Around fifty neighbors of the district of Guadalcacín, in Cadiz, they have had to be evicted from their homes temporarily. The heavy rains that fell this Wednesday have caused several homes to flood.
The mayor, Salvador Ruiz, explained that between 30 and 40 families have had to be evacuated. Ruiz has announced that they can return to their homes “with appropriate precaution” and that efforts will be made to help so that “normality returns as soon as possible.”
“Ideally, they should spend this night outside their homes.but it takes us Firefighters that in principle there is no danger, just be alert. We will be aware that, if we see any signs, we will be on top so that it does not happen again,” the mayor said, however.
In that sense, Ruiz has indicated that they will keep the municipal pavilion enabled “until it is necessary” to provide the service to people who cannot return to their home or who have no place to find accommodation tonight. The mayor has reported that this Wednesday morning “everything seemed to be going well” and that in a matter of “an hour and a half” it began to rain to the point of being with water “up to the waist.”
Asked about how much it has rained in this district of Jerez de la Fronterahas indicated that he does not have the data, but has ventured to estimate it at “more than 200 liters.” “I don’t have the data, but We saw constant rain and brutal amounts“, he added.
The water became “a river”
For his part, one of the affected neighbors has said that this is the second time that this situation has happened to them, the first being in February 2010. “Regardless of the water that may have fallen, it is surprising that politically the infrastructures are abandoned“I think there is political neglect with respect to infrastructure,” he added.
Thus, he said that it was a neighbor who told him where the water was coming from and “thinking that we were going to flood, we started collecting to try to save what we could.” In this sense, he explained that the water has reached a height of more than 60 centimeters and that “We haven’t been able to save anything from the bottom”.
As for the night, they have been told that they can stay at home, but “the alert remains and if we can be with neighbors or with a friend or family, the better.” “Fortunately, we can tell it”has concluded.
Antonia, another resident of the town who had to be evicted from her dwellinghas recounted how he lived those first moments with his grandson and that he attributed the voices and noise in the street to “a fight.” When he understood that the water had become “a river”her grandson, her husband and her dog went up to the second floor, while she worked to remove “things that could be damaged.”
This neighbor has acknowledged that she was “scared” during what she experienced and that his house has been left full of “mud”. Tonight, as he told the media, he will spend it with one of his three children.