Natural Disasters

Special Coverage for different national news agencies during the heavy rains of the year 2010 in Andalusia

The Delegation of the Junta de Andalucía in Jaen reported that the river Village overflowed in the Infantas, neighborhood of the capital, where the mud has been accumulated in the streets, houses, boats and fields of work. There were "evictions spot" in the area Bridges, also in the capital. At Mengibar, where the village reached historic levels with more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the students of the college had to be located in a center of adults and in Villargordo were unable to attend the Institute by the court of the A-6000. In the population center of the Station Linares-Baeza also had to be evicted several families died some of the animals by the overflow of the Guadalimar. In total, the evictions in Jaen was 40 people.

Andújar, Marmolejo the worst occurred when the flow of the river Guadalquivir exceeded 1,500 cubic meters per second when lleguó all the water from the tributaries to the Guadalquivir since are easing five reservoirs that are 100% of its capacity - Giribaile and rumble, Fernandina, Jándula, Guadalen - and virtieron more than 1,600 cubic meters per second. This perfect storm is to add the alert yellow rain with forecast of up to 40 litres. The water came to the hamlet of La Isla in Andújar, where there were evicted neighbors and one of them had that being rescued by firefighters, while in San Julian (Marmolejo) ordered the eviction of 40 neighbors by flood in the afternoon.

The delegate of the Andalusian Government in Jaen, Teresa Vega, reported that had been activated the level two or intermediate (there are three) alert and the advisory committee of the Provincial Plan of floods of Jaen moved his command post advanced to the firehouse in Andujar "because of the anticipation of a worsening of the situation by a likely flood of the flow of the River Guadalquivir". The Municipality of the town of 40,000 inhabitants, has launched a device of emergencies by the overflowing of the river, to which he was missing two meters to exceed the roman bridge. Some 300 families in flood areas of this municipality and the companies that were installed in the industrial estates adjacent to the banks were alerted.

Also be produced evictions in towns like Guarroman, in city Los Palomares of Jabalquinto, at the door of Segura, while in Mogon, in the District of la Barca, were in "strict monitoring" faced possible eviction. There were also incidents in schools in three towns, as in Navas de San Juan, where a "little tornado" was part of the roof of school and several industrial buildings, as well as street furniture.