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Heavy rains and river flooding cause several helicopter rescues in Álora (Málaga)

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Heavy rains and river flooding cause several helicopter rescues in Álora (Málaga)

The municipality of Malaga Alora is one of the countries most affected by weather situation which touches different points of Spain this Tuesday. THE Civil Guard makes use of helicopter rescue in the municipality malagueno of Alora to save people isolated at home because of the flood of the Guadalhorce river and that they waited for help from the armed forces on the roofs of their houses.

This is how he detailed it the mayor of the city, Francisco Jesús Martínezwho detailed that this situation occurs in the district of The magnificent island bridgethrough which one of the largest tributaries of the Guadalhorcehe Jevar Creekalthough the rescue team Civil Guard He also allegedly acted due to a similar situation in the neighboring municipality of Pizarra.

“The cause of the overflow of the Guadalhorce River was one of the most important tributaries, the flow Jevar. We have not yet quantified the damage, but we assume that rural roads were severely damaged. “There were 150 liters that fell on us,” said the councilor.

Martinez He also pointed out that even if the rains started in the commune last Monday around 11:00 p.m., the greatest intensity of the rains took place this Thursday morning between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

A temporary shelter has been set up at the municipal sports center of Alora to treat people affected by heavy rains. The Andalusian Emergency Group, GREA, and the Red Cross have their staff in this location.

It must be remembered that the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) The red level alert is active until 4:00 p.m. this Tuesday due to the extreme risk due to rain in this region of the Guadalhorce Valley as in the Western Costa del Sol.

Municipalities like Alhaurín de la Torre either Cartama they have assets Municipal emergency plans due to the heavy rains that have fallen since the afternoon of last Monday.

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