Spain remains on alert due to heavy flooding that continues to suffer. They are already positioned as the most devastating in many decadesaccording to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).
The climate specialist entity determined that The European country experienced an October with a historical record of rainfallwhich produced the fatal consequences. The intense rainfall on October 29 They unleashed a disaster in the south of Valenciaa fact that left at least 220 dead and destroyed everything in its path.
Nevertheless, The situation remains alarming, with 78 people reported missing. However, the government estimates that some of these could correspond to the 48 bodies that have not yet been identified.
Experts point to climate change as a key factor in the increasing frequency of these extreme phenomena. In particular, warming of the Mediterranean intensifies evaporation and favors torrential rains, according to meteorologists.
Rainfall in the Iberian Peninsula averaged 147 millimeters in Octoberalmost double the usual record for this month, according to AEMET data. The town of Turislocated 15 kilometers north of Valencia, was one of the most affected, because in a single day, it recorded the amount of rainfall equivalent to an entire year, establishing a new record. national record with 184.6 millimeters of water in an hour.
This town also was close to surpassing the historical record for rainfall in 24 hours, with 771 millimeters accumulatedvery close to the 817 mm that were recorded in 1987 in Oliva, a nearby town.
The month of October was not only extremely humid, but also warm, where The average temperature in peninsular Spain was 15.5°Cwhich represents a 0.9°C increase compared to the historical average, according to the AEMET.
Valencia continues the search for victims a week after the catastrophe
Authorities were still searching for victims and clearing streets still filled with mud and debris in the Spanish region of Valenciaa week after the devastating floods that left 220 dead.
“We are better, but we are not well,” he summarized Tuesday morning Maribel Albalat, mayor of Paiporta, a town near the city of Valencia, which gives its name to the region, considered the epicenter of the catastrophe with more than 70 deaths.
In this city of 25,000 inhabitantswhich has already recovered drinking water but not electricity in its entirety, “100% of the homes, 100% of the businesses have been affected,” Albalat told public television TVE.
They record losses of €816 million in agriculture
The Joined Llauradora and Ramaderaa Valencian agrarian organizationhas made an initial estimate of the losses for the agricultural sector due to the effects of the DANA in the Valencian Community. The entity considers that the losses are close to the €816 million. The damage is both structural and direct impact on crops and farms.
In the first case, some 172,000 hectares with greater or lesser intensity, and in the second crop there would be some 50,000 hectares, as reported by the organization in a statement.
The crops most affected are citrus fruits, persimmons and vegetables, nurseries and ornamental plants and to a lesser extent the vineyard, where there may be losses greater than the €300 million.
Other crops such as almond trees were already harvested and planting had not yet begun in others, such as cereals and other herbaceous plants.
Source: Ambito
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