Rain causes chaos in Malaga province
Heavy rain earlier this week caused flooding in several areas of the province as rivers broke their banks. Monday´s downpour caused chaos all over the province of Malagawith people even being airlifted our of their flooded homes.
In Alhaurin de la Torre, a third of the usual total annual rainfall, 215 litres per square metre, fell in just 24 hours. All over the Guadalhorce valley area where there had been reports of landslides and damage to property the previouse week, emergency teams worked with helicopters and boats to rescue around 30 people who were trapped in their homes in areas close to the river. Police sources criticised residents for ignoring warnings issued by civil protection, local police and the fire service advising people in the most affected areas to vacate their homes in order so they would not be cut off as conditions deteriorated.
In Marbella, the river Guadaiza broke its banks south of the A7 road at around 5 o´clock on Tuesday and some homes had to be evacuated in the Cortijo Blanco area. When a second storm hit the area two hours later, a trench was dug across the beach to allow water to flow down into the sea from the estate.
This has been one of the wettest winters ever seen in Malaga and six of the seven reservoirs in the province are already at bursting point.
The Alameda Principal in the city of Malaga was blocked for two hours on Tuesday morning after a 150 year old tree fell across it and was only one of the many incidents which caused chaos on the roads.
The bad weather has left the beaches along the coast in a bad condition and has highlighted the need for an urgent clean-up in readiness for the Easter period. Sand has been washed away and debris is strewn everywhere, washed down from the mountains by the rivers and streams; it includes not only vegetation and cane but also rubbish,, scrap metal and even dead animals. The Coast department have already said that an emergency plan will be implemented as soon as the weather improves.
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