Overview

• Spain’s Aemet warns of “extraordinary danger,” keeping red alerts in force Monday, with Tarragona and Castellón valid until noon and Valencia until midnight.
• Emergency phone alerts instruct residents not to travel or cross flood-prone areas and to move to higher floors if living in low-lying locations.
• Valencia closes schools Monday and shutters libraries, parks, markets and cemeteries, with other nearby municipalities taking comparable precautions.
• Initial impacts include the La Saleta ravine overflowing in Aldaia, power outages in Tarragona, vehicle rescues in Castellón, delays to two long-distance trains and road closures in Catalonia and Tarragona.
• Forecasters expect exceptional rain totals of 250–300 liters per square meter between Monday and Tuesday morning in parts of Valencia and Catalonia.