Overview

• AEMET’s red alert triggered ES-Alert messages, school suspensions in 243 municipalities, and the shutdown of major workplaces including Ford Almussafes, Consum stores, Ikea in Alfafar, and Inditex shops.
• Localized cloudbursts flooded streets and facilities, with up to 360 liters per square meter in La Safor, the La Saleta ravine overflowing in Aldaia, and brief road, rail, and power disruptions reported.
• Emergency services logged 257 incident calls since Sunday afternoon, and the alert has now been downgraded to yellow across much of the region as conditions stabilize.
• Rice paddies in the Albufera were inundated during harvest; farm leaders say fields must be drained within about two days to avoid grain loss, even as pumps and floodgates work to lower water levels.
• Agrarian groups report overall beneficial rainfall for citrus, persimmon, avocado, olive and pastures, while warning of localized damage to rice and Benicarló artichokes and calling for overdue hydraulic upgrades, including projects like Algemesí’s pending collector resizing and storm tank.