The DANA, which is once again hitting the country hard, has left significant damage in Malaga. The forecasts of torrential rains and flooding that on Tuesday night they even forced citizens to send an alert to all cell phones, activating the civil protection system for the first time in the history of the province. Es-Alert have been completed, leaving almost half a thousand incidents, most of them in the capital.
The capital and Axarquía They are being the most affected areas although DANA is leaving torrential rains in much of the province, especially in areas such as the Costa del Sol and the Guadalhorce Valley. Flooded premises and homes, flooded roads, overflowing rivers and some isolated areas are being the most repeated images.
A chaos that, however, has been mitigated to a certain extent by the precautions taken by both the regional administration that activated the Emergency Planoperational situation 1, and suspended classes in Malaga and Granadaas well as on the part of citizens, who have largely opted for teleworking.
Teleworking and “self-confinement”
Many companies informed their employees on Tuesday, at the time the lockdown was activated. red alertof the possibility of teleworking in cases where it was possible. Large chains like Carrefour or Ikea decided not to open their doors and others like Mercadona, although at first they were operational, have finally decided to close. as rainfall intensifies.
Small shops, bars, restaurants, beauty centers, workshops or even gyms, practically all companies in the capital and the Costa del Sol have decided Take extreme precautions and do not endanger your workers. A kind of “self-confinement” that has left an unusual image of empty streets 35 years after the great floods that hit Malaga, curiously the November 14, 1989.
112 has received notices from residents of the municipalities of Coín and Vélez-Málaga due to accumulations of pools of water on public roads that reach homes and premises, sewage problems and flooding of patios and basements. In addition, specific incidents have been recorded in Marbella, Benalmádena and Almogía.
The Faculty of Psychology from the University of Malaga, the University Clinical Hospital, the María Zambrano train station, several Malaga Metro stations, an El Corte Inglés supermarket or a gas station in Mijas devastated by some kind of tornadohave been some of the infrastructure damaged by the passage of this DANA, which for now has not left any personal damage in the province.
The first preventive evictions began on Tuesday and continued throughout the day on Wednesday until reaching 3,000 evictedon the banks of the Guadalhorce, the neighborhood of Campanillas and Arroyo de la Miel.
Impacts on mobility caused by heavy rains have also been recorded. The Málaga-Madrid High Speed Line has suspended its service since 1:30 p.m. as reported by the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility since the accumulation of water has affected the safety systems of the line, which is why it is cut between Antequera-Málaga until it is recovered. Trains do not arrive in Malaga María Zambrano nor departure from Madrid Puerta de Atocha Almudena Grandes.
Renfe has reported the suspension of line C-1 service that connects Málaga capital with Fuengirola with stops in important areas of the western coast such as the María Zambrano train station, the Málaga-Costa del Sol airport and the urban centers of Torremolinos and Benalmádena.
In this way, all Renfe Cercanías services are canceled in the province because, previously, Renfe canceled the C-2 line that goes from the city of Málaga to Álora with stops also in population centers of Cártama and Pizarra.
On the other hand, Renfe also specifies that, as a precaution against heavy rains and the safety of travelers, bus services are suppressed. Conventional Medium Distance Málaga-Seville (the MD Sevilla-Osuna does circulate); and the Avant Málaga-Córdoba services (they do circulate between Córdoba and Seville).
The railway company details that it has enabled changes and cancellations without costs for travelers on the affected trains; and that travelers are being informed through the usual communication and customer service channels.
Incidents on roads
By road, among other incidents, several roads in the province of Malaga They remain cut off by the rain. Specifically, these are the A-355 in Coín and the A-7054 in Málaga, in addition to the fact that the A-7054 in Campillos.
Also the metropolitan transport of the Junta de Andalucía has been suspended in the province of Malaga due to the heavy rains that are being recorded. In addition, the service of line 1 and 2 of the capital’s metro has been interrupted.
Health problems
On the other hand, it is worth remembering that the health centers attached to the Málaga-Guadalhorce Health District have closed their doors due to the worsening of the temporary situationwith only emergency points remaining open.
Likewise, the Malaga Clinical Hospital, which has also been affected by floods, has activated the Emergency Planso the center has reported that it will only be operational for urgent and emergency care. Initially, the most affected area has been the Clinical Analysis Laboratory and some areas of the parking lot.
About 370 troops and 32 rescues
Regarding the emergency operation, a total of 369 troops from the State Security Forces and Bodies They have been operational throughout the day and will continue during the night since the Red Alert has been extended until 8:00 a.m. on Thursday.
Today the National Police has carried out a total of 32 rescues and aid to people at risk due to flooding in Malaga capital. The subdelegate of the Government in Malaga, Javier Salashighlighted “the work being carried out by each and every one of the public servants of the different administrations during the DANA advocacy day with the main objective of minimizing damage and keeping the population safe“and has called for caution and to follow the recommendations of Emergencies 112 Andalusia.”
After a hard day, with the rain forecast to be intense again and the red warning in force until 8:00, the University of Malaga has been the first to announce that classes will also be suspended during the day on Thursday. The alert for very heavy or torrential rains, although of less severity, will remain active in Western Andalusia until friday November 15.
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