Bajo Aragón and the Aragonese capital, especially the Parque Venecia neighborhood, have been the most affected and with serious material damage by a stormy supercell that crossed these areas yesterday afternoon and whose consequences still make some roads impassable, according to the first estimates of the Operational Coordination Center (CECOP).
The storm came to discharge 46 liters per square meter in one hour in Alcañiz, with intensities of up to 26.6 liters in ten minutes —equivalent to 166 liters per square meter in one hour—, and 54 in the Valdespartera neighborhood (Zaragoza). 19.6 in ten minutes, which would be equivalent to 117 l/h, according to the records of the observatories of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) and which led the Government of Aragon to activate the Special Civil Protection Plan due to the risk of flooding (Procinar) at level 1 to coordinate the operation.
This Friday it will be analyzed whether a new meeting is necessary for this reason.
The first storm front affected Bajo Aragón, where road flooding and damage to some garages and homes were recorded and numerous secondary roads had to be cut due to the presence of mud, pools of water and tree branches.
A house in Alcañiz also had to be evacuated due to flooding and its occupants were relocated to a hostel, sources from the Government of Aragon have reported.
The second front, which had already left some damage in the Ribera Alta del Ebro, reached the Aragonese capital at 6:00 p.m. and caused serious material damage, the worst part in Parque Venecia, where a dozen people had to be rescued by firefighters. after being trapped inside the vehicles.
The third ring road was completely flooded, forming a river of water that swept away cars but did not cause any personal injury. There were also cuts in the Z-40 ring road, at the entrance to Zaragoza on the A-2, and part of Avenida de Navarra had to be cut, near the Augusta Shopping Center.
The María Zambrano school, currently under construction, was affected by a large accumulation of water in classrooms and dining rooms and it is feared that it could pose a problem for the start of next year.
In health matters, a UME from 061 Aragón transferred six people to the Miguel Servet Hospital in Zaragoza and the General de la Defensa, although without serious illness.
A high-speed train heading towards Barcelona was stopped in La Cartuja, when the track was flooded and had to return to the Delicias station, where the passengers were disembarked while waiting to be able to resume their journey.
The municipalities of Cuarte and Cadrete also suffered damage with numerous flooded garages and some industrial buildings that had to close when they were completely flooded and in some cases the intervention of firefighters was necessary to get the workers who were inside without being able to go out into the open. street.
In El Burgo de Ebro, part of the roof of a three-story building fell off and caused the top floor of the building to flood, forcing its two occupants, elderly people, to relocate.
Conditions that have forced the firefighters of the Zaragoza Provincial Council to work throughout the night in about twenty actions in Cuarte de Huerva to resolve the incidents, one of the most urgent being the draining of water in four underground electrical transformation centers that they were flooded and left more than half the population without electricity.
