ISSUE NO. 1639
1 - 7 December 2016
COSTA BLANCA NORTH
YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
‘Monster’ rainfall By Matthew Elliott Dramatic images evocating hurricane season in the Caribbean have surfaced as the Costa Blanca North experienced its most torrential rainfall in nearly a decade. Hundreds of students were forced to evacuate schools across the Marina Alta as classrooms flooded and emergency services dealt with the very real risk of catastrophic electrical fires. In one fraught 10-minute period on Monday more than 14 litres of water per square metre struck the region causing substantial damage to school infrastructure. Rail and aerial connections between the northern Costa
Blanca and Catalonia were cancelled as the authorities raised emergency alert levels, having already established a yellow alert on Friday when meteorologists predicted a ‘monster’ rainfall. The widespread rains ravaged the entire Valencian coast with almost 100 litres per square me-
tre assaulting key towns and villages in the space of just 24 hours. In Puerto de Sagunto, Valencia, emergency services raced to the scene to rescue a woman stranded on the roof of her car as it slowly sank, the street transformed into a voracious river. Turn to page 4
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