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The unnamed 71-year-old man died hours after being rescued from his home on the outskirts of Malaga after heavy rain and hailstorms triggered flash floods in the area.
This week, around 3,000 people living along the Guadalhorce River, and reportedly a further 1,100 near the Vélez River in the Malaga province have been evacuated due to the risk of flooding.
Meanwhile, the region’s flood planning chief Antonio Sanz said the more than 4,200 people evacuated from their homes on the banks of the Guadalhorce River in Malaga had been permitted to return.
The second state of alarm was declared on March 14, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. [5] It enforced the lockdown of people in all Spanish territory. [6] It ended on June 21, 2020. [7] The third state of alarm was declared on October 7, 2020 due to the second wave of COVID-19 in Madrid.
Disastrous floods have been reported throughout the history of Valencia, from the 14th century up to the contemporary period. [5] The 1957 Valencia flood was caused by a three-day cold drop (Spanish: gota fría) (which usually leads to heavy autumn rains in Spain and France); it overflowed the banks of the Túria river and devastated the city of Valencia.
Emergency services in Malaga have moved 3,000 people from homes at high risk of flooding near the Guadalhorce River west of the city, and in other areas asked citizens to seek higher ground.
Fresh storms in Spain have left streets deluged and forced schools to close, two weeks after the worst floods in the country’s modern history, which killed more than 220 people and destroyed ...
More than a month’s worth of rain fell in some regions on Wednesday just weeks after floods killed more than 200 ... According to data from the Spanish state weather forecaster Aemet, the ...