The Top Five News Stories from Friday, 10th October in Alicante

TodoAlicante's editorial team prepares a summary of the day with the five news stories that have defined the province's current events this Friday, 10th October.

The worst of storm Alice has passed in the province of Alicante. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has downgraded the rain warning from red to orange on the southern coast. It was late in the afternoon when the national body declared the extreme risk over and reduced it to an important level. Click here to read the full story.

After making landfall in Pilar de la Horadada, the second town affected by the arrival of marine storms was Torrevieja. In less than an hour, the rains poured down heavily, leaving almost 50 litres per square metre in "very little time". Click here to read the full story.

The Alicante City Council has lifted all restrictive measures applied due to storm Alice from 8:00 a.m. this Saturday, following the favourable evolution of the storm and the downgrading of the alert level from red to orange decreed by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) and the Generalitat's Emergency Coordination Centre from 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Click here to read the full story.

The Government Delegate in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, and the Emergency Councillor, Juan Carlos Valderrama, have highlighted that storm Alice "has not caused any personal harm". They also noted that the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) downgraded the rain warning from red to orange on the southern coast of Alicante on Friday afternoon. Click here to read the full story.

The intense rains brought by storm Alice as it passed through the Valencian Community have forced the closure of several road sections in the province of Alicante. The storm has caused flooding, landslides, and water accumulations, particularly affecting the Vega Baja region, where some of the highest rainfall accumulations of the day were recorded, with torrential intensity especially around midday. Click here to read the full story.

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