A new flood alert has been launched in Spain, two weeks after deadly floods in the regions of Valencia, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia. “The government of the autonomous community of Andalusia has triggered level 1 of its emergency plan [gradué de 0 à 2] and closed schools in the provinces of Málaga and Granada: heavy rains, with more than 100 liters per square meter, are in fact expected over the next twelve hours,” assures the Spanish newspaper The World, Wednesday November 13.
At the same time, the Spanish authorities decided to “evacuate, as a preventive measure, the banks of the Guadalhorce River in the municipalities of Álora, Cártama, Alhaurín de la Torre, Pizarra and Málaga”. The national meteorological agency (Aemet) has issued a red alert in the provinces of Malaga and Tarragona.
A new episode of “dana”
“The area, which includes the tourist towns of Marbella, Vélez and Estepona, is expected to be particularly affected by a new episode of ‘dana’”, explains the British channel BBC. This meteorological phenomenon, which in French is called “cold drop”, was already the cause of the floods at the end of October which left at least 223 dead.
“Several other regions of Spain remain on alert”, particularly in the south and east of the country. Aemet has placed several areas of the autonomous communities of Valencia and Andalusia, as well as the Balearic archipelago, on orange alert until Thursday. But Meteorologists estimate that the current rains could be less heavy than those of two weeks ago.
The images are no less impressive. Torrents of muddy water invaded the streets of Los Romanes, not far from Málaga. On his YouTube channel, the Spanish title The Country compiled several shots of the city, whose streets are submerged under water. It also publishes images of other municipalities in the province, including Marbella, also under water.
On November 12, the Andalusian town of Almería had already been affected by heavy rains, which damaged several cars and mobilized emergency services, notes the Argentine newspaper The Debate in a video.
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