Civil Protection sends mobile alerts due to heavy rains in Montsià, Baix Ebre, and Terra Alta.

The forecast for heavy rain this Sunday afternoon in southern Catalonia has prompted Civil Protection to send an alert to mobile phones in the regions of Montsià, Baix Ebre, and Terra Alta. The message warns of the forecast of torrential rains from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. Extreme caution is required, avoiding unnecessary travel and outdoor activities.

Civil Protection has also activated the Inuncat plan alert and has urged people not to approach or cross rivers, torrents, streams, and ravines, and not to go down to basements, but rather to go up to upper floors if water is entering the home.

Civil Protection will issue the alert after the Catalan Meteorological Service raised the risk of rainfall intensity to very high (5 out of 6) this morning in the Baix Ebre and Montsià regions between 6 p.m. and midnight. They warn that 40 liters per square meter could be recorded in 30 minutes in the far west of Catalonia and the Ebro.

At the same time, a rainfall accumulation warning is in effect, with a level of danger of 4 out of 6. 200 liters could accumulate in 24 hours, between 2:00 p.m. on Sunday and 2:00 p.m. on Monday in the Baix Ebre, Montsià, and, to a lesser extent, in the Terra Alta. In addition, showers may be accompanied by thunderstorms and hail or small stones.

Classes suspended in Valencia

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has also activated the red alert level (extreme risk) and warned of "extraordinary danger in the provinces of Tarragona, Castellón, and Valencia during Sunday afternoon and evening and Monday." It also warned that in several regions of the Valencian Country, accumulations of more than 150 liters per square meter could occur throughout Monday morning, and that flooding and flash flooding in riverbeds is possible.

Given these forecasts, Valencia City Council has suspended classes in schools located in flood-prone areas of the city and in the districts affected by the DANA (High Water Dam) almost a year ago. The council has also decided to close parks, gardens, and cemeteries this Monday, suspending outdoor sports activities, while recommending that the rest of the city's schools move their planned outdoor activities indoors.