The Local Police of the municipality malagueño of Alhaurín de la Torre has received about 80 notices throughout the morning of this Wednesday related to impacts due to heavy rains that have fallen in this town in the Guadalhorce Valley region. Together with those of Costa del Sol and Axarquía, they remain under red notice from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) during the day. Thus, there has been flooding in homes, garages and basements, but without serious damage.
This has been announced by the City Council in a publication on social networks consulted by Europa Press, in which they specify that between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. There has been heavy rainfall that has affected several areas of the municipality“although fortunately there were no personal consequences or injuries, while the material damage does not seem significant and will have to be evaluated.”
The City Council assures that, according to the Meteoclimatic website, in Alhaurín de la Torre 70 liters per square meter are counted so far this Wednesday. They also point out that the emergency and security device is working “reasonably well”, although after 10 a.m. there has been “a certain overflow of work due to the large number of incidents reported, around 80 by telephone to the Police Headquarters.” Local”.
Emergency Plan activated
In Alhaurín de la Torre since last Tuesday night and throughout the early morning, the Municipal Emergency Plan has been active in phase 0 And since early this Wednesday morning the device has begun to act in a fully active phase.
So, Several accesses to rural roads have been cutwith four local Civil Protection vehicles that have been traveling throughout the municipality, in addition to the Local Police patrols and members of the Civil Guard, Firefighters, Operational Services and Water and Sanitation Service.
Problems and floods due to the flood
Problems have been reported in areas such as Number 1 and Santa Amalia, but no evictions have had to be carried out. The strong flood and the dragging of water and material have affected the descent to the park (Mirador de Bellavista), where it has been necessary to remove some vehicles that ended up at the end of the avenue.
On the urban crossing, between Fuensanguínea and Los Manantiales (Chorisia roundabout to Biznaga roundabout) ponds of water have been recorded and some problems with burst manholes, which the Operational Services and Water Service personnel are trying to remove, recover and repair.
“There is some houses floodedas well as garages and basements, but with minor damage, in principle. The avenues that come from the urbanizations at the foot of the mountains were loaded with water and have generated some problems, but on a general level, the stormwater and sanitation network has responded correctly,” they point out from the City Council.