The strong waves and wind gusts that are causing the passage of the storm Gloria as it passes through the coastal front of the Valencian Community has forced the Local Police of Valencia to order the confinement inside their homes to the neighbors of Perellonet, a hamlet located in the coastal strip of the south of the city. In addition, the agents have asked the residents of the beachfront homes of La Casbah, an urbanization of El Saler, to abandon them due to the strong waves and wind gusts of more than 100 kilometers per hour.

The Casbah is located in an area very close to the sea and has been usually affected by the storms to the point that on previous occasions the sea has swallowed the promenade that acts as a brake to the waves. Due to the existence of waves of more than six meters, as reported by the Spanish Meteorological Agency (Aemet), the Police has decided to evict the neighbors from the homes closest to the sea to avoid personal injury.

The storm has already left numerous incidents in the Valencian Community due to rainfall and wind. The interior of the province of Castellón, in fact, has registered this morning the first snowfall that has led the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) to establish the red level of traffic on some roads such as those that run through the municipality of Morella and other points of the road network of the province of Castellón.

According to sources from the DGT to Efe, the affected section includes kilometers 71 to 83 of the N-232, at the accesses to Morella, and the circulation of trucks and articulated vehicles has been prohibited.

The DGT has also decreed the red level on the CV-15 in both directions at the height of Ares.

In addition, the Generalitat Valenciana has reported that the snow has caused the cut to the traffic of five roads in the regions of Els Ports and l'Alt Maestrat, in the interior of Castellón, and in the Plana de Utiel-Requena, in Valencia , while the maritime storm has caused the closure of the port of Gandia.

The roads on which traffic has been prohibited are: the CV-391 of Requena al Remedio by Villar de Olmos for the snow, the CV-392 on the stretch of Utiel to Las Nogueras, the CV-111 in Vallibona, the CV -121 in Olocau del Rey and the CV-120 from Villafranca to Castellfort.

As reported by the Generalitat, the use of chains is necessary in the CV-109 Boixar-Coratxà, CV-110 in Herbés, CV-117 from Chiva de Morella to Morella, CV-12 from Ares del Maestrat to Morella, CV-122 from Todolella to Olocau del Rey, CV-124 from Cinctorres to Ares del Maestrat, CV-125 Cinctorres-Portell de Morella, CV-15 in Ares del Maestrat, CV-166 Culla-Benassal, CV-170 Vistabella, CV-173 in Villafranca del Cid, CV-241 from Sacañet to Canales, and on the N-232 in Morella.

The Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat has also reported that provincial consortium of Firefighters of Valencia has had to address various incidents due to wind in the municipalities of Cullera and Gandia.

In the interior of Alicante the first snowflakes have arrived and the firefighters of the provincial consortium of Alicante have had to attend a vehicle blocked by the storm between Benisili and l'Orxa.

The Port Authority of Valencia has also informed that the port of Gandia has been closed since 3.20 pm due to weather and oceanographic conditions.

Renfe, on the other hand, warns that as a result of the inclement weather there may be delays in rail traffic.

The storm has also caused several vehicles to be trapped by snow on the roads of towns such as Sinarques (Valencia), Vallibona and Port de Querol (Castellón), as reported by 112. On the one hand, members of the Provincial Consortium of Valencia firefighters have intervened when 11 vehicles have been blocked on the CV-390 in Sinarques. They have also acted in Puçol for the fall of a tree.

Similarly, the provincial firefighters of Castellón have assisted several vehicles trapped by snow in the area of ​​Vallibona and Port de Querol. The consortium personnel attend incidents in the regions of Els Ports, Alt Maestrat and Alcalatén.

The bodies and security forces have asked for caution on the roads and prevent movement if it is not necessary at the points affected by the storm.

39 snowblower

The Ministry of Territorial Policy, Public Works and Mobility has activated the means and protocols necessary to deal with the snowfall that may occur in the provinces of Castellón, Valencia and Alicante during the snowstorm this Sunday and Monday. Thus, it has mobilized a fleet of 39 snow plows and has prepared a stockpile of 499 tons of salt and 105,000 liters of brine .

The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has issued for Sunday 19 and Monday, January 20, 2020 a warning bulletin for snowfalls of Red level in the provinces of Valencia and Alicante and orange level in Castellón, the Generalitat recalled in a release.

Councilor Arcadi Spain has asked "a lot of caution" for drivers on the road and has urged "avoid unnecessary travel" and "always follow the instructions of emergency services".

Airport

Meanwhile, the very adverse forecasts regarding rains and wind of the 'Gloria' storm have led to a precautionary decree the operational closure after 1 pm and during a full day of the international airport of Alicante-Elche, the fifth of Spain in number of passengers.

Sources of Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA) have reported that the measure has been adopted as a security measure because of the red level declared by the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) for the storm.

This situation occurs a few days after the Alicante airport was closed about 24 hours by the fire of one of the decks of the boarding area.

In this way, the Alicante airport "will not accept traffic between 13 hours today and 13 tomorrow," according to AENA.

The AEMET keeps the red warning - of extreme risk - for snow and coastal phenomena both in areas of Valencia and Alicante by winds of the northeast of force nine and occasionally ten, which will cause waves of 7 to 8 meters, with "high impact" on promenades and coast lines oriented to the northeast.

In addition, snowfall is expected that can leave snow accumulations of up to 20 centimeters above 600 meters in areas of the northern and inner coast of Alicante and in the southern interior of Valencia in 24 hours.

Device in Valencia

The Local Police of Valencia has established a special device consisting of 74 agents from the Coexistence and Security Unit (UCOS) and District Units to attend to people without resources, distribute blankets and try to accommodate anyone who requires it in municipal shelters , before the arrival of the temporary 'Gloria'.

In collaboration with the Red Cross and in the face of the heavy rains, winds and cold that are expected in the city, all the troops that have the Coexistence and Security Unit (UCOS) are prepared to assist people without resources before the " drastic "thermal decline expected from this Sunday.

Agents of the UCOS will distribute blankets and act jointly with SAUS to accommodate people who require it in municipal shelters. This is the second time that this special operation is launched during this year, the session explained in a statement.

The special device is coordinated with the Social Services of the Valencia City Council and the Red Cross team also collaborates there.

The Councilor for Citizen Protection of the Valencia City Council, Aarón Cano , highlighted the "excellent collaboration with the Municipal Social Services" that allows "daily monitoring of all those people are homeless."

Likewise, he explained that this is the second occasion in which all the troops that UCOS has at night intervene before the "so steep drop in temperatures" , after last weekend another device was launched when registering temperatures below five degrees in the city of Valencia.

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