Raquel DuvaMadrid
12/13/2022 12:01 p.m. Updated: 12/13/2022 3:34 p.m.
Containers and water rafts on the roadNIUS
Rainfall might attain 50 liters per sq. meter this Tuesday There are swimming pools of water on the asphalt and a few parks resembling El Retiro keep restricted areas The Security and Emergency Agency maintains the yellow discover besides within the mountains
“Circulatory chaos. Everything flooded and the superb column of vehicles,” says a neighbor from the Madrid city of Móstoles who sees from her window how the water is flooding a car parking zone positioned underneath her home. It hasn’t stopped raining for the previous few hours. Rainfall might attain 50 liters per sq. meter in Madrid on Tuesday. Which would imply the report for amassed every day rain for December, which was 41.5mm on 12-29-1971.
This meteorological state of affairs, attributable to the consequences of Storm Efraín, has compelled the Community of Madrid Security and Emergency Agency (ASEM 112) to activate the pre-emergency state of affairs of the Special Civil Protection Plan in opposition to the chance of flooding, with Yellow warning for rain. Except within the mountains, the place there isn’t any warning for rain.
In the capital, in some parks resembling El Retiro, some areas have been delimited to keep away from dangers and stop accidents attributable to doable falling branches. According to the newest information supplied by the city corridor from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the firefighters have carried out 64 rain-related interventions. 51 of them attributable to water harm (floods and rafts) and 13 attributable to facades in poor situation or with components vulnerable to falling onto public roads.
In some circumstances they’ve needed to take away leaves and branches amassed within the sewer after being dragged or it has been obligatory to empty the water amassed in garages and basements with hoses.
Public transport customers additionally really feel the results of those precipitations that trigger delays and the buildup of passengers throughout companies.
How can it’s that with the rain all public transport in Madrid collapses? Half an hour ready for a bus, and immediately three arrive in a row. Yesterday some metro strains (just like the 6 that I take) and Renfe with out service for greater than half an hour too.
— GirlBlue (@calatravag_) December 13, 2022
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) warns that the rains will persist particularly within the southern third and that temperatures will improve barely over the subsequent few hours. The skies will proceed to be lined and it isn’t dominated out that storms could happen. The mists and fog banks will attain excessive areas of the Sierra within the morning and the western finish at evening.