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ISSUE NO. 1742
22 - 28 November 2018
Newspaper in Spain 2017 & 2018
COSTA DE ALMERÍA YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
Rain hammers coast
AFTERMATH: The force of the water left Garrucha’s beaches a mess. THE Costa Almeria took a real hammering from heavy rains last weekend. Torrential downpours along the coast caused localised flooding and problems on roads. Garrucha was one of the areas particularly hard hit. As much as 40 litres of water teemed down in just half an hour on Friday morning, turning the weekly market into a scene of chaos as manholes overflowed and the streets became fastflowing streams. An amateur video showed the force of the water wrecking
ALMERIA City Council is organising a run for people and pets which will raise money for animal protection societies. Announcing details of the City of Almeria, San Perrestre 2018 run this week, City Promotion Councillor Carolina Lafita said the funds raised from the event would be destined for anim a l p r o t e c t i o n o rg a n i s a tions which collaborate with the Municipal Animal Health Care Centre. The councillor also said there would be a party atmosphere, with a fun run with dogs in tow, a fancy dress competition and various exhibitions. In addition there will be a number of
several stalls and sweeping crates of fruit and vegetables through the streets and down to the sea. The emergency services were called out to around 15 incidents of inundated business premises and basements in Garrucha, Mojacar and Los Gallardos. The exceptional rainfall also affected Garrucha’s schools, children’s playgrounds, a number of municipal buildings, roads and the church. Garrucha mayor Maria Lopez stressed that most of the water drained rapidly in-
to the sea, and the town was cleaned up and back to normal fairly quickly. But the massive storms left the area’s beaches a mess. The channels of water gouged out furrows on the sand, walkways and showers were damaged, pipes were left exposed where the heavy seas washed away the sand completely, and signposts came down. Maria Lopez said the council would evaluate the damage, not ruling out the possibility of requesting financial assistance from the regional government.
Animal run different categories for participants, including for people with disabilities. Almeria mayor Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco was also present at the Monday presentation, at which he awarded €9,000 of subsidies to the Alondra Dupont and Almeria societies for their collaborations with the city council on activities related to animal protection, awareness-raising campaigns and animal adoption programmes: both organisations have promot-
ed the adoption of animals from the animal health care centre. The City of Almeria, San Perrestre 2018 run will be held in Almeria City’s Andarax Park on Sunday December 16.
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