The DANA which devastated the province of Malaga this Tuesday and which is still continuing caused its first deathalthough indirectly. It concerns a 71-year-old man who was rescued by emergency services, but who ultimately lost his life in hospital.
This was confirmed this Wednesday by the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Morenowho visited the area affected in Álora by the floods, where up to 176 liters fell in a few hours, causing all kinds of damage.
“There was a deceased having had previous pathologies like hemiplegia. “He was an elderly person who was rescued and taken to the hospital, but due to the cold, hypothermia and the shock he suffered, he died in the hospital,” lamented Moreno, who is awaiting further information.
There is also three other elderly people injured in hospital Residents of Malaga following DANA, although their status has not been clarified.
In total, Moreno clarified that 450 incidents were recorded in 24 hours and a total of 100 people were rescued in the province of Malaga by DANA, 13 of which had to be relocated.
The President of the Council stressed that They will quantify the damage in the coming daysparticularly in affected agricultural areas, and that there will be coordination between Administrations to recover everything that has been destroyed, including roads and other infrastructure.
“We are in a very complicated situation,” said Moreno, who showed his “dismay” at the deaths in Valencia and Castile-La Manchato whom he expressed all his support.
“We are see dantesque images with a very high number of deaths and according to the president of the Generalitat Valenciana himself, it could increase due to the number of missing people”, he indicated.
The Andalusian president once again asked citizens, especially those in the province of Cádiz, now on red notice, “Be very careful, stay away from river beds, do not cross waterways with your car and in the event of a red alert, do not travel directly from your home.”
