The 112 Andalusia emergency system has handled almost 1,000 incidents due to rain throughout Andalusia, the majority of them (760) in the province of Malaga, as reported by the advisor to the Presidency, Antonio Sanz , who clarified: On the other hand, preventive expulsions are increasing to 4,210 in the province.
The advisor indicated that the nnumber of incidents recorded in Malaga “clearly shows where the main situation is concentrated at the moment”. Sanz reported this between last Tuesday’s preventive expulsions and Wednesday’s.
In fact, Sanz addressed the issue 3,000 people expelled last Tuesday in the Guadalhorce riverside area and stressed that the decision was to maintain these evictions. For this, five shelters have been set up, in coordination with town halls.
Furthermore, this Wednesday, 180 people were evacuated as a precautionary measure in the Campanillas area closest to the river of the same name, in the capital Málaga; 80 others in Benalmádena and, at the last minute, “the situation in Torre del Mar (Vélez-Málaga), which had to face the expulsion of 950 people.
Of the total number of people evicted in this urban area of Vélez-Málaga, around 750 people are currently rehoused in a shelter located in the Torre del Mar sports center, which will be managed by the Red Cross. In the rest of the shelters located in various municipalities, Sanz reported 72 people welcomed. The majority of other people evicted went to second homes, friends or relatives.
On the other hand, he recalled that, even if, due to other circumstances, the Maria Zambrano Station in Málaga. Another of the incidents recorded this Wednesday occurred in the municipality of Benamargosa, with the overflow of the river. In this sense, he described the situation as “complex”. In this regard, he reported the rescue of people, thanking the Civil Guard and the Firefighters of the
However, he warned that there were incidents “not every minute, but every second” and he thanked, among others, citizens and municipal councils. “Everything was done in collaboration with town halls“and coordination with them “is essential in all respects.”
Regarding the assessment at that time, he assured that “there was no incident with serious consequences, neither for the risk of people, nor for the lives of people, nor for the health of people.” Sanz said that “important” decisions continue to be made at this time to “always face the situation of extreme risk that we are experiencing in the entire population of the provinces of Malaga, Granada and now extends to Cádiz, Huelva and Seville starting tomorrow.”
In this regard, he stressed that among these decisions are the class suspensionsby maintaining what was done last Tuesday and extending the decision to the municipalities affected by the orange alert.
