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Una calle inundada de un pueblo costero mediterráneo con equipos de emergencia con chalecos reflectantes junto a sacos de arena.
Calle costera anegada por la dana con equipos de emergencia desplegados. · Imagen generada EPM

Dana Adam leaves one dead and areas under a red warning

Dana Adam left a woman dead after she was swept away by the stream in Cabrera de Mar and keeps Valencia, Alicante, Ibiza and Formentera under a red warning…

--- The context --- The first major dana of the autumn, dana Adam, is striking the Mediterranean coast this Sunday together with humid winds from the Mediterranean Sea. According to the spokesperson for the State Meteorological Agency, Rubén del Campo, that combination creates an adverse situation in Andalusia, Murcia, the Valencian Community, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, with red and orange warnings for intense rain. --- The facts --- Emergency teams located this morning at sea the body of the woman who disappeared yesterday in Cabrera de Mar, about 6 kilometres from the point of disappearance, according to the Bombers de la Generalitat. The woman was swept away by the stream at about half past seven in the evening while walking with her husband and her two children near the municipal pavilion. In Catalonia, two people were rescued after becoming trapped by water inside a car in Sentmenat. Valencia, Alicante, Ibiza and Formentera remain under a red warning for extraordinary danger. In those areas, more than 300 litres per square metre may accumulate in less than 24 hours. Under an orange warning are areas of Seville, Málaga and Cádiz, the coast of Granada and Almería, Murcia and Mallorca, where more than 50 litres per square metre could fall in one hour and more than 150 litres per square metre in 12 hours, which in the Balearic Islands could fall in 5 or 6 hours. --- The positions --- The Aemet spokesperson stressed that it is essential to follow Civil Protection warnings and recommendations, not to leave home, to avoid flood-prone areas and to stay away from watercourses and torrents. In the Balearic Islands, the Civil Protection alert reached mobile devices in Ibiza and Formentera at 11.21 due to an imminent flood risk, and was repeated at 11.46 to suspend outdoor activities. --- What remains unknown --- In Andalusia, 89 incidents were recorded during the early hours, 73 of them in the province of Málaga, with part of a roof fallen at the El Palo health centre and flooded areas in the capital without personal injuries. In Alicante a waterspout formed without material damage and there are flooded streets in Denia, while Catalonia concentrates effects in La Selva, Maresme, the Vallès, Barcelonès, Baix Llobregat, Garraf and Granollers. The damage toll is still unknown. --- Unanswered questions --- How long will the very high flood risk last through the afternoon, the early hours and the first hours of Monday? What final damage will the storm leave once the count of incidents is complete? How will Monday storms evolve in Andalusia, on the Valencian coast and in Catalonia before instability decreases from Tuesday? --- EPM analysis --- The seriousness lies not only in the total rainfall, but in its concentration within a few hours over streams, watercourses and coastal streets saturated. The death in Cabrera de Mar shows the risk of approaching a swollen stream, and the suspension of outdoor activities in Ibiza and Formentera reflects that authorities are prioritising reduced exposure while the red warning remains active. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the immediate priority is to protect lives before property, because the red warning describes an extraordinary danger and the forecast amounts exceed what streets, streams and watercourses can absorb without overflowing in the areas identified. Residents of Valencia, Alicante, Ibiza and Formentera should stay at home, stay away from flood-prone areas and heed every warning from Civil Protection and Aemet during the afternoon and the early hours. No outdoor activity justifies exposure to a rise like the one recorded in Cabrera de Mar.
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