The intense rains caused by DANA early in the morning and on Tuesday morning generate multiple incidents throughout the province of Malaga, particularly in the Guadalhorce valley, where a high-speed train derailed and the flooding caused by the flooding of the river dragged dozens of vehicles. The number 112 brought the rain warning for the Costa del Sol and the Guadalhorce region to the red level until three in the afternoon.
A bogie from the front cabin of a Malaga-Madrid high-speed train left the track during its passage through Álora, without causing any injuries. The travelers, numbering 291, will be transferred to another group sent from Malaga. Traffic between Bobadilla and Almargen has also been interrupted due to weather conditions in the area, which affects trains running between Bobadilla and Algeciras.
Videos are circulating on social networks in which we see dozens of cars dragged by the Guadalhorce River as it passes through Álora (13,512 inhabitants) and Pizarra (9,886), the municipalities most affected by the spill. Large areas of land are flooded, as these images show. Schools and homes also suffered from flooding.
The river is reaching its maximum capacity in several places. At noon it was at the red level at the Paredones crossing, although with a downward trend, according to the hydrological information system of the Hidrosur network. Shortly before one o’clock it was about to touch the bridge deck as it crossed Cártama, just 20 kilometers from the mouth, and fell to 5.05 meters in Paredones (red level) and to 4.19 meters at Estación de Cártama (orange level). ). The Guadalteba River in Teba (3.36 m), the Turón in Ardales (2.52) and the Almanzora in Serón (Almería), at 1.76, were also at the red level.
The Piedras stream has overflowed in the Abdalajís Valley and flooding is also occurring in some areas of Antequera. The rains were also intense in the capital of Malaga, in some places where almost 100 liters per square meter were collected in twelve hours, with particular incidence in areas like Puerto de la Torre and Ciudad Jardín.
Data from the Hidrosur network, which has problems updating its server, collects more than 120 liters per square meter accumulated in twelve hours in the Paredones dam (158.7), La Enchanted, the Guadalteba reservoir or the lagoon from Fuente Piedra, and 101 in the Guadalhorce River which crosses Cártama.
