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The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated for this Friday the orange warning (significant risk) for rains and storms that could go locally and accompanied by hail in the metropolitan area, south, vegas and west of the Community of Madrid; and yellow (the first of the three levels of the warning system) in the saw.

The orange warning (for unusual phenomena with a certain degree of danger for the usual activities) and the yellow one begin at six in the afternoon and extend both until midnight.

The most intense rainfall will occur in the southeast of the region and could leave an accumulated rainfall in an hour of 15 liters per square meter in the mountains and 30 liters per square meter in the rest.

According to the predictions of the Aemet, during this Friday there will be cloudy intervals increasing to cloudy or overcast; Scattered showers in the morning and during the afternoon with a tendency to generalize and that could be accompanied by storms.

At the end of the day, heavy, more likely rainfall is expected in the metropolitan area and Henares and in the east of the southern and vegas areas, where they could be locally very strong and with hail.

The minimum temperatures will not undergo significant changes while the maximum temperatures will register a decrease.

The wind will be of east component, temporarily in central hours of the south and southeast more intense; and due to the storms very strong gusts are likely.

Two historic water pipes in three weeks

The southeastern area of ​​Madrid received a great trickle of water on September 15, especially in towns such as Campo Real, Nuevo Baztán and Arganda , where it forced the suspension of the festivities. A few hours later, this municipality received another storm that cut several roads due to the presence of water rafts.

Previously, on August 26, an abnormally damaging storm, with a large amount of hail, swept through the center of Arganda, turning its main axis into a real river that carried vehicles and furniture ahead. The damages affected agriculture (almost all the grape harvest was lost), shops and the Southeast hospital. Losses in the region amounted to 9.5 million euros.

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