The intense rains in Malaga caused the Guadalhorce River to overflow as it passed through the municipality of Álora, where several people are stuck In their homes, many vehicles were swept away by water and many houses and an institute were flooded.
As the 112 emergency service of Andalusia reported to ABC, they have received several requests for help from people who say they are stuck inside their homes due to heavy rain, so they have activated the relief operations.
Concretely, one of the trapped people is in his country house in the El Puente neighborhood (Álora); other family He is on a farm near Guadalhorce and there is also a man stuck by the rains in the area of Isla Hermosa (Álora).
The city is “collapsed“and isolated, but there is no news at the moment of bodily injuries, although the situation could worsen if it continues to rain in the area, which, as sources from the local police, is already happening.
More than 150 incidents in Malaga
As 112 details, they have currently recorded some 150 incidents in the province of Malaga. In recent hours they have concentrated between Pizarra and Álora, where there are already a dozen warnings.
In addition, roads are affected by falls stones and waterespecially on the A-343 which crosses this city of Malaga. The heavy rains recorded in recent hours in the province of Malaga have left almost 100 liters in the Guadalhorce River, during its passage through Cártama, and more than 80 liters in Álora and Casarabonela, after a night of electrical storm which continuously lit up the sky. The situation that occurs in Álora can be reproduced in municipalities like Cártama, through which the Guadalhorce River passes.
The mayor of this municipality, Jorge Gallardo, told ABC that he believed the worst was to come and that he was waiting for the maximum flood of the riverwhich is worrying after seeing what is happening in Álora. Likewise, he indicated that local police came to rescue a family in a house near Río Grande. Since 11:30 a.m., the Municipal Council of this commune has activated the Municipal Emergency Plan due to the rains and asked residents not to leave their homes if it is not necessary.
Red warning for rain
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated the red notice, extreme risk, due to rainfall of up to 120 mm in twelve hours in the Costa del Sol and Guadalhorce regions. The red alert will be active at least until 3:00 p.m., emergency services have therefore asked for “the greatest caution” and to avoid travel and travel if they are not strictly necessary.
According to the alert issued by Aemetthere is an “extreme risk” of accumulated precipitation of 120 liters per square meter in twelve hours. This red alert is, for the moment, active between 12:00 p.m. and 2:59 p.m. this Tuesday, while the precipitation should ease in the afternoon. The Andalusian Minister of Presidency and Interior, Antonio Sanz, reported through his profile in ‘X’ that at 11:09 a.m. he activated the emergency phase, operational situation 1, of the Emergency Plan in the face of risk of flooding in Andalusia.
