ISSUE NO. 1581
22 - 28 October 2015
AXARQUÍA - COSTA TROPICAL YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
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Emergency Plan activated as storm hammers the region BRIDGES collapsed, trees came down and roads flooded following the torrential downpours By Eleanor Hawkins A severe storm which hit the Axarquia and Costa Tropical areas in the early hours of Tuesday morning, October 20, caused numerous major incidents. Bridges collapsed, trees came down and water flooded the roads, following the torrential downpours, which produced a significant 61.5 litres of rainfall per square metre. Motril Council has opened an office to attend to people affected by flooding, and has announced it will ask the government to consider declaring the town a ‘disaster area’ after the emergency services dealt with 100 flooding incidents.
First thing in the morning, Salobreña Council announced that local schools would remain closed as the area had been placed on orange alert and the municipal Emergency Plan was activated. The emergency services had to deal with a number of incidents from 5am onwards and a person living in a ground floor flat had to be evacuated. On the N340 road, a wall collapsed, although nobody was injured, and municipal and road maintenance workers were able to clear the rubble. In Almuñecar, the fire brigade was kept busy from 5am onwards as floods, landslides and falling trees were reported.