Houses located on the banks of the Campanillas River, in Malaga, are being evacuated preventively due to a possible overflow of their waters due to the heavy rains hitting the province, as reported by Malaga City Hall on its social networks.
“Taking into account the possible overflow of the Campanillas River due to the intensification of the rains between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., following the instructions of the Junta de Andalucía, the homes located on the banks of the said river, in the municipality of Campanillas, will be evacuated .” , reads the message.
Furthermore, the Malaga City Council reported that last night, in accordance with the provisions of the Andalusian Government, members of the Local Police, the National Police and the Civil Protection carried out yesterday evening the eviction of the houses located on the banks of the Guadalhorce river, as it passes through Malaga. A total of 28 people were transferred to the Tiro Pichón municipal sports center, where they spent the night, while others were relocated on their own. Currently, 16 people remain in municipal facilities. The Red Cross helped by providing beds and blankets.
In addition, 15 people were evicted in Benalmádena due to the collapse of a wall in the Don Marcos urbanization, near the Miel stream, as reported by the 112 Andalucía emergency system. The Costa del Sol town hall also reports that nine homeless people on the streets have been transferred to shelters in Malaga.
The Junta de Andalucía has allowed, in collaboration with the town halls five inns in the province of Malaga to attend the nearly 3,000 people expelled preventively building a thousand homes on the banks of the Guadalhorce in the areas of Álora, Cártama, Alhaurín de la Torre, Pizarra, Cerralba and the capital Málaga. It was not specific populations that were evicted, but rather specific riparian areas. At the moment only 30 people are accommodated, 28 in the capital and two in Alhaurín de la Torre. The others moved to second homes or to family and friends.
The Commission has made itself available to the municipalities concerned to respond to the possible needs of evicted residents and keeps members of the Civil Protection and Red Cross volunteer groups pre-alert to meet all the necessary requirements to guarantee the well-being of residents. displaced residents.
Faced with the strong storm, the President of the Council, Juanma Moreno, wanted to clarify that if the “collaboration” of the army was necessary, it would not take “even a minute” to ask it to repair possible damage.
In addition, the Andalusian leader defended that some 350,000 primary, secondary and university students did not go to class this Wednesday in the provinces of Malaga and Granada due to the risk of flooding due to DANA. “What we are doing is minimizing the impact in terms of loss of life, which is the most important thing. Prevention before cure, and we have already seen this in Valencia,” he stressed.
