A group of 41 children and 3 Sevillian monitors who were in coexistence rescue from Ávila’s floods

A group of 41 Sevillian children and their three adult monitors have been evicted and rescued by firefighters this Friday from the House of Spirituality of Santa Teresa, in the city of Ávila, affected by the overflow of the Adaja and Chico rivers.

Speaking to Efe, the religious Purification Martín, one of the nuns that remains in place along with 40 other people, many of them of advanced age and with reduced mobility, explained that they realized the situation at seven in the morning, when they verified that the entire outer area was flooded and their basements completely full of water.

In the floods of the southern part of the city, the Mafalda nursery has also been affected, as reported Avilared. This building is in front of the city’s bullring and has been flooded during the overflows at dawn.

Evacuated the garages of the surroundings of the bullring of Ávila

The flood of the Flow of the Adaja river has also forced to notice the residents of the bullring surroundings to evacuate the garages and the low areas, as explained by the mayor of the city, Jesús Manuel Sánchez Cabrera. In fact, the delegate of the Board in Ávila, José Francisco Hernández. He explained that at 6 o’clock this Friday, level 2 of the Flood Civil Protection Plan has been declared, in addition to the fact that together with the City Council, the Government Subdelegation and Diputación have constituted the Cecopi.

Various measures have been launched “especially in matters of mobility”, in addition to that the population “before possible” floods specifically of garages and other public infrastructure such as the Infanta Elena and Cristina residence or the Juvenile Residence Arturo Duperier has warned, as explained by the delegate of the Board.

Also, Hernández has referred to the situation of the Juan de Llepés schools and in the Pablo VI school, next to the river, where the teaching activity is maintained but the educational community “is prevented.” “We are all with the same concern, with the same vocation of public service, and more resources will be incorporated if necessary, but at this time these measures seem to be adequate,” said José Francisco Hernández.