Since early in the morning, heavy rains have poured down on the capital. Something that has left scenes to which the people of Madrid are already accustomed when the weather is adverse: traffic jams and dense traffic on the ring roads and main arteries and problems in the underground network.

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It's raining inside the Metro," Maria posted on social media, attaching a video of what she witnessed while waiting for her train. Despite the fact that during the first hours the network worked normally, late in the afternoon the first lines began to be cut due to water accumulation. Right now, Line 7 between García Noblejas and Cartagena is affected, in both directions. Also on L5, between Pirámides and Urgel stations, and on L2 trains do not stop at Banco de España station.

So far, from 11:00 a.m. to 15:00 p.m., Madrid 112 has managed 271 rain-related files. For its part, the Fire Department of the Community of Madrid has carried out nearly 50 interventions, mainly for "pools of water on public roads", although none of them serious. The most notable occurred at kilometre 10 of the M-406, at Getafe, causing the cut in both directions.

In the same way, the capital's parks have also suffered from this time. The City Council has closed the Retiro and nine other green areas of the city from 15 p.m. to 18 p.m. due to the red alert decreed by the State Agency (Aemet) due to strong gusts of wind.

The parks affected, in addition to the Retiro, are El Capricho, the Sabatini Gardens, the Juan Carlos I, the Juan Pablo II, the Quinta Torre Arias, the Quinta de los Molinos, the Rose Garden of the Parque del Oeste, the Manzanares Linear Park and Fuente del Berro.

Strong wind gusts could blow with a speed of up to 62 kilometers per hour. From 18 p.m. to 21 p.m., the yellow alert will be activated and, from 21 p.m., it will change to orange, restricting access to children's areas, sports areas and the elderly.

In the case of El Retiro Park, the facilities will remain closed from the activation of the red alert until municipal staff check the safety of the trees. The rest of the parks will open as the situation of the trees is reviewed.

Although the most curious image of the day has been seen in Goya, in Narváez street, next to the Corte Inglés, where a kind of geyser has formed. At first, passers-by thought it could be a burst pipe, but no. In reality, it was steam, as technicians from the Canal de Isabel II explained to this newspaper: "It is water that falls through the ventilation grille of the Metro and evaporates".

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