THE storm Berenice left a significant flow of water in many points of the province of Cordoba thanks to an intense day of rain – especially from early morning until early afternoon – which gave rise to a total of 29 incidents, according to the 112 Andalucía Emergency Center.
Yes, there was an injury to Fuente Obejuna, an 18-year-old who was on the field and was hit by lightningtransported conscious by his own means to a health center (his condition is unknown).
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Aguilar de la Frontera 13.2 liters/m2
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Benamejí 6.8 liters/m2
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Cardena 40.4 liters/m2
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Guadanuño tank 58.6 liters/m2
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Córdoba-Prágdena 11 liters/m2
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Cordoba Airport 23.3 liters/m2
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Doña Mencía 9.2 liters/m2
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Espiel 76.8 liters/m2
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Palmera Fountain 33.2 liters/m2
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Hinojosa del Duque 47 liters/m2
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La Rambla 13.6 liters/m2
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Montoro 16.2 liters/m2
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Priego de Córdoba 0.6 liters/m2
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Valsequillo 35.4 liters/m2
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Villanueva de Cordoba 49 liters/m2
Even though the forecasts were worrying, with a red level alert in the North of the province of Córdoba, orange in the Campiña and yellow in the south, in addition to the fact that the Junta de Andalucía activated this Friday the Emergency Plan against flooding in phase 0 for Córdoba and Seville, finally the rain was constant but without significant damage, with the exception of flooding of basements, homes, streets or overflowing of streams, rivers and increases in the level of certain reservoirs such as that of Bembézar in Hornachuelos.
Fuente Obejuna, Belmez, Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo, Córdoba and Dos Torreswhere the Guadamanilla stream overflowed and where there were problems on the N-502 and CO-7409 roads, were the points in the province of Córdoba with the most problems, according to 112 data.
We will have to wait the next 24 and 48 hours to know the exact extent of this rain in the reserves of the Cordoba Marsheswhich will receive a significant contribution from the last precipitations of last spring.
And then there is the effect on the ground, The olive and orange harvest campaign is about to begin (with a high number of workers), where these rains will be very good for the improvement of the fruits and a harvest where the official capacity of the Office leaves 80% extra olive oil. production.
We will have to wait the next 24 and 48 hours to know the exact extent of this rain in the Cordoba marsh reserves.
Thus, the report from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) for this Saturday, October 12 leaves a streak of rain in the fifteen municipalities which have official measurements from the state entity where Espiel took the cake with almost 77 liters per square meter. It is the third point in Andalusia where the most water has been collected, behind Guadalcanal in the Sierra Norte of Seville (110 liters) and La Puebla de los Infantes (99 liters per square meter).
Other rains were observed, in accordance with Aemet forecasts, in the northern strip of the province of Córdoba and Sierra Morena than in the South. So, for example, in the Guadanuño Reservoir, In Obejo district, 58.6 liters were collected, of which 49 were in Villanueva de Córdoba and 47 in Hinojosa del Duque; or the 35.4 of Valsequillo.
In Capital of Córdobaon Saturday it closed with a balance of 23.3 liters per square meter according to the Airport Observatory, while in Fuente Palmera 33.2 liters were reached and in Montoro 16.2. The South is far away: Benamejí with 6.8 liters and Doña Mencía with just over 9 liters. For the day of this Sunday Aemet indicated yellow level warning throughout the province of Córdoba until 3:00 p.m. with a high probability of 40 liters in the last twelve hours.
