This Thursday afternoon, Andalusia began to recover normality after the passage of a DANA that collapsed in Malaga, leaving more than 4,000 people evicted, rescues, and mud and mud, which has begun to be cleaned. The storm did not cause any fatalities, according to authorities.
The Andalusian Government decreed, once the crisis was over, in the afternoon, the reopening of all schools closed by DANA. The suspension of classes had affected 1.3 million students on Thursdayand 4,978 centers, which resume classes this Friday.
The day, once the worst was over, was dedicated to assessing damage, cleaning mud and observing the water contributions to some rivers in case there was a risk of overflowing, mainly in the Guadiaro and Guadalhorce in Malaga.
He Aemet red notice ended shortly before 8 am in the province of Malagaepicenter of this DANA. Thousands of evicted people waited to return to their homes as a precaution until, at around eight in the afternoon, the president of the Board, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla (PP), announced that his return had been authorized.
In the morning, eyes turned to the western part of Andalusia, to the provinces of Cádiz, Huelva and Seville, where there were orange notices that have already been withdrawn. Only yellow remains, in Huelva territory, with some regions in orange during Friday morning, and areas of Cádiz, in addition to the risk of waves on the eastern coast.
Nearly 4,000 members of the National Police and Civil Guard remained active in Andalusia to guarantee the protection of citizens and help those who needed it.
The main incidents of the day occurred in the Cádiz region of Campo de Gibraltar, especially the municipality of Jimena de la Frontera, where several home evictions and the rescue of people trapped, some on roofs, were carried out.
Malaga recovers normality
Málaga recovered normality after the heavy rains after the red warning was deactivated. The Malaga City Council deactivated the Municipal Emergency Plan and public transportation has gradually returned to normal; Operational services continue working on different roads for cleaning tasks and some breakdowns.
The city has recovered its activity, small businesses have begun to open its establishments and tourists have once again roamed freely.
The mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre (PP)highlighted this Thursday the need to complete the Campanillas River channeling project and build infrastructure to regulate the flow of the Rio Grande after the floods registered in the capital of Malaga.
He Málaga-Costa del Sol airport operated normally this Thursday, in which 358 flights were scheduled, after closing the day on Wednesday, with a red notice due to heavy rains in most of the province of Malaga, with 17 flights canceled and five detours to Seville.
Renfe restored services at 10:30 a.m. high-speed trains in Malaga that remained suspended since this Wednesday due to the Aemet red notice.
Benamargosa cleans the mud
The small Malaga town of Benamargosa, with about 1,500 inhabitants, also worked to shake off the mud that filled its streets after the floods, the worst in memory of the town, at least in the last century.
The passage of DANA through the province of Malaga has also caused “serious damage” to agricultural and livestock farms, mainly in Axarquía and the Guadalhorce Valleywhere the rains and the overflowing of rivers “have devastated crops and irrigation systems”, as reported this Thursday by the agricultural organization Asaja.
Everything from citrus crops to avocado, cabbage, lettuce plantations and numerous infrastructures have been affected.
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