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Schools, Parks Closed as Heavy Rains Lash Eastern Spain
More than 500,000 students missed classes as schools and public spaces closed amid a red alert for torrential rain after the Saleta ravine overflowed.
- On Monday, the Ravine of the Saleta overflowed in Aldaia after overnight downpours, causing localised flooding while AEMET kept coastal Valencia under red alert, closing schools and public spaces.
- AEMET warned that up to 180 millimetres could fall in 12 hours, and Aldaia faces repeat flooding after the October 2024 floods killed more than 230 people.
- More than half a million students missed lessons on Monday after 243 local councils closed schools, while 64-year-old pensioner Jose Luis Ruiz said `There is a bit of panic because of what happened. People are very scared`.
- No injuries have been reported despite localised flooding from the overnight downpours, while AEMET downgraded alert to orange in other parts of Valencia and the southern coast of Catalonia.
- Scrutiny of warning systems and emergency response has increased after last year's flood disaster, fuelling tensions between Spain's left-leaning central government and conservative regional authorities.
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The heavy storms recorded this early morning in the Valencian region of l'Horta Sud have once again caused the neighbors of Aldaia to fall 11 months after the devastating DANA on October 29. In just 35 minutes, 57 liters fell per square metre, causing the overflow of the Saleta ravine at the height of the Bonaire dam and watering several streets in the urban centre of the municipality.The mayor of Aldaia, Guillermo Luján, explained in statements…
·Madrid, Spain
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As a precautionary measure, schools closed on Monday and more than half a million students in 243 municipalities in Valencia did not have classes.
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