Storm Adam causes almost 400 incidents and triggers rain warnings in the Valencian Community

Storm Adam caused almost 400 incidents in the Valencian Community between the weekend and Monday 19 October, mainly involving damage to streets and vehicles becoming trapped. The storm also affected the Vega Baja, where the heaviest rain fell in the early hours of Sunday.

In the comarca, Suremet weather stations recorded, by 9 am, 54.8 litres per square metre in Mil Palmeras, in Pilar de la Horadada; 52.9 in Los Balcones, in Torrevieja; and 52.8 in La Florida, in Orihuela Costa. At Torre de la Horadada, 82.2 litres were recorded by 5 pm, according to readings from other stations and over a different measurement period.

Guardamar was under a yellow AEMET warning on Monday 19, from midnight until 11.59 am, for rainfall that could reach 20 litres per square metre in one hour. Across the Vega Baja, the yellow warning remained in place on Sunday after the orange alert was downgraded at 9 am, with up to 30 litres forecast in one hour.

Conditions were more severe in parts of the Safor, where more than 200 litres per square metre fell in eight hours. Civil Protection warned of a risk of flooding in low-lying areas and sudden rises in water levels in ravines and streams. On Sunday afternoon, Emergency Services had dealt with 236 incidents in the Valencian Community, a figure that rose during the storm.

On Monday, the Generalitat sent an Es-Alert to the affected areas, asking people to avoid travelling and stay at home. AEMET and Civil Protection attributed the rain to DANA Adam and the arrival of humid easterly and north-easterly winds. The forecast pointed to less unsettled conditions from Tuesday 20 October.

Article produced by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, using public sources.