Safety

DANA storms and ES-Alert messages on your phone, the 112 number, flood insurance and what to do on the day. For people living in Valencia and on the coast, with figures checked against AEMET and official sites.

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Plaça de Catalunya in Barcelona on an ordinary evening, February 2024. Photo: Matti Blume, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Riots in Barcelona: what to do if you live or run a business in Spain

27 October 2026

The Valencia coast from space on 30 October 2024: clay-coloured floodwater pouring through the Albufera into the sea. NASA Earth Observatory, Landsat (USGS)

What is a DANA? Why rain in Valencia can turn dangerous, and what to do when it does

19 October 2026