Those killed by DANA that devastated Valencia on Tuesday, October 29 They now amount to 219. A certain normality is still far away in a large number of municipalities that continue to bail out water, mud and other belongings to try to clear the streets.
This catastrophe, the largest of natural origin that Spain has experienced in this century, was due to rainfall of approximately 300 liters per square meter. To know the risk of flooding, however, the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (Miteco) has a tool: the National Flood Zone Mapping System (SNCZI).
Based on the location, orography and urban composition of each city, this website allows you to see the risk of flooding in each part of the country. In this way, it is estimated How often could a flood occur? in the area in question: every 500 years (low risk), every 100 (medium risk), or every 10 (high risk).
What flood zones are there in Seville?
Thanks to this tool you can see about twenty locations where there is a risk of flooding in the province of Seville. The most affected area is river bank Guadalquivirespecially from Lora del Río to Coria. In between are Cantillana, Alcalá del Río or Alcolea del Río.
We must also point out the Genil River, a place where grown regularlyas happened in 2010, when more than 3,000 people had to be evacuated. For anyone who wants to investigate more about this tool offered by Miteco, can be consulted with more details areas susceptible to flooding. To do this you will have to enter said platform. In the menu on the left side of the screen you will have to click on the ‘dhp zi’ section.
Here you will search the different channels to through your name or location. Within it you will also have to select the ‘add services’ option, which will bring up a drop-down menu with different options. In this section you will have to select ‘Hazard maps’ and ‘Cartography of flood zones (ZI) of river origin’. Once these steps have been completed, the map will show the areas with greater risk of flooding.