Agricultural roads and public irrigation infrastructure damaged by the October floods are eligible for emergency recovery works under the package approved by Spain's Council of Ministers. The measures cover damage caused by dana Adam between 17 and 19 October 2026. The floods affected Spain’s Mediterranean coast, particularly southern Valencia and northern Alicante, with impacts also reported in the Balearic Islands. The Council of Ministers approved Royal Decree-Law 33/2026 on 10 November to address the damage.
The agricultural support totals €88.7 million. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food can arrange emergency repairs to public-use farm roads and collective irrigation infrastructure damaged by torrential rain and flooding, including overflowing watercourses. EFEAgro reported that €85 million of the allocation is for the ministry’s direct intervention in emergency repairs to farm roads and irrigation facilities. Insured farmers who suffered damage can receive direct aid covering up to 70% of their insurance premium, the maximum allowed under EU rules. They can also get aid for damage excluded from the insurance payout, described as the franquicia. These grants are exempt from tax.
Farmers can also apply for loans under an expanded DANA/ICO-MAPA-SAECA line. The terms include a non-repayable contribution worth 15% of the loan principal, and borrowers are exempt from the guarantee cost.
The decree also allocates €74.5 million to repair and protect infrastructure. Of that sum, €70 million is for emergency works on the Valencian coast, with some funding available for further measures to strengthen the coastline against future storms and climate change under the National Strategic Plan for Coastal Protection. The package also assigns €3 million to the Júcar river basin authority and €1.5 million to the Segura authority for repairs to watercourses and hydraulic infrastructure, including drainage.
The remaining repair funding is divided between the Júcar and Segura river basin authorities. The Confederación Hidrográfica del Júcar receives €3 million for damage to watercourses and state-owned hydraulic infrastructure. The Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura receives €1.5 million for repairs to watercourses and ramblas, as well as hydraulic infrastructure, including drainage damage to post-transfer infrastructure. In Els Poblets, the Júcar authority had already begun emergency works using its riverbed maintenance and conservation budget. Those works came ahead of a planned emergency project for comprehensive recovery and conditioning of the affected public water domain.
For retail, tourism and hospitality businesses, a direct grant of up to €15 million can be awarded to Cámara de España. Each affected self-employed person can receive €5,000; the amount rises to €10,000 for a small or medium-sized company or an entity without legal personality.
Local authorities in affected areas can use surpluses from 2025 through 2027 for financially sustainable investments linked to the disaster, while related spending will be excluded from fiscal rules. The decree also allows additional resources from the Financing Fund for the Valencian Community to pay for repairs and extraordinary costs. In a separate matter involving the region's finances, the government has asked the prime minister to challenge changes to Valencia's 2026 budget law, as reported in the budget dispute.
The tax measures include exemption from 2026 IBI charges for property in affected areas covered by the rehousing provision, plus reductions in the Impuesto sobre Actividades Económicas in affected municipalities or zones. Article 11 of the decree provides Property Tax exemptions and Business Tax reductions for the 2026 tax year for properties directly damaged by the storm; taxpayers who have already paid the relevant bills are entitled to refunds. The state will compensate local authorities for those reductions. Special tax reductions also apply to agricultural activities under IRPF and the simplified VAT regime. Royal Decree-Law 33/2026 was published in Spain’s Official State Gazette on 11 November, when the tax measures became operative.
The floods chiefly affected southern Valencia and northern Alicante along the Mediterranean coast; impacts also reached the Balearic Islands. On 27 October, the Council of Ministers declared Marina Alta and Safor severely affected by a Civil Protection emergency, enabling state aid mechanisms for individuals and institutions in those areas. The package follows the Council of Ministers' 3 November declaration of severely affected areas, covering damage from 45 adverse events across nine autonomous communities between 13 September and 20 October 2026.
