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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.
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.
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.
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.
On 18 and 19 September, major flooding occurred in Emilia-Romagna, around the same areas affected by the deadly floods of May 2023. [68] The rivers Marzeno and Lamone overflooded in Romagna, causing the evacuation of more than 1,000 people. [69] Several landslides occurred in the Apennine Mountains area.
Floods in Onda, Nules, Castellón, and Vall de Uxó were close to destroying the María Cristina and Benitandús reservoirs. March 31, 2002 [14] Tenerife: A cold drop caused torrential rain in the Santa Cruz de Tenerife area that amounted to 232.6 l/m 2 in 24 hours and 129.9 l/m 2 in 1 hour. 7 deaths and property damage worth 90 million euros.
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.
Archaeological site of Cerro del Villar. The first colonial settlement in the area, dating from around 770 BC, was made by seafaring Phoenicians from Tyre, on an islet in the estuary of the River Guadalhorce at Cerro del Villar (the coastline of Málaga has changed considerably since that time, as river silting and changes in river levels have filled the ancient estuary and moved the site inland).