El Ebro river It is the largest river in all of Spain and has overflowed its banks numerous times throughout history. In recent years, due to widespread atmospheric instability, these floods have been on the rise. This Tuesday, the Ebro River reached a height of more than 5 meters as it passes through Zaragoza.
In this article we are going to tell you the latest news about the flooding of the Ebro River and those that have occurred in recent years.
Ebro river floods
Just after midday on Tuesday, the Ebro River was already more than 12 meters high when it passed through Zaragoza. The catastrophic flooding caused dozens of people to gather at the Puente de Santiago Bridge in the Aragonese capital to check the exact height of the river, which, according to several retirees, has previously reached 5 meters. In 6, there was one such flood, and the water level exceeded 2015 meters. The entire Macanaz Park was flooded, and the river flooded on the other side.
In recent years, the multiple channels of the Ebro River have caused thousands of hectares of flooding and severe economic losses. The last major flood occurred in 2015, causing the Ebro River to overflow its banks in Zaragoza and reach a higher altitude than expected at the time. Thus, in the early hours of March 2, 2015, the river reached a height of 6,09 meters in the Aragonese capital, at which time the CHE (Central State Research Institute) predicted it would reach 5,50-5,70 meters at the upper reaches of the stream. Several residents of the outskirts recalled this Tuesday that the floodwaters flooded the garage and forced the closure of both lanes of the third zone between Boulevard Catalunya and Puente La Unión, because they eventually filled with water. This type of phenomenon is becoming more frequent, as mentioned in the article about the effects of storm Nuria which has left heavy rains in several areas of the country. In addition, the global warming is influencing the frequency of these floods, making it necessary to take measures to prevent future overflows.
Floods of the past
In 2013, the Ebro River also burst its banks as it passed through the Aragonese capital, although at that time it was less than 5 meters high. According to data recorded by the Ebro Hydrology Office, in April of that year it carried a flow of 1.500 cubic meters per second (it was close to 2.000 cubic meters this Tuesday), and the peak of the flood caused the river to reach a height of 4,43 meters. To understand another flood as extraordinary as the current one, in which the Ebro River flowed more than 5 meters through the Aragonese capital, we must go back to the last century, and it is also important to understand the impact of this flood on various regions.
In the 1961th century, the largest recorded flood was that of 3. The headline on the front page of HERALDO on January 1961, 6,3, read: "The entire Ebro Riverbank Underwater." The river flows through Zaragoza at 4.130 meters above normal water level, with a flow rate of XNUMX cubic meters per second. These historical events highlight the need for a thorough analysis of the floods throughout history to better understand its evolution.
