The overflow of the Vélez river at its mouth forced the evacuation of two campsites and a shantytown in Torre del Mar, in the municipality of Vélez-Malaga (Málaga), the most important city of Axarquía and one of the regions of Malaga that is located this Wednesday red warning for heavy rain.
There, some 800 people. The majority of those affected resided in the Almanat and Laguna campsites, in Almayate and Torre del Mar, and around a hundred live in the slum of Las Casillas de la Vía.
The overflow, which flooded the surrounding fields, occurred around 5:15 p.m. and is linked to the overflow, in turn, of one of the tributaries of this river, the Benamargosain addition to being linked to the flow provided by the streams in the area.
At the naturist campsite Almanatwhere there are bungalows and which is located on the right bank of the river, there were around 350 people. Inside Lagoon Beachlocated on the left side, the number was not specified and in the shantytown known as “Las Cuadros”, live around a hundred inhabitants from around twenty families, according to the source.
He Salvador Sánchez Sports Pavilionin Torre del Mar, has been set up to accommodate evicted people, although the Town Hall is considering the possibility of creating another place if necessary.
Also in Vélez-Málaga, in the center of Trianathe La Moneda stream overflowed and an operation of 150 people set up there, including volunteers from Civil Protection, Local Police, Firefighters, National Police, Civil Guard and members of the Services Operational at the Town Hall. There they proceeded to family evacuation who live closest to the stream and in this case, the town hall has set up the Teatro cafeteria as a relocation point for the victims.
Axarquia on alert
Other parts of Axarquía’s geography have also been affected, such as Perianawhere members of the Civil Guard had to rescue a neighbor trapped in his house.
The road between Torrox and Cómpeta was closed due to the detachment of part of it, notably kilometer 9.6 of the A-7207.
Although it has been reported that the dam in the town of Comares, located in the interior of Axarquía, could break, Andalusian government sources assured EFE that did not happen any breakage of the prey. Furthermore, they stated that there had been no no accident in relation to this installation.
This is one of the diversion dams of the La Viñuela reservoir, spillways that divert up to Vinuela water through a tunnel and when its carrying capacity is exceeded, the dam spills through the fixed lip.
