province of Alicante, 80 in Valencia and four in Castellon.
According to information provided by the 112 emergency service on X, the municipalities with the highest number of attended incidents were Alicante with 46, València with 17, Gandia with 14, Torrent with 8, and Oliva with 7.
Meanwhile, the Provincial Consortium of Firefighters of Valencia carried out morning operations, including two clearings of debris and branches in Sagunto and Paterna, alongside four checks for water leaks inside properties located in Chiva, Real de Gandia, Gandia and Beniarjo.
The northern coastline of Alicante and the southern coastline of Valencia remain under a red weather alert for heavy rainfall. Earlier in the morning, a red-level alert was triggered specifically for the La Safor area following recorded rainfall accumulations of up to 90 litres per square metre within a single hour.
Additional orange warnings for rain are active across the northern coastline and southern interior of Valencia, as well as the southern coastline of Alicante, while yellow warnings affect the entirety of Castellon province, the entire interior of Valencia and the interior of Alicante. Furthermore, yellow storm alerts are in place for Castellon, Valencia and Alicante, alongside yellow wind warnings for the southern coast of Valencia and northern coast of Alicante, and coastal phenomena warnings covering the northern coast of Alicante and all of Castellon’s coastline. A yellow hydrological pre-emergency alert was also issued for the Vaca-Serpis-Safor hydrological zone.
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