Overview

• Aemet maintained a red alert for extraordinary danger, active until midday Monday in Tarragona and Castellón and until midnight in Valencia.
• Forecasters warned that rainfall totals could exceed 250–300 liters per square meter between Monday and Tuesday in parts of Valencia and Catalonia.
• Civil protection messages to mobile phones urged people to stay put, avoid flood zones and waterways, and move to higher floors if in low‑lying areas.
• Valencia city closed schools and shut public facilities including libraries, parks, gardens, markets and cemeteries for Monday.
• Initial impacts included the La Saleta ravine overflowing in Aldaia, power cuts in Tarragona and firefighter rescues, with two long‑distance trains delayed and several roads closed in Catalonia and Tarragona; no casualties were widely reported by Monday morning.