The Junta de Andalucía has activated the emergency phase, operational situation 1, of the Emergency Plan given the serious risk of flooding suffered by the community due to heavy rainfall from the Dana that crosses the Iberian Peninsula.
“We are closely following the developments and the incidents that are being handled to coordinate aid and needs,” reported the Minister of the Presidency, Antonio Sanz, on his social networks. The Office has thus moved in recent hours from the activation of the pre-emergency phase to the emergency phase in the face of the heavy rains recorded, particularly in eastern Andalusia.
In fact, emergency services responded to 240 incidents throughout Andalusia, from Monday 9:00 p.m. until the early hours of this Tuesday. The province of Almería – and in particular the municipality of El Ejido – was the most affected, with almost half of the recorded incidents (111) due to flooding of basements, garages and ground floors. pavement. The provinces of Málaga (73) and Granada (48) and more particularly Jaén followed with incidents.
As detailed by 112 in a statement, the notices primarily referred to flooding of houses, cellars, basements, garages, as well as collapses and falling branches and trees and moving street furniture, as well as requests for assistance due to stranded vehicles and traffic incidents due to puddles on the road.
The province of Almería has concentrated most of the requests for help to 112, and El Ejido has been one of the municipalities most affected by rain and hail in recent hours, since only between 9:00 p.m. this Monday and midnight there had more than. around fifty emergencies in this city with significant damage to homes and greenhouses.
In El Ejido, the AL-3303 highway was closed to traffic at kilometer 6 and was opened early in the morning, although traffic is still interrupted at the exit to access the A-1050 from the A- 7 at kilometer 818. from Málaga. Incidents also took place, although to a lesser extent, in Fines, Macael, Purchena, Cantoria, Chirivel or Vícar.
The hail also caused around thirty cases due to falling branches, broken skylights, loose solar panels, as well as broken glass and elements of street furniture. The others referred to traffic incidents due to obstacles on the road caused by rain and wind, in addition to anomalies in basic services, due to broken pipes and power outages.
Incidents in Málaga
On the other hand, the rain also caused incidents in other regions of eastern Andalusia, such as in Malaga, where emergency situations were recorded in the capital, in Alhaurín de la Torre, Benalmádena , Campillos, Cártama, Casabermeja, Coín, Fuengirola and Malaga. , Marbella, Mijas, Nerja, Ronda, Torremolinos and Torrox. In the capital Malaga, water entered the Nuestra Señora del Carmen chapel on Las Navas Street.
Landslides and puddles in Granada
In the province of Granada, incidents were reported in Diezma, Orce, Cúllar, Guadix, where water entered through the roof of the municipal theater, in La Peza, Hueneja, Dólar, where a pond of water was repaired in the A. -92 at mile marker 318, Benamaurel, locality where the Cúllar river overflowed at the A-4200 at kilometer 10, La Calahorra and Valle del Zaladí. In Jaén there was a landslide on the A-401, at the intersection with the JA-4205 in Huelma, which made the road impassable.
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) maintains a orange warnings for rain and storms until midday in Malaga areas Sol and Guadalhorce (in the Granada provinces of Guadix and Baza and in the valley of Almanzora and Los Vélez, Nacimiento and Campo de Tabernas, Levante and Poniente of Almería.
Additionally, advisories also remain in effect yellow due to rain and storms in Almería, Granada, Málaga and Jaén until 6:00 p.m., and in Córdoba until 8:00 p.m. Emergencies 112 Andalusia recommends extreme caution and the adoption of certain self-protection guidelines that help prevent risks and guarantee the safety of everyone.
