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Following the floods of the weekend of the 17 and 18 December 2016 throughout the community of Valencia from Castellon to Torrevieja but also throughout the region of Murcia which is still affected by rains this Monday December 19, 2016.

Anti-Flood plan Level 2 in Murcia

The region of Murcia activated the Flood Level 2 plan on December 19, 2016 as many streets and municipalities are still under a rainy weather and water is struggling to evacuate.

Roads this Monday 19 December are cut to Murcia, Cartagena, Torre Pacheco, San Javier, San Pedro del Pinatar, Aguilas and Lorca. Also note a motorway cut off due to landslide to access the capital Murcia.

This flood plan is accompanied by a request for help from the Spanish state located in the community of Valencia.

Access to the hospital from the mar menor is also cut off.

Where are the men of the Spanish state against the floods in Murcia ?

These human and material resources are located in the north of Valencia in the municipality of Betera, the region hopes for a rapid deployment but they will not be there before the end of the day.

Indeed for a tourist vehicle it takes 3 hours to do Valencia to Cartagena, surely nearly double for heavy vehicles.

When a return to normal for the Murcia region December 2016

The rain must stop in the afternoon of Monday 19 December and the water should evacuate relatively quickly.

Remember that on flat portions, this region does not quickly absorb the waters! Especially in this season.

The roads will reopen but the damage caused will be definitely repaired only in 2017 ...

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All of Spain is under the rain on this December 17, 2016 but on the south west of the Iberian peninsula the rain is very strong on all the Mediterranean coast.

Flood on the community of Valencia and Murcia December 2016

The mild weather lately in the seasonal normal has just been caught up by heavy rains from Castellon de la Plana to the beaches of Murcia via Denia and Torrevieja.

A dead man this morning because of this storm ! The walker was in Benidorm near the Cala Finestrat in the south of the city. It was carried away by a burst in the water and he is drowned ...

Precipitation during the storm turned around 70 liters per square meter with gusts at over 70 km per hour.

These precipitations caused some damage and many motorists were saved as in Denia near the Rincon river.

Be careful, heavy local precipitations between Valencia and Murcia still occurs this evening and tomorrow in the south west of Spain and in Balearias Island.

The level 2 against flood is declare on all the area of Murcia because of rain and water than can't go away on the december 19 of 2016.

What are these winter rains in the community of Valencia due to?

A phenomenon not uncommon in the Mediterranean during the periods of autumn and sometimes in Spring :

The summits near the Spanish Mediterranean coast retain a cold air and the disturbances arriving from the sea come against this air which cause disruptions on the meeting of the two masses of air.

Note : the weather phenomenon must stop at the end of the day but in the morning of Sunday December the 18th the rain should start again.

Note : Lot of snow in the mountains of Sierra Nevada :) This is the only good news for the weather of the week end in the middle of December 2016 for South West of Spain