After the passage of the new DANA through the province of Malaga, little by little it recovers normality, since This area is no longer at risk from heavy rain, except in the town of Ronda where Aemet has activated the orange notice.
During the day this Wednesday, both the capital and several municipalities, suffering torrential rains, Transportation service and classes were suspended and roads were closed.. Likewise, the Benamargosa, Vélez and Guadalhorce rivers overflowed, which has caused flooded streets and homes.
For example, in the municipality of Alfarnatejo, 36.8 liters per square meter were accumulated during midday, while in the Atabal treatment plant During the same period they reached more than 60 liters per square meter.
Despite this, it has bus circulation restored and the metro in the capital and high-speed service has resumed in this province. On the other hand, the Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno, has asked caution to citizens and has confirmed that it is not safe for the residents of the banks of the Guadalhorce to return to their homes.
This Thursday many Malaga residents are facing the consequences of DANA. As the TVE program La Hora de La 1 has shown, the town of Almayate has suffered the overflowing of the Benamargosa River, which has caused flooding in the main avenues and has flooded homes. In some of them the power has gone out and they are without water.
High-speed service resumed
The High Speed services of Malaga, which have been suspended since 1:30 p.m. this past Wednesday due to the red warning due to rain, have been restored since 10:30 a.m. this Thursday.
However, they remain Cercanías trains suppressed of the Málaga Hub, more specifically the lines C-1 Málaga-Fuengirola and C-2 Málaga-Alora and the Seville-Málaga Media Distancia trains, on the Antequera-Málaga route.
As reported by Renfe, the normalization of the service will occur progressively. This reset is in addition to start of Avant circulations between Málaga and Córdoba and Málaga-Granada.
Also in an interview on the program La Hora de La 1, the mayor of the city, Francisco de la Torre, announced that in the capital there has been bus circulation restored and the two metro lines, except for the Guadalmedina station. However, the Malaga Transport Consortium has explained that there are some incidents on roads in the provinceso the following connections are suspended: Riogordo-Málaga, Periana-Málaga, Comares-Málaga and Almáchar-Vélez.
The mayor has expressed that the Casasola dam has been essential to prevent the Campanilla River from overflowing. At the same time, he wanted to highlight that this episode “it was experienced with extraordinary citizen collaboration,” since the population quickly adapted and accepted the evictions, the cancellation of classes and in-person work and not going out. Now, as de la Torre explains, it is time to assess the damage and return to normality.
Mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre: this DANA “was experienced with extraordinary citizen collaboration”
Review of evacuated areas
The 180 residents of the area near the Campanillas River they can return to their homeswhile those on the banks of the Guadalhorce still cannot do so, since sufficient security conditions are not met.
This was reported by the president of the Government of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, who visited the Malaga municipality of Benamargosa. At the same time, he has indicated that the authorities continue to monitor the Guadalhorce River because its flow continues to grow.
In an intervention on the 24 hour channel, the mayor of the town of Coín, Francisco Santos, explained that during the day this Wednesday there were more than 100 liters per square meteras well as in the province of Malaga. Thanks to the quick action of the emergency services, the urban environment is “pretty good” and there was no “personal or material incidence”.
On the other hand, the capital will reopen throughout the day public parks “once the damage and tree review is done, with the exception of the Campanillas Linear Parkwhose opening is postponed for security reasons,” the City Council stated.
The 112 Andalucía Emergency service adds first thing this Thursday 1,163 incidences attended since the beginning of DANA, mostly concentrated in Malaga. Of the total, 244 occurred during this past night.
Juanma Moreno asks the population for caution
The president of Andalusia has expressed that they are still worriedalthough in the province of Malaga there is “a certain normality” and they are in recovery tasks. has also requested maximum caution to citizens since there is still a possibility of heavy rain.
Moreno has reported that the provinces of Cádiz, Seville and Huelva they continue in orange alertas well as the Malaga town of Ronda.
As reported by Moreno, the schools in Malaga will resume classes this Friday and he has expressed that The help of the Army is not necessarybut appeals to the responsibility of the population to follow prevention measures. For the moment, according to the Andalusian president, Almost 4,000 people have been evictedmostly in the area near the Guadalhorce River.
