The intense rains caused by DANA during the early morning and Tuesday morning are generating multiple incidents throughout the province of Malaga, especially in the Guadalhorce valley, where a high-speed train has derailed and the flood caused by the flooding of the river It has dragged dozens of vehicles. 112 has raised the warning for rain in the Costa del Sol and Guadalhorce region to red level until three in the afternoon.
A Málaga-Madrid high-speed train has had a bogie from the front cabin leave the track while passing through Álora, without causing any personal injury. The travelers, 291, will be transferred to another group sent from Malaga. Traffic between Bobadilla and Almargen has also been interrupted due to the weather conditions in the area, which is affecting the trains that circulate between Bobadilla and Algeciras.
Videos circulate on social networks in which dozens of cars are seen being dragged by the Guadalhorce River as it passes through Álora (13,512 inhabitants) and Pizarra (9,886), the municipalities most affected by the discharge. Large areas of land are flooded, as seen in these images. Schools and houses have also suffered from flooding.
The river drops to its capacity at several points. At noon, it was at red level as it passed through Paredones, although with a downward trend, according to the hydrological information system of the Hidrosur network. Shortly before one o’clock it was close to touching the deck of the bridge as it passed through Cártama, just 20 kilometers from the mouth, and dropped to 5.05 meters in Paredones (red level) and 4.19 meters in Estación de Cártama ( orange level). The Guadalteba River in Teba (3.36m), the Turón in Ardales (2.52) and the Almanzora in Serón (Almería), at 1.76, were also at a red level.
The Piedras stream has overflowed in Valle de Abdalajís and floods are also occurring in some districts of Antequera. The rains have also been intense in Malaga capital, in some points of which nearly 100 liters per square meter have been collected in twelve hours, with special incidence in areas such as Puerto de la Torre and Ciudad Jardín.
The data from the Hidrosur network, which is having problems updating its server, collects accumulated over 120 liters per square meter in twelve hours in the Paredones weir (158.7), La Enchanted, the Guadalteba reservoir or the Fuente Piedra lagoon, and 101 in the Guadalhorce river as it passes through Cártama.
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