The influence of the storm ‘Celine’ and the high tide left more than 300 incidents in Galicia this Saturday with roads blocked, pools of water, flooded shallows, fallen trees and numerous flights cancelled.
The provinces of A Coruña and Pontevedra have been the ones that have concentrated the greatest number of interventions by emergency services due to this adverse weather climate: 149 A Coruña and 92 Pontevedra.
Specifically, in the province of Pontevedra, the Marín highway remains closed from kilometer 1.4 to 3.5 in both directions due to flooding and in the capital of Pontevedra there have also been numerous incidents caused by the storm, as confirmed to Europa Press police sources. In addition, Vigo, Nigrán, Vilagarcía de Arousa or Poio have suffered different floods in different private basements, as well as in public spaces.
For its part, in A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela has once again taken the worst hit, which, as reported by 112 Galicia, recorded flooding on different roads and there were drivers who were trapped by pools of water, again, on the Rúa Fontes do Sar, but also in A Enfesta, under the AP-9 bridge and on Rúa Clara Campoamor. Floods were also seen in the South Campus and the Sar brañas. There, the Sarela River overflowed and the water spread over a good part of the promenade.
The Compostela city council closed the parks, as well as the As Cancelas soccer field, where activity was suspended during the afternoon of this Saturday.
The effects of the storm have also been felt in the city of A Coruña, where the municipal council closed the promenade to traffic and pedestrians for part of the afternoon.
Also in the province of A Coruña, a four-meter wall collapsed in Narón as a result of heavy rains. It happened early in the morning in the parish of O Val and the emergency services had to cut off the passage at the point.
Meanwhile, in Ponteceso, the Anllóns River has overflowed, so emergency services intervene in the areas to prevent damage from this event.
Furthermore, in Vedra, a train traveling along the Santiago-Ourense section collided with a tree as it passed through this municipality in A Coruña. No one was injured, but the seven passengers had to get off the convoy and be transferred by alternative transportation. Adif security personnel organized this transfer.
It should be noted that the coastal towns are suffering from this storm in two ways, since the high tide is added to it, which left promenades covered, such as that of the Pontevedra town of A Illa de Arousa.
Maritime services have also been affected and the service between Cangas and Vigo was canceled until 7:00 p.m., according to the shipping company Mar de Ons.
In Ourense, the capital, and Ribadavia were the municipalities that added the most interventions, while in Lugo, Ribadeo, Foz and Palas de Rei were the towns that required the most interventions from the emergency services.
Precisely, in Mariña Lugo, in Cervo, a vehicle left the road due to a significant pocket of water on the LUP-1510 highway. There were two people injured, although slightly.
Not only has the rain been felt this Saturday in Galicia, the wind has also made an appearance, with gusts that have exceeded 140 kilometers per hour in the Lugo municipality of Muras. Specifically, the station that Meteogalicia has in O Xistral recorded a gust of 146.7 km/h at 3:20 p.m.
In Ourense, 130 km/h were exceeded in Carballeda de Valdeorras and 113 in Cabeza de Manzaneda. Wind gusts above 125 km/h have also been reported in Viveiro — O Penedo do Galo (125.8 km/h h)– or over 110 km/h in Vimianzo — A Gándara (110.7 km/h)–.
As Meteogalicia details in its space of extreme values, the most intense rainfall has been recorded in Caldas de Reis (Pontevedra), 64.3 liters per square meter; Rois (A Coruña), 63.1 l/m2; or Forcarei (Pontevedra), 62.1 l/m2.
Likewise, more than a dozen flights have been diverted or canceled this Saturday to or from the Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport due to the adverse weather conditions recorded in the Galician capital, with intense rain and wind throughout the day. working day.
Thus, since the first hour, flights from Bologna, Geneva, Madrid, Tenerife or Porto have been diverted and arrivals from London, Porto or Palma de Mallorca have been cancelled.
As for departures, flights to Bologna, Geneva, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife or Barcelona have also been cancelled.
In addition, a flight that departed this morning towards Bilbao from the Compostela airport also had to be diverted due to the strong gusts of wind that hit Bizkaia and that exceeded 100 km/h.
Aena has reported on its social networks about an adverse weather phenomenon at the Compostela airport, and therefore tells users to check with their airlines about the status of their flight. Also at Vigo airport, flights to or from Madrid have been affected by diversions or cancellations.
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) maintains an active adverse meteorological episode at sea that affects the entire coast of the Galician community. This orange level alert brings strong winds (forces 7 and 8) and waves that can reach seven meters high.
Furthermore, according to Meteogalicia, during this day Galicia is under the influence of storm Celine, located southwest of Ireland, which leaves a storm situation on land and sea.
Thus, it maintains a yellow warning for rain and wind throughout the territory and an orange warning for sea of ??wind and waves along the entire coast.
For this Sunday, Meteogalicia predicts a day of instability, with changing weather, but in general below warning levels, except on the coast, where waves will continue to exceed four meters.
Meanwhile, the AEMT activates a yellow warning for Sunday due to heavy or persistent rainfall in the southern half of Galicia. Due to coastal phenomena, the alert will be orange on the coast of A Coruña, Lugo and Pontevedra.
