Overview

• AEMET maintains maximum-risk warnings for very heavy, persistent rainfall linked to the extratropical remnants of Hurricane Gabrielle over parts of Valencia, Castellón and the southern Tarragona coast.
• ES-Alert messages urged residents to seek higher floors in flood-prone areas and avoid rivers, torrents and barrancos, with classes suspended and telework recommended across affected municipalities.
• Overnight, the Huerva river in Zaragoza and the La Saleta barranco in Aldaia overflowed, emergency units including the UME, firefighters, police and civil protection were deployed, and 112 Aragón logged 1,664 calls and 126 incidents as power cuts were also reported in Tarragona.
• Transport operations were disrupted, with Renfe reporting delays on Cercanías Valencia and Rodalies services and the DGT listing multiple road closures in Valencia, Tarragona and Aragón due to water on the carriageways.
• Local officials in l’Horta Sud and other towns said drain cleaning and sewer upgrades helped contain impacts so far, even as political scrutiny intensified over President Carlos Mazón’s limited public role during the alert.