The presence of a new DANA has put into alerts much of the country. At the moment, the most affected area is the Andalusian province of Málaga what is with red notice due to heavy rains.
The storm in this province has caused housing evictionscuts of the bus and metro lines of the capital and the high and medium speed services of the Málaga-Madrid-Málaga and Antequera-Málaga lines. They have also been canceled judicial activity both in Malaga and in the province of Granada.
On the other hand, it has mobility restriction in Catalonia, school suspension in the Valencian and Catalan Community.
The General Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergencies of the Ministry of the Interior has warned that DANA will leave very heavy to torrential rains on the Mediterranean coasts and western Andalusia until Friday, November 15so he asks citizens for caution.
Eviction of houses in Malaga
The heavy rains in the province of Malaga have flooded the center of the capital. In turn, the City Council has reported that before the possible overflow of the Campanillas river Homes in the Malaga district of Campanillas located near the river are being evicted. For the moment, they have been evicted more than 3,000 people. It is also expected that the Guadalhorce River overflows between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Los health centers assigned to the Málaga-Guadalhorce Health District will close your doors and will remain open urgent pointswhich will begin their activity at 3:00 p.m., as reported by the Andalusian Government. He Clinical Hospital of Malaga has activated the Flood Emergency Planso the center has explained that it will only be operational for the Urgent and emergency care. Initially, the most affected area was the Clinical Analysis Laboratory and some areas of the parking lot.
Also in this province there have been suspended judicial proceedings scheduled for this day in the corresponding judicial bodies of Estepona, Marbella, Fuengirola, Torremolinos, Coín, Málaga, Vélez-Málaga and Torrox. At the same time, judicial activity has been canceled in the courts of the Granada municipalities from Almuñécar and Motril.
On the other hand, they have closed several roads in the Malaga area. Specifically, these are the A-355 in Coín, the A-7054 in Málaga and the A-7054 in Campillos. Due to adverse weather conditions the medium distance circulation between Málaga-Antequera has been canceled and also the high-speed services of the Málaga-Madrid-Málaga and Málaga-Alora lines.
The Malaga City Council has reported that all bus lines have been suspended of the EMT in the capital and the service of lines 1 and 2 of the metro of the capital. In it airport of the city a flight has been canceled y five have been divertedaccording to Aena sources. Likewise, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has reported on the suspension of all railway services in Malaga due to heavy rains.
Many shops have closed y big companies have chosen do not open to the public its centers in this Andalusian province such as Carrefourwhich was later added The English Court. In the towns of Coín and Vélez-Málaga, the rains have caused accumulations of water ponds on public roads that have reached homes and premises and have caused problems in the sewage and flooding of patios and basements, while in Marbella, Benalmádena and Almogía specific incidents have been recorded.
The 112 Andalucía Emergency system has attended, for the moment, more than 450 incidents due to the rains in the provincemost of them in the capital. On the other hand, a tornado has taken ahead the terrace and laundry room of a gas station in La Cala de Mijas (Málaga) and has caused damage on the roofs of several homes in the residential area of La Noria, according to sources from the local Fire Department.
Following this line, the Almería town hall has communicated through its social networks that, given the decrease in water from the mountains, the Local Police have cut off access to the Andarax River from the Almeria neighborhood of El Puche to its mouth.
The Government of Andalusia has also suspended classes in Malaga and Granada due to the risk of flooding due to rain.
Flooded roads, snow and pools of water in Granada
The rains recorded during the day on Wednesday are also conditioning circulation on several roads of the province of Granada. Provincial and regional roads are suffering from flooding or pools of water, which is why they are partially or totally closed to traffic.
According to the DGT, the situation on Granada’s roads has become more complex as the hours go by. To the total cut at kilometer 15 of the GR-4104the highway that connects Benalúa with Bejarín and on which a bridge collapsed with the heavy rains of last October 30, has also added the complete closure of the highway A-385as it passed through Alhendín, due to the flooding of the road for four kilometers.
That same road also has flood closures as it passes through Santa Fe, so maintenance personnel are diverting traffic to safer areas. Flooding has also been recorded on part of the A-385, from kilometer 11.9 and as it passes through the municipality of Las Gabias, which remains closed and in this case without an alternative route option. The overflowing of a nearby river has also affected the GR-3401 highway in Valderrubio.
The storm has also caused damage to low houses, garages and basements in Las Gabias and La Malahá which add to a rockfall at the access to Íllora. Although at the moment neither evictions nor rescues have been recorded, the Cacín River is very swollen as it passes through Huétor Tájar and the water has flooded the road on the A-328 as it passes through Loja, which has also been closed to traffic.
The ice is also making an appearance, forcing the closure of more than seven kilometers of the A-4025one of the access roads to Sierra Nevada. While in the A-395 the circulation of buses and trucks has been prohibited from kilometer 36 due to snow accumulation and traffic is also irregular on the A-337 as it passes through Puerto de la Ragua.
Mobility restrictions in Catalonia
The Mossos d’Esquadra have been carrying out since the early hours of this Wednesday controls on several roads in the province of Tarragona so that the mobility restrictions decreed by the rainy season are complied with and only allow the passage of vehicles with emergency personnel. essential services. Civil Protection of the Generalitat has activated the Procicat plan alert due to strong waves on the Catalan coast. In addition, Ventcat remains on pre-alert due to the forecast of northwesterly winds on the central coast, with gusts that can be greater than 70 kilometers per hour. In this sense, the authorities recommend that citizens move objects away from facades or terraces and monitor street furniture.
The Generalitat has decreed this Wednesday mobility restrictions, suspension of classes and the telecommuting except for those jobs considered essential, for this Wednesday in the Tarragona regions of Tarragonès, Montsià, Baix Ebre, Ribera d’Ebre and Baix Camp. This measure is in force from 6:00 a.m. until midnight.
Some of the roads in which there are controls are AP-7 southbound; on this same highway in Amposta, heading north; in the N-340near the municipality of Altafulla; on the N-420, in Móra d’Ebre, or the C-14, in Alcover, according to Civil Protection in its X account. These controls are also causing delays of about 2 kilometers on roads such as the N-340 or the C-14.
At the request of the authorities, Access to the A-27 has been cut offtowards Tarragona, on the links between kilometer 13 and 23 (El Rourell – Valls Nord) and traffic has also been restricted in the N-240 tunnel towards Tarragona and at the access to Coll de Lilla.
On the other hand, the 112 emergency telephone number has received a total of 251 calls due to the stormespecially from the regions of Tarragonès, Baix Camp and Barcelonès. According to Civil Protection, at the moment no significant incidents have been recorded nor personal injuries as a result of the heavy rains. However, Civil Protection of the Generalitat has activated the Procicat plan alert due to strong waves on the Catalan coast. Furthermore, it remains in the Ventcat pre-warns due to the forecast of northwesterly winds on the central coast, with gusts that can be greater than 70 kilometers per hour. In this sense, the authorities recommend that citizens move objects away from facades or terraces and monitor street furniture.
Suspension of classes in the Valencian Community
More than a hundred municipalities of the Valencian Community the schools have closed in response to the weather alert due to heavy rains, according to data provided by the Department of Education. According to the latest data, a total of 101 educational centers have communicated the suspension of classes, especially in the province of Valencia, Castellón and Alicante. The Municipal Emergency Coordination Center (Cecopal) of Valencia has reported that educational activity will also be suspended on Thursday throughout the city and districts. Likewise, it has decreed the closure of all social centers, parks, cemeteries and the Municipal Sports Foundation of the City Council.
The Provincial Council of Valencia has extended the exemption from work attendance starting this Wednesday for all staff of the provincial corporation due to the persistence of the adverse weather conditions that affect the Valencian Community.
On the other hand, the Valencian City Council of Paiporta and Catarroja have asked the volunteers what Avoid entering the affected municipalities due to the floods and are on orange alert. In a message published on its social networks, the Paiporta town council has launched a “security notice” and has recommended all workers not to go to their workplaces and telework, if possible. Also in both locations they ask do not make unnecessary trips and stay informed through official channels.
In the town of Xábia in Alicante the rains They have overflowed the La Barranquera ravine as it passes through this town. The City Council of this city has stressed that There have been no floods in the urban areabut the Local Police has closed several streets as a precaution in the vicinity of the road that goes to the Valencian municipality of Gata de Gorgos, where according to Aemet 138 l/m² have fallen.
