The Andalusian city of Malaga has been hit by torrential rain leading to flooding. The red alert was lifted this Thursday, November 14, 2024 in the morning, just like in the Valencia region. Up to 180 millimeters of rain were expected in twelve hours on this coastline.
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The rain fell on Wednesday, November 13, as shown in this video shared by meteorologist Guillaume Séchet showing submerged streets in Alhaurín de la Torre in Andalusia.
Streets were flooded in Campanillas, in the Malaga region. By Wednesday, residents of the region had been evacuated and schools were closed. “Today, Malaga is paralyzed”, declared the president of the Andalusia region, Juan Manuel Moreno, during a trip to Seville. “Prevention is better than cure, we saw it in Valencia,” he pointed out.
Sandbags and safety measures
Numerous security measures have been taken to avoid any tragedy, two weeks after previous floods which left more than 200 dead: travel restrictions, interruption of train traffic and suspension of classes in the Valencia region. As shown in this video from the Spanish daily The Countrythe municipality of Horta Sud, in the Valencia region, installed sandbags which helped contain the water.
There was a lot of damage this Thursday. In Malaga, firefighters and municipal services are working to clean the streets as the flood has begun, as shown in this video from the newspaper The Country.
In Valencia, residents of Valencia interviewed by The Country reported that the heavy rains began to fall around 11 p.m. “but nothing comparable to what happened on October 29,” underlines the everyday.
These new rains have affected search operations for the 17 people still missing, after the deadly floods in October. “Search searches were compromised due to the maritime storm,” Rosa Tourís, spokesperson for Cecopi, Valencia's emergency committee, explained to the press. “After this meteorological episode, the tides will be evaluated again to determine the search areas,” she added.
