• Evictions: The Valencia Police order to evict a beach development due to the waves and strong wind gusts
  • Alicante. Winds of more than 100 km per hour, snow inside and closing of the Alicante airport through the storm

The temporary Gloria continues to whip hard in the Valencian Community and has already claimed the first victim. A 54-year-old woman of Romanian origin who slept in the open in a park in Gandia has been found dead this morning by municipal services because of apparently hypothermia . Municipal sources have informed EFE that the woman slept in that public park with her husband for a long time and both had refused to go to social units.

Snow, rain and strong gusts of wind that exceed 100 km / hour keep the entire Community on alert. On the coast they have caused record waves that have reached 8.5 meters high in front of Valencia and since yesterday afternoon 12 roads, the ports of Valencia and Gandía, the Alicante-Elche airport and closed to traffic They have suspended classes in 120 municipalities in the three provinces.

As reported by the Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat, the emergency level Situation 0 has been decreed this morning at snowfall to the regions of the Plana Utiel-Requena, Alt Vinalopó, Els Ports, Alt Maestrat, l'Alcalaten, Alt Millars , Alt Palància, l'Alcoià, l'Alacantí and Rincón de Ademuz, as well as Vall d'Albaida, La Costera and Valle de Ayora.

On the roads that run through these regions there have been some bailouts , specifically the Castellón Provincial Firefighters Consortium rescued 16 vehicles in the Ports region, while in Valencia another 11 were trapped by snow on the CV-390 road in Sinarcas

The strong gusts of wind join the presence of the snow, which have made 135 km / hour and 108 km / h in Finestrat in Barx, while in the city of Valencia it has reached 84 km / hour and in Burriana 89 km / hour.

These strong gusts of wind have caused waves of more than eight meters on the coast of Valencia. In fact, early in the morning , waves of 8.44 meters have been detected in the Valencia buoy , two meters higher than those detected in another episode of storm in 2017 and, so far, set the record, according to Aemet reports. As a result, the promenades of Malvarrosa and Patacona (Alboratya) have dawned completely and traffic has been banned in the area from Avenida del Mediterráneo.

In addition, the Local Police of Valencia ordered yesterday the eviction of the urbanization La Casbah, in El Saler, given its proximity to the sea, and kept the road between Perellonet and Gavines cut, already reopened to traffic.

The Valencia City Council has closed the parks and gardens of the city to avoid risks.

In Alicante, Postiguet beach has also been swallowed by the sea, with waves up to 6.2 meters, and the Arenal de Jávea promenade has been destroyed.

The emergency telephone number 112 has received, until 4.40 hours today, a total of 1,469 calls because of 1,034 incidents related to the winter storm and the stormy Gloria .

The rain has also been intense and has caused the flooding of rivers such as Vernissa, Serpis and Gorgos, according to the Hydrographic Confederation of Júcar, which has already been informed to the municipalities of those areas, and in coastal municipalities such as Altea Seawater has entered private garages .

In the last 24 hours, Beniarrés has already accumulated 130 liters per square meter, Confrides 118, Enguera 94 and Villalonga 88, as reported by Emergencies of the Generalitat.

The emergency telephone number 112 has received, until 4.40 hours today, a total of 1,469 calls because of 1,034 incidents related to the winter storm and the stormy Gloria .

For its part, the Provincial Fire Consortium of Valencia has attended several incidents related to wind on the southern coast of the province, which caused tree falls . The firefighters of Alicante have focused their work on the north coast and the Comtat region, while some municipalities in the north of that province have run out of power .

Snowy roads and outskirts Valencia-Castellón

The stormy Gloria has forced to cut 37 roads , the ports of Valencia and Gandia, and has suspended the circulation of the Alcoi-Xàtiva / Xàtiva-Alcoi Medium Distance line and delays in other sections.

Thus, in the main road network the most affected are the A-31, the A-33, the A-7 and the A-35 , as it passes between Alicante with Valencia and Albacete. Specifically, the A-31 and A-33 in Villena, the A-7 in Muro de Alcoi, in Ibi, and in San Vicente del Raspeig, and in Alcudia de Crespins and the A-35 in Fuente La Higuera, are cut. Canals and Moixent, as reported by the Emergency Coordination Center.

In addition, circulation on the Alcoi-Xàtiva / Xàtiva-Alcoi Medium Distance line has been suspended due to adverse weather conditions without the possibility of alternative means by road, according to Renfe.

In addition, the storm is causing delays of about 33 minutes on other lines such as the Euromed between Figueres-Alicante; the Valencia-Murcia Media Distance, about 15 minutes on the Alicante-Madrid and Valencia-Madrid AVE line due to speed limitations, and a breakdown of facilities between Monóvar and La Encina due to adverse weather conditions has affected the Euromed 1092 Alicante- Barcelona, ​​which stopped in Sax, and the Talgo 1302 Murcia-Barcelona Sants, which stands in Elda.

Likewise, in the Cercanías network, the circulation between Valencia and Castellón has been suspended due to anomalies in the infrastructure of the road due to adverse weather conditions and delays have been recorded in other lines such as Valencia-Moixente, or Gandia-Valencia.

Suspended classes

More than 120 municipalities have decided on Monday to suspend classes at their schools . In the province of Alicante , the municipalities affected by the suspension of classes for today are: Alcalalí, Alcoi, Almoradí, Altea, Beneixama, Beniarrés, Benissa, Benferri, Bigastro, Callosa de Segura, Callosa d'En Sarrià, Calp, Camp de Myrrh, Castell de Catells, Castalla, Dénia, Elda, Finestrat, Formentera del Segura, Xaló, Jacarilla, Xàbia, Vall de la Gallinera, Villena, El Verger, La Vall de Laguar, Taulada-Moraira, Orba, Tibi and Tarbena.

Nor will they go to class today in Senija, Salina, Sax, San Miguel de las Salinas, San Fulgencio, Salinas, Pego, Pedreguer, Petrer, Els Poblets-Setla, Poble Nou de Benitatxell, Parcent, Orihuela (El Palmeral Zone), Onil, Ondara, L'Orxa, Orxeta, La Núcia, Muro d'Alcoi, Murla, Los Montesinos, Monovar, Llíber, Ibi, Gaianes, Gata de Gorgos, Rocamora Farm, Guardamar del Segura, Xixona, Beniardà, Benimantell, Bolulla, Confrides , El Pinós, Polop, Torrevieja, Agres, Alfafara, Banidoleig Benigembla, Biar, Elx (only CEIP Las Baias and IES Tortellano) and Relleu.

In Castellón , the measure affects the municipalities of Benassal, Castellfort, Montanejos, Morella (the students with transport), Vilafranca, Viver (and the IES Jérica-Viver).

In Valencia , classes are suspended in Ador, Albaida, Alpuente, Albalat de la Ribera, Agullent, Aielo de Rugat, Alcúdia de Crespins, Alfafar, Bèlgida, Bellreguard, Beniarjó, Benifairó de la Valldigna, Benicull, Canals, Carcaixent , Castelló de Rugat, Cullera, the Font de la Figuera, Fortaleny and Gandia.

Likewise, the municipalities of Llaurí, Navarrés, Oliva, l'Olleria, Ontinyent, Palma, La Pobla de Farnals, Piles, Quatretonda, Real de Gandia, Riola, Ròtova, Rugat, Salem, Simat, Swedish, Tavernes de la Valldigna, Xàtiva , Xeraco, Xeresa and Vilallonga also suspend them for this Monday.

Caution and tranquility

The president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig , visited yesterday the control center from where the device is coordinated by the storm to ensure that the situation is "under control", although he asked the population for "prudence" in terms of road mobility , which should occur only "in a situation of need" in those regions with "more problems".

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