DANA puts Malaga on red alert, which closes schools and universities this Wednesday

In an official statement published on the website of the educational institution, it is indicated that given the unfortunate parts that are handled “activity is suspended in all our centers”especially with a view to “preserving the safety of our university community”, but also to “avoid hundreds of trips from different parts of the city and the province to our campuses.”

It has not been a decision taken lightly, as the UMA claims to be in coordination with the Government of Spainthe Junta of Andalusia and the Malaga City Councilas well as other local administrations, “to determine appropriate actions.”

Schools closed

Likewise, the Junta of Andalusia has decided to close all schools and institutes in the province of Malaga, except for those located in the region of La Serranía de Rondaas well as those from towns in the Granada area of Almuñecar, Motril and Albuñolas they are the areas in which greater inclement weather is predicted. Day, disability and dependent centers will not provide services either.

During a good part of this Tuesday afternoon, meetings were held between authorities and centers to determine whether the preventive closure was decreed. Unilaterally, and with the intention of gaining time, centers such as the French Lyceum They had already decided prior to the Board’s measure not to open their doors on Wednesday after agreeing with the French Embassy, ​​and notifying the parents of students internally and directly.

More than due to extreme danger, the regional Executive’s common sense had weighed on the decision. avoid more cars in transit of those strictly necessary.

Evictions on the banks of the Guadalhorce

With the red level crossing of Aemet’s notice, the convenience of the measure was confirmed. In fact, in parallel there have been preventive evictions in Alora, Cartama, Alhaurin de la Torre, Board and Malaga in the face of a more than probable overflow of the Guadalhorce River.

The first floods were recorded in Álora. There the wave swept away cars and left neighbors trapped. They were the first rescues. Furthermore, the town was left without aquiferssince they all flooded and contaminated the mud.

Hours later, the San Hipólito neighborhood in Pizarra saw the citrus groves on the banks of the river flooded. The water reached four meters high and the residents of these farms had to be rescued by rescue teams.

Further down was Cártama, where in the neighborhood of Doña Ana, the houses were full of mud with the flooding of the river. In this part, many lost their prefabricated homes on the farms closest to the capital and their farms. The river, four meters high, destroyed everything in its path.

In Alhaurín de la Torre the only deceasedwho was rescued by Zodiac from his home, but could not withstand hypothermia. On the edge of Malaga, residents came out through the water through the chest of their plots to get to safety.

It was chaos that the Board does not want to repeat. Therefore, given the risk of flooding, all points likely to be flooded have already been evacuated.

Andalucía Trade Global, online

The preventive closures are not only affecting the field of education. This Wednesday starts in the Congress Palace from Malaga Andalusia Trade Global 2024a highly followed foreign sector business meeting.

The first sessions will be held electronically in the event platformalthough Thursday’s session seems to maintain its in-person nature.

Emergency Plan activated

Likewise, the counselor of the Presidency, Interior, Social Dialogue and Administrative Simplification of the Board, Antonio Sanzhas already activated the Emergency Plan for the flood risk which is expected during the next few hours in both Malaga and Granada.

He made it public at 8:29 p.m. on his X profile, formerly Twitter, in which he indicated that it is an emergency phase, in operational situation 1and that the decision to activate the Plan is supported by “the technical reports.” The measures have already been transferred to the affected municipalities, with which we have worked “in coordination.”