A dozen communities, on yellow alert for snow and rains | Spain

Twelve Autonomous Communities They are this Sunday in yellow warning by snow, rains or coastal phenomena. Castilla y León is the most affected by snowfall and the Canary Islands for the rains. Besides, Temperatures will descend throughout the country on this first Sunday in March. The forecast of the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet) It is that snow in Aragon, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, the Community of Madrid, La Rioja and the Valencian Community with accumulations from very low levels. Castilla y León will be the region most affected by the snowfall, where Ávila, Burgos, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Palencia and Valladolid will have accumulations of between two and 15 centimeters in 24 hours, according to the areas, from 800 meters and that will be promoted throughout the afternoon to appointments of between 1,200 and 1,400 meters.

In the Valencian Community, a risk of rains is expected with accumulations of between 20 liters inside the southern Valencia, which can pass to 60 liters in those areas and in the coast of northern Alicante. In addition, although with low probability, some snowfall can be registered inside Castellón from 700 meters, a level that will rise to 1,400 meters. There are notices for coastal phenomena in the coastlines of Castellón, Valencia and Alicante with waves of up to three meters and 50-60 kilometers per hour, force seven, on the Alicante coast. The same will happen in the Andalusian coastal areas of Almería, Granada and Malaga; and in the Balearic archipelago. The coastal phenomena will also affect Catalonia this Sunday, in the Ampurdán and Coasto Sur de Girona, and the coastlines of Barcelona and Tarragona.

The waves will be stronger on the North Galician coast. There is yellow notice in A Coruña, where winds of 50-61 kilometers per hour of force seven and sea sea will be registered there will be waves up to five meters high.

In Aragon, accumulations of five centimeters are foreseen in dimensions from the 700-900 meters that will rise to 1,400 in Albarracín, Jiloca, Gúdar and Maestrazgo, in the province of Teruel. In Castilla-La Mancha there will be snow accumulations between two and 10 centimeters in the area of ​​La Alcarria that in areas above 1,000 meters are prevented are up to 20 centimeters. The Sierra de Madrid and La Rioja will also be dyed white with up to 15 centimeters of snow accumulated in dimensions greater than 1,000 meters. Above that level will reach 20 centimeters.

For their part, in Andalusia, the authorities have established the yellow notice for rains in the provinces of Cádiz, Almería, Malaga and Huelva, where up to 15 liters can be accumulated in one hour and 40 in 12 hours in some areas. In fact, last Saturday afternoon, two people of French nationality, 78 and 79, were trapped inside their caravan with their two dogs after being surprised by a flood on the beach of Quitapellejos, in the municipality of Cuevas del Almanzora (Almería). After rescuing these two people and their dogs, they were transferred to a security zone enabled by agents of the Civil Guard and Civil Protection. Due to the signs of hypothermia and disorientation they presented, they were evacuated urgently to receive medical care.

In the Region of Murcia this Sunday rainfall is foreseen in the Guadalentín Valley, Lorca, Águilas, Campo de Cartagena and Mazarrón. In the Canary Islands, rains of up to 15 liters will be recorded in an hour in La Gomera, El Hierro, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, which can reach 60 in La Palma in 12 hours.