Orange alert in Camp de Morvedre and Sagunto: no school closures yet, risk of red
Spain's emergency service 112 Comunitat Valenciana is keeping the orange rain alert active across Camp de Morvedre, including Sagunto, from 2pm Thursday to 11:59am Friday, with no school closures announced yet in the district.
The orange alert for rain and storms that Spain's national weather agency AEMET and the regional emergency service 112 Comunitat Valenciana issued for the northern coast of Valencia province remains active across the whole of Camp de Morvedre, the district that includes Sagunto and Puerto de Sagunto. According to El Periódico de Aquí, the episode began at 2pm this Thursday and will run until 11:59am on Friday, with forecasts of up to 50 litres per square metre in a single hour and 160 litres in just 12 hours, along with hail and strong wind gusts.
AEMET's own website explains that an orange-level alert means the danger is significant and that people and property in exposed areas could suffer serious impacts, one step below red, which is reserved for episodes of extreme danger. That distinction explains why, for now, neither the regional government (Generalitat) nor Sagunto City Council has ordered anything as drastic as suspending activities, something that did happen last December when the alert reached the maximum level in the district.
The Generalitat's head of emergency services, Juan Carlos Valderrama, described the situation this Wednesday as potentially very adverse and did not rule out the alert being raised to red in the coming hours, according to the same outlet's coverage of the episode across the Valencian Community. He also noted that the ground is already saturated after several consecutive orange alerts in recent weeks, which raises the risk of sudden flooding even from moderate rainfall. The Sierra Calderona mountain range, which borders Sagunto to the north, is among the areas the regional government is watching most closely because of its terrain.
Unlike other districts in the Valencian Community, no municipality in Camp de Morvedre had decided, as of Wednesday evening, to cancel Thursday's classes. Towns such as Catarroja, Paiporta, Alfafar, Paterna and Gandia had already done so, according to a roundup by eldebate.com. That means schools in Sagunto and Puerto de Sagunto will stay open unless the alert worsens and authorities change course, something families in the district will need to watch closely over the coming hours.
This is not the first time an orange alert of this kind has coincided with unfinished work from the major 2024 flood, known in Spain as the DANA. On 8 October 2025, emergency services activated a similar alert on the Valencia and Alicante coastline and asked crews to step up monitoring of riverbeds where repair works from the 29 October 2024 flood were still under way, given the heavy machinery and staff present in risk areas.
Sagunto City Council itself recalled, during the height of the late-October 2024 flood, that the situation in the municipality remained normal while other parts of the province suffered the worst effects, and it set up collection points for medical supplies, disinfectant and non-perishable food for the hardest-hit towns. That history places Sagunto among the district's least-affected spots in recent major floods, though it does not exempt residents from the usual precautions while an orange alert is active.
Residents of Sagunto and Puerto de Sagunto who want real-time updates can check the AEMET app, the 112 Comunitat Valenciana emergency channels, or the city council itself, which usually confirms any change in alert level or decision on municipal activities as soon as it happens. Families with school-age children, along with anyone who works outdoors or commutes daily between Sagunto and neighbouring towns, are the group that most needs to follow this information closely in the coming hours, since a change in level could alter the school schedule at short notice.
While the episode lasts, councils across the district are asking residents to avoid unnecessary car journeys, stay away from ravines and riverbeds, and remove from balconies and terraces anything strong winds could sweep away. The forecast could change in the coming hours depending on how the storm system develops off the Valencian coast.
According to El Periódico de Aquí, with additional data from AEMET, Sagunto City Council, the 112 Comunitat Valenciana emergency service and eldebate.com on the district's school situation.