The night passed without almost any emergency in the province of Malaga. The worst forecasts are expected in the morning with a deluge which activated the red alert from 10:00 a.m.. In the meantime, tranquility reigns with the proper functioning of the measures adopted on Tuesday night with 3,000 people expelled along the entire bank of the Guadalhorce river. Of which only around thirty people spent the night in authorized sports centers.
The orientation of the Emergency Plan before Flood risk decided on Tuesday evening, based on technical reports, weather forecasts and in coordination with the municipalities concerned, the preventive evacuation of the banks of the Guadalhorce, in particular of the points of Álora, Cártama, Alhaurín de la Torre, Pizarra and the capital Malaga.
It was not specific populations that were evicted, but rather specific riparian areas. The evacuation took place without incident and the total now stands at almost 3,000 people (2,985) and more than a thousand households (1,074).
The advisor to the Presidency, Antonio Sanz, personally communicated this measure to the Spanish government and benefited from the close collaboration of the state security forces to carry it out without incident.
For their part, the municipalities have set up accommodation areas at the Casa Imagina d’Alora, the GC Hotel in Cártama and the El Limón pavilion in Alhaurín de la Torre, in addition to the Tiro de Pichón pavilion in the capital Malaga , where more people spent the week. night and the Cerralba hostel in Pizarra. At this moment there is only 30 people accommodated: two in Alhaurín de la Torre and 28 in Málaga, the others moved to second homes or to relatives and friends.
The Junta de Andalucía has made itself available to the municipalities concerned to respond to the needs of the evicted Malaga residents and maintains the members of the volunteer groups of Civil Protection and the Red Cross pre-alert meet all necessary requirements to ensure the well-being of displaced people.
Suspension of classes
Among the preventive measures adopted for this meteorological episode are also the ssuspension of classes for today Wednesday throughout the province of Malaga, as well as in the municipalities of Granada Capital, Cuenca del Genil and the coast of Granada.
The closure of activity also affects day centers and people with disabilities, dependent on the Junta de Andalucía. The interruption of activity could also be extended until Thursday, November 14, if the technical team appreciates it.
Civil Protection sent at 10:30 p.m. last night a massive message to cell phones in the areas affected by the red notice Axarquía, Sol and Guadalhorce with a call to exercise extreme caution and follow self-protection advice and to call 112 in case of emergency.
The alert, also known as Es-Alert or reverse 112, is part of the National Alert Network (RAN) and is submitted in English and SpanishL. These messages are sent to safeguard the safety of the population and minimize risks and always require the active collaboration of citizens.
The Junta de Andalucía maintains the emergency phase active, operational situation 1of the Emergency Plan for Flood Risks in Andalusia (PERI). This phase refers to a phenomenon which involves or could indicate damage – or when the Planning Department considers it as an opportunity – and for which the necessary measures are implemented for the relief and protection of people or property.
Operational situation 1, for its part, refers to emergencies that can be brought under control with the use of ordinary means and resources available in the Junta de Andalucía, or with specific support of resources whose mobilization does not require specific coordination of from the central bodies of the Junta de Andalucía. National Civil Protection Systemas established by the new Territorial Emergency Civil Protection Plan of Andalusia (PTEAnd).
Municipalities on alert
Local Emergency Territorial Plan (Ptel), 48 of them in Granada, 29 in Malaga and four in Almería. The Ministry of the Presidency has also reinforced the management and technical staff of the 112 rooms and maintains close monitoring of the situation, through the Technical Group for Monitoring Undesirable Weather Phenomena, headed by the Advisor to the Presidency.
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) activates the red rain warning in the Malaga regions of theto the Costa de Sol and Guadalhorce and Axarquía (from 10:00 a.m. Wednesday until midnight); which is orange in Antequera (from 4:00 a.m. and also until midnight).
In the province of Granada there is also an orange warning for precipitation in the Genil basin and on the coast of Granada from 4 a.m. and all day Wednesday, where intense rains of up to 40 liters per square meter in an hour.
Additionally, yellow warnings are active for the same phenomenon in Ronda (from 03:00 to Wednesday end of the day), the Sierra Sur in Seville, the Subbética of Córdoba (in both cases from 06:00 to 18:00) and the Sierra Nevada and the Alpujarras (from 03:00 to 18:00 (06:00 to midnight).
