The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Morenoassured that the regional government concentrates its efforts on Cádiz and the Seville countryside where the DANA “which could cause serious problems.” Furthermore, he asked citizens to be particularly careful in these areas.
It was in this sense that he spoke during his visit to the municipality of Malaga Alorain the region of Guadalhorce Valleyone of the most affected by intense rains, where 176 liters of rain fell in a few hours.
“We have asked, and we insist once again, that all citizens be very careful, stay away from river beds and streams, do not drive, in short, follow the advice we give from public institutions ” he said. , while recalling that in Andalusia the operational phase 1 the emergency situation faced with the risk of flooding. Furthermore, he recalled that the State Meteorological Agency has established a red alert level in Cádiz.
As for Malagathe President of the Council indicated that there were approximately 450 incidents those who were recorded in the last 24 hours, and that a total of 100 people were rescued, and 13 people had to be relocated.
Also in this province, there have been reports of 71 year old manwith previous pathologies, hemiplegia, died in hospital after being transferred “by the shock situation What happened.” He stressed that this death “was not a direct consequence”, but “it is an indirect consequence of these floods, because he had to be rescued”.
The President of the Commission also expressed his dismay and that of the Andalusian people, both in the face of the situation that Andalusia is experiencing, “and above all and particularly, in the face of the damage caused in the sister community of Castile-La Mancha and especially in the Valencian Communitywhere we see Dantesque images and where we see that the number of deaths is very high and unfortunately, according to what the President of the Generalitat Valenciana himself tells us, it can still increase because of the missing.
“So it is a very sad day in Andalusia, in Spain and the only thing we want is that this DANA passes as quickly as possible, that it takes place without major risks and that we do not have to increase it. tragic and painful number of deaths“, he added.
Moreno also indicated that throughout these days the damage will be quantified, “especially in the agricultural fieldpractically from Cádiz to Almería, also to Huelva “with the intention that the Management and the rest of the administrations” will try to make an effort to recover first the infrastructures, the roads that we have cut, which are missing and which generate a lack of communication and then the damage they have caused to the productive sectors in the agricultural field and we will try to help them.
The President of the Council insisted once again that the population pay attention to the recommendations made to them by the emergency services. He said “one cannot understand” that in a situation like this someone would approach a stream or river and, given the warnings, he recommended “don’t leave the house, just don’t leave the house”.
Civil protection alert in Cádiz
Juanma Moreno also clarified that, for the first time, the new alert system reached cell phones in the province of Cádiz. Civil defensewhich warns of the activation of the emergency phase in operational phase 1.
“We had never used it. he reaches the entire population owning a cell phone“, you receive a warning and also with a special sound that alerts you to a warning in which we warn you that they are on red alert and therefore they must be as careful as possible”, he detailed .
Finally, Juanma Moreno thanked the calls and messages from the “Vice President of the Spanish Government, from the President of the Government and, in a very special way, also the call that I received from His Majesty the Kingworried and asking for information about what happened in Andalusia.
