Spain’s state meteorological agency has activated the red alert in the community of Madrid and Castile-La Mancha, due to the “extreme risk” of heavy rainfall, with precipitation of up to 120 liters per square meter expected within 12 hours.
The areas most affected by the rain, which the agency says could be heavy, are expected to be the south and west of the Community of Madrid, as well as the mountains and the metropolitan area, as well as some parts of Castile-La. Mancha.
The match between Atlético de Madrid and Sevilla, on matchday four of the Spanish football league, scheduled for next Sunday at 6:30 pm local time (5:30 pm in Lisbon), has been postponed due to this prediction.
The announcement was made by the Spanish League, which justified this decision with “the bad weather forecast for Sunday afternoon”, without revealing a new date for the game.
Madrid is on alert due to the forecast of heavy rains all through Sunday.
Madrid’s city council has asked residents of the capital to “stay at home” and only go out “in case of extreme emergency”.
.@protectioncivil @interiorgob extends its warning for heavy rain and storms for next Sunday to Madrid
it has also been extended to the comarca La Mancha toledana@AEMET_Esp#ProteccionCivilSomosTodos pic.twitter.com/Mc5WhlPm6N
– DG Civil Protection and Emergencies. Spain (@protectioncivil) September 3, 2023
Spain’s meteorological authority has put much of Spain’s territory on alert for the rain, predicting more than 120 liters per square meter in the capital.
The capital has closed parks, municipal facilities and tunnels that have an alternative.
Toledo is also on red alert. The regions of Andalusia, Castile and León, Catalonia and the Valencian Community are on orange alert.
The effects of the strongest plugs in the last hours of southern Catalonia are demanding on the population in need of a home. Per la teva Seguratat Seguiix les indications d’@emergenciescat and the rest of the emergency services pic.twitter.com/ANa83JaBE7
– Mossos (@mossos) September 3, 2023
| DANA: Municipality of Santa Bárbara, Tarragona in Spain: pic.twitter.com/oaxjwrPKCt
– Ultimo Minuto News Alert (@AlertaMinuto) September 3, 2023
The agency also activated the yellow alert due to rainfall in Andalusia, Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Murcia, the Basque Country, La Rioja and the city of Ceuta.
In total, there are currently twelve communities that are under some form of warning.
Two people were killed in the Aragon region.
Atlético de Madrid remain runners-up in the Championship, with seven points, five behind leaders Real Madrid, who have already played four games, while Sevilla remain in twentieth and last place, having scored no points in three previous games. disputed encounters. .
Source: DN
