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Little by little, normality is returning to the municipalities most affected by water. The province of Malaga has now reached 437 incidents attended to since the storm began. It becomes the Andalusian province most shaken by DANA. The affected municipalities, in addition to Álora and Cártama, also include Alhaurín de la Torre, where 35 people have had to be rescued.
Around 11:30 p.m. civil protection rescued these people in the Santa Amalia area. Also, 20 dogs from a shelter. The Alhaurín de la Torre Youth House has been enabled to relocate them.
In Álora, yesterday, 16 people were rescued and at this time there are still residents cut off because the rural roads are still flooded. The current situation in the municipality is calm, but they continue to have problems in the water network.
The crops in the Guadalhorce region were suffering the effects of the drought, but yesterday, they were flooded, with weeds, reeds, plastic…
In Pizarra, cleaning work has been intensified; there is damage to the main access road to the municipality. The intense rains have caused sinkholes in the asphalt and losses in crops. Félix Lozano is the mayor of the town.
In Cártama, the mayor, Jorge Gallardo, remembers that only those people who have an insurance contract will be able to benefit from State aid. The Civil Guard have carried out a total of 44 rescues of people as a result of Dana.
Situation in schools
The first images that reached us yesterday were from the Abdalajis Valley. The school in that town was surprised by the waterspout, only a few teachers and students reached the classrooms, who were evacuated at midday.
The gym and the staff room, which are the locations located on the 0th floor, are the ones that have been damaged. We are currently working to get these infrastructures back into operation as soon as possible. Cebrián explains to Onda Cero that the municipality was in a very bad state, with the streets full of stones and mud.
Another of the school centers that was affected was the Infaltil “El Puente” school in Álora, where they had to be evacuated.
In that same municipality they are still working to recover normality at the IES Valle del Sol. Surprising images of water falling down the stairs. At this time, teachers, cleaning services and City Hall staff are working to return to normality as soon as possible since today it will remain closed.
