The rain and the hail tarnish on May 2 in Madrid and complicate the return of the bridge in several communities

The Fire Service of the Community of Madrid has managed this Monday a total of 29 files related to the strong hail storm that has unloaded in the early afternoon in the southwest of the region, mainly in the towns of

and

.

But the cold front has also affected other communities such as Valencia, where intense episodes of hail have been experienced in the interior of the province of

.

Specifically, the rain and hail storm in Madrid started shortly after 2:00 p.m. in the southwestern area of ​​the region, entering through

, and moved through the southern area until entering Madrid through the

area .

As a result of the hailstorm, the Community Firefighters have carried out a total of 16 interventions as a result of the rain and hail, which has stopped falling around 4:00 p.m., according to data provided to Europa Press by a spokesman of Emergencies 112 Community of Madrid.

The main incidents have been recorded in the towns of

, although none of them have been serious and they have mostly been quick results.

Fundamentally they have been related to flooding on public roads, garages and homes due to flooding of sewers and drains and accumulation of water that has formed pockets.

In Leganés, the fall of the wall of a chalet has also been recorded, although no injuries or major damage have been recorded.

Likewise, some of the interventions have also been motivated by branches falling onto public roads.

They activate the orange alert for rains and storms in the southern interior of Valencia

The

has activated the orange level pre-emergency for rains and storms in the southern interior of the province of

, which adds to the yellow level risk due to rains in the interior of

, the northern interior and the southern coast of Valencia and the interior and north coast of

, and the warnings for storms in the interior of

, the interior north and south coast of Valencia and the interior and south coast of Alicante.

on Monday afternoon

.

In particular, it has focused on the border area between the interior south of Valencia and north of Alicante.

The storms have hit hard in mountain areas, where some small hail has even fallen in towns such as Planes and Agres.

Specifically, in the district of Catamarruch, about 15 l/m2 have been collected in a few minutes.

Also in Muro, lightning has struck a tree and has caused a small fire in the branches.

The situation of instability is now advancing towards the

and the north of

after passing through the border area between the southern interior of Valencia and the north of Alicante, the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has reported.

The storms have been accompanied by numerous electrical devices, especially in areas south of Valencia and north of Alicante.

Specifically, rainfall of up to 20.8 l/m2 has accumulated in

, 17.8 l/m2 in

, 17.4 l/m2 in

and

, according to data from Avamet collected by the Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat.

So far, for their part, the fire consortiums of the three provinces have not carried out services related to the rains.

Looking ahead to this Tuesday, the yellow level warnings for rain and storms will extend to the entire Valencian Community, when locally strong and persistent widespread rainfall is expected.

Conforms to The Trust Project criteria

Know more