2,000 Evacuated as Floods Force Helicopter Rescues
Around 2,000 campers were evacuated as record rainfall flooded roads and trapped residents, prompting helicopter rescues and UME deployments, officials said.
- On Monday, October 19, 2026, severe flooding forced the evacuation of around 2,000 people from seven campsites in Oliva, while Spain's Military Emergency Unit deployed to assist with helicopter rescues.
- Storm Adam brought unprecedented rainfall exceeding 600mm overnight to La Safor, with Forna recording 714mm over 24 hours, causing the Girona and Vernissa rivers to overflow their banks.
- Regional Minister for Emergencies Juan Carlos Valderrama urged residents to stay home, confirming that "many people are trapped" as emergency vehicles struggled to navigate flooded roadways.
- The storm claimed two lives over the weekend in Cabrera de Mar and Sagunto, while a RED alert remains in place with six municipalities cut off due to flooding.
- Spain's State Meteorological Agency expects the storm to move northward into Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, as the Catalan government activated Level 2 emergency protocols.
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2,000 evacuated as floods force helicopter rescues
Around 2,000 people have been evacuated from campsites in Oliva, Valencia province, after torrential rain flooded parts of the town and sparked helicopter rescue operations. Mayor Yolanda Pastor said seven campsites in the area had been evacuated as Storm Adam brought exceptionally heavy rainfall to the La Safor area on Monday, October 19. Floodwater has inundated lower parts of Oliva towards… Source
Two people died on the weekend in Spain because of the rains on the Mediterranean coast and in some areas there are people on the roofs of the buildings waiting for rescue by air.
Dana Adam continues to punish with violence the provinces of Alicante and the south of Valencia. In L'Atzúbia up to 700 milliliters per square meter have accumulated in less than 48 hours, which has caused the Valencian Emergency Councillor, Juan Carlos Valderrama, to have asked the populations of Dénia, Pego or Gandia, in the districts of La Marina Alta and La Safor, not to leave the house, not to move or circulate, "please, confinement", has r…
The Generalitat Valenciana prepares an order of confinement for the southern coast of Valencia and the northern coast of Alicante in the face of the emergency.
The situation is critical in Pego, where several people remain trapped on the roofs of their homes waiting to be rescued by air in the face of the severe floods caused by the torrential rains of dana Adam. The most affected area is located in the lower part of the municipality, next to the natural park of the Marjal de Pego-Oliva, where the accumulation of water prevents access to emergency equipment by land.
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