Overview
- The orange warning from 7:00 to 21:00 Thursday covers the south Valencia and north Alicante coasts, with AEMET forecasting up to 40 mm of rain in an hour, as much as 80 mm in 12 hours, hail, and very strong wind gusts.
- The Generalitat’s Emergency Coordination Center activated the alert and sent bulletins to municipalities and emergency agencies to ready local protocols.
- Authorities advise people not to cross water‑filled torrents, to drive at moderate speed on main roads, and to avoid parking in flood‑prone spots such as dry riverbeds.
- Yellow advisories for rain and storms apply to the interior of Valencia, the interior and southern coast of Alicante, and the southern coast and interior south of Castellón.
- AEMET expects more rain on Friday and possible storms over the weekend, though the timing and intensity later in the week remain uncertain in this spring pattern.