In the midst of the chaos unleashed by DANA in Valencia and the concern that this phenomenon has aroused in recent hours in the Balearic community, the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge has shared a tool to check efficiently and quickly if your home is located in a flood zone. By logging onto the ministry’s website, you can access the National Floodplain Cartography System (SNCZI)where updated data on areas at risk of river flooding, among other related information, is available. It is a cartographic map of the whole of Spain, to which numerous search filters can be applied, including one that colors the areas depending on the level of risk.
How do I know if my house is in a flood zone?
In the tool, at the top of the screen there is a “Service Tree” button and, when clicked, a menu will be displayed with all the parameters that can be applied to the search. First, select the item “Areas of significant potential flood risk”, then search among the “Risk Maps”, and there enter the section “Fluvial flood risk T=10 years”. The last step will be to choose the “Risk to population” option, which will apply a final filter to the search and paint in color the areas that have significant potential for flooding due to excess rainfall or flooding every 10 years. It may take a few seconds to fully load the map.
There is no longer a DANA alert in Ibiza and Formentera.
The State Meteorological Agency(Aemet) has announced the end of the alert for the DANA that kept Ibiza and Formentera in suspense since Tuesday. At 11 am this Wednesday, the weather warnings have been deactivated, putting an end to a day marked by heavy rains and wind gusts that reached 60 kilometers per hour. The AEMET forecast indicates that weather conditions will improve in the coming hours, although some cloudy intervals will remain in different municipalities. The authorities remind that, although the alert has ended, residents should travel with caution in areas affected by the recent incidents.
