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EFE
The DANA on Spain, which especially flooded the south and east of the Iberian Peninsula, causing flooding, traffic cuts, destroyed crops and even the derailment of an AVE, while a search is underway for a truck driver who has disappeared in l’Alcudia (Valencia) and six people are unaccounted for in Letur (Albacete) after the flood that affected the municipality this Tuesday.
Sources from the Civil Guard have informed EFE that, at the two municipal workers missing after their vehicle was swept away by the flood in Letur, Two other women and a couple have joinedwho have not been able to contact them.
State in which the cars have been left in the Malaga town of Álora after the Guadalhorce river overflowed.
Jorge Zapata / EFE
In addition, Adif reported that rail traffic on the high-speed line that connects Madrid and Valencia has been interrupted due to the weather situationwhile the train service between Valencia and Barcelona is interrupted by the fall of a truck onto the tracks and by heavy rain.
Torrential rains and thunderstorms caused a situation this Tuesday “exceptional“which especially affects the southern half of the peninsula and most of Levante, with a red alert – the level of warning of greatest danger – in Valencia and Malaga and a forecast of between 120 and 180 liters of water falling in 12 hours.
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, pointed out on the X network that follows “closely and with concern the information on missing persons and damage caused by dana”
The Civil Guard and the Provincial Firefighters Consortium of Valencia They are searching for the missing truck driver who was working with his vehicle around 1:00 p.m. in l’Alcúdia (Valencia), one of the areas most affected by the intense rain and wind storm that is hitting the region. The notice was given by an acquaintance, who has tried to contact him and It has been impossible.
They suffered traffic cuts on the A-3 highway between Utiel and Requena due to water accumulation on the road, and two truck overturns occurred on the A-7 as it passed through Alginet, with several kilometers of delays.
Localities especially affected were those of Utiel, where the rains and the overflowing of the Magro River have forced the mobilization of the Military Emergency Unit, and Llombai, which endured a waterspout of 200 liters per square meter in two hours.
In the Murcia Regionemergency services responded to more than a hundred calls, including one to rescue a driver trapped in his vehicle in Molina de Segura who ultimately emerged unharmed. Murcia capital has had to close several streets and boulevards due to flooding, in addition to facing falling branches or the displacement of containers.
The Coordination Center Emergencies 112 The emergency phase, operational situation 1, of the Emergency Plan for Flood Risk in Andalusia was deactivated at 8:50 p.m., after managing more than 600 incidents during the day.
In Andalusia, the most affected provinces are Málaga, Granada and Almería, with emergencies caused by flooding in the basements of homes, basements, garages and roads.
In the case of the province of Malaga, the effects of the storm have hit the capital of the Costa del Sol and to the municipalities of Álora and Pizarra, where the increase in the flow of the Guadalhorce River has caused flooding of rural homes and requests for rescue from people trapped in their homes and in cars stuck in ponds of water.
State in which the cars have been left in the Malaga town of Álora after the Guadalhorce river overflowed
Jorge Zapata / EFE
Sources from the Álora Local Police have informed EFE that There are still people isolated in their homes, but They are not in danger, so tomorrow Wednesday they will send the necessary machinery to make way on the roads.
The mayor of the municipality, Francisco Martín, has confirmed to EFE that the members of the Civil Guard They have rescued about 16 people throughout the day that had been trapped by the overflowing of the Guadalhorce River.
Besides, one of the pieces of the AVE that was traveling between Malaga and Madrid with 291 passengers on board has derailedwithout injuries or personal damage, and the travelers have had to be transferred to another convoy.
In Castile-La Manchathe greatest amount of water has fallen in Albacete, although significant rains have also been recorded in other provinces such as Cuenca or Ciudad Real.
In addition to the sSix people are unaccounted for in Letur (Albacete), the delegate of the Board in the province, Pedro Antonio Ruiz Santos, has told EFE that at the moment “there are many people without locating”, due to the confusion that exists in the town and that it will not be possible to count of people until daylight.
