After midday, chaos reached the city of Malaga. Hundreds of videos have circulated in recent hours on social networks showing that a large part of the capital, as well as the province, This is a flood due to the passage of the DANA.
As reported by the advisor to the presidency of the Junta de Andalucía, Antonio Sanz, a total of 300 incidents in the province of Malaga They were reported to the 112 Emergency Service of Andalusia, the majority of them being in the capital Malaga, where 68 liters fell in just one hour.
The flow of calls was gradual. Although at first they all came from Vélez-Málaga and Coín in rafts, as the morning passed the next warnings came from places such as Marbella, Almogía, Benalmádena or Cártama. However, around noon, all the notices have already started to arrive from the capital, where, without a doubt, the storm is wreaking havoc.
Currently, at the provincial level, in Benalmádena, 15 people had to be evacuated due to the the collapse of a wall in the Don Marcos urbanization. Likewise, as indicated by the Malaga City Hall, the houses closest to the Campanillas river have been evacuated, given the high risk of overflowing if it continues to rain heavily in the coming hours.
Likewise, intercity and urban bus services (EMT) have ceased operations. The Malaga metro has also closed line 2 due to increased rainfall and provides partial service on line 1.
Adif reported that until further notice suspends the circulation of medium-distance trains on the Malaga-Antequera lineand vice versa, at the request of Renfe due to the alert. The passengers concerned will be transferred to AVE trains. No trains are stopped at the moment, according to the same sources.
The rain affected traffic in several roads from the province, although they were resolved; Therefore, at the moment only the A-7075 remains closed at kilometer 31.
Situation in health centers
So far, the situation in the health centers of the province has not recorded any notable incidents, except in the case of the Eastern health zone of Málaga Axarquía, where the transfer of emergencies from the Nerja health center in anticipation of possible flooding. Furthermore, Afternoon activity was suspended in health centers from Nerja, Torrox and Colmenar.
At the Axarquía Hospital, the incidents were motivated by the difficulty for professionals in accessing the health center, which resulted in delays in consultation and operating theater activity.
The other centers in the province do not present, for the moment, water damage, and the majority of professionals have gone to work, which guarantees emergency care and consultations without delay in all centers.
Family doctors who were unable to be present are teleworking, and improve telephone attention today in all centers. In the case of the Coín health center, due to the amount of rain, only emergency professionals remain in the center; the others answer by telephone.
The consultations did not have to be suspended due to material damage; but in some centers they call patients who come from other municipalities and reassign their appointments so that they do not have to travel. This same thing is also done in day hospitals in the province, such as the case of the Regional Hospital.
For its part, the Provincial Service of the Health Emergency Center (Ces 061) has two complete teams (made up of doctors, nurses and Health Emergency technicians -TES- and 2 TES with two UVIS and the Support Vehicle Operational logistics (8 activated professionals), prepared, in addition to the usual teams who all work together with the professionals from the coordination room normally present.
