AEMET has issued orange wind warnings for the Genil Basin and Ceuta, alongside a yellow rain warning for Ceuta. The forecast for Wednesday, 11 November 2026, includes gusts of up to 90 km/h in the Genil Basin. The University of Granada’s plan keeps classes and academic and administrative activity running at both campuses, while suspending university activities held outdoors at orange alert level.
The Rector declared the meteorological emergency in a resolution dated 10 November 2026. The contingency plan, drawn up under the university’s Protocol for Institutional Response to Crisis and Emergencies (PRISCE), applies to the Granada and Ceuta campuses from the declaration until the relevant weather warnings end. The university said the conditions could put people and facilities at risk, while disrupting academic and administrative activity; the measure is a targeted restriction rather than a campus closure.
At yellow level, classes and activities continue as normal, with advice to take extra care when travelling and in exposed campus areas such as gardens and car parks. At orange level, the plan calls for extra caution on journeys, including during the general strike, and for outdoor activities to stop, while indoor teaching and normal institutional operations continue. In Ceuta, the yellow rainfall warning is in force from 12:00 to midnight on 11 November, with the orange wind warning from 15:00 until midnight and gusts forecast to reach 90 km/h. Local authorities have also restricted access to parks, gardens, beaches and some open-air facilities, and suspended outdoor sporting, recreational, sociocultural and cultural activities, including those under temporary structures.
The weather response comes amid a wider episode associated with storm Charles. AEMET warnings extended to several Andalusian provinces, with gusts of up to 100 km/h forecast in parts of Granada, including Nevada and the Alpujarra. Andalusian authorities activated an emergency phase of the regional flood plan, while some municipalities suspended classes. The UGR’s plan maintains indoor academic and administrative activity while suspending outdoor university events.
The university’s wider campus activity has also included a meeting with solidarity organisations in Granada and counterparts from Ceuta and Melilla, covered in a separate report. For the weather response, operational teams covering health and prevention, maintenance, gardens, digital transformation and security will mobilise under their own action plans and follow their coordinators’ instructions.
The emergency committee is led by Rector Pedro Mercado Pacheco and includes the Gerente, Miguel Ángel Guardia, who will coordinate operations. Its other members are María del Carmen García Garnica, Salvador del Barrio García, Juan Luis Benítez and Virginia Aparicio Molina. The committee is based at the Hospital Real and can call on other people when circumstances warrant.
The Office of Communication Management is responsible for information under the plan. The university designates one official communication channel, with email distribution lists, social media, its official app and press releases available as secondary channels.
