The squall Aitor has activated this Wednesday the alert -yellow or orange- in seven communities by gusts of strong winds of up to 80 km / h, maritime storm and heavy rains that in Galicia will accumulate up to 80 liters per square meter in 12 hours, reports the Meteorological Agency (Aemet) on its website.
Galicia is in orange (major risk) for heavy rains in A Coruña and Pontevedra with accumulated rainfall in 12 hours of 80 litersaemet warns that in the northwest of A Coruña, the warning will be reached in the northern half of the area. In the rest of the community there is yellow alert for rain, waves and maximum wind gusts between 80-90 km / h, in high and exposed areas.
aitor’ in Ibiza
The State Meteorological Agency activated yesterday the yellow alert in Ibiza and Formentera for coastal phenomena. The Aemet foresees for this Wednesday wind from the southwest with intervals of 40 to 50 kilometers per hour of force 6.
The yellow risk will be activated at 18 hours on Wednesday and will remain in force until midnight on Thursday. Waves up to two meters high are also expected for Thursday.
In Asturias there is yellow level (risk) for rains that will leave 40 liters in 12 hours in areas of the southwest and southwest winds with gusts of 90km / h in the Cordillera and Picos de Europa.
Castilla y León has put the provinces of Burgos, León, Palencia and Zamora on yellow alert for gusts between 70-80 km/h, and warning, also yellow, in León and Zamora for rainfall of 40 liters in 121 hours.
The communities of Cantabria, Basque Country and La Rioja have yellow level for maximum gusts of southwesterly winds which will range between 70-90 km / h; In the Mediterranean, the Balearic Islands remain with yellow warning for southwest winds with intervals of 40 to 50 km / h (force 6).
Aemet warns that with the orange alert there is an important meteorological risk, with some degree of danger for the usual activities, and with the yellow alert there is no meteorological risk for the population in general, although there is for some specific activity.
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