As announced by the weather service, this was a bridge over Andalusia Day passed by water. The forecast of rain in the province, mainly affected the Levante area, where in towns such as Pulpí or Cuevas del Almanzora, the rains caused the departure of boulevards and damage of various kinds.
On Saturday in a matter of minutes, the rain has fallen hard on Pulpí, at which point in a matter of half an hour sixty liters per square meter fell, according to data from the Ametse network.
The Andalusian Emergency Service 112 has registered this Sunday more than thirty incidents due to rain in the province of Almería, mainly due to the exit and accumulation of water, mud and stones on high school roads, along with specific problems of low houses, basements and commercial premises without any record, so far, of personal damage.
These Town Halls, Pulpí and Cuevas del Almanzora, called on the population to take extreme precautions against the overflows of rafts and rivers, mainly the Rambla Nogalte.
Two octogenarian people caught by a flood in Cuevas del Almanzora rescued
The rapid intervention of the Civil Guard and Civil Protection has allowed the rescue of two people of foreign nationality, 78 and 79 years old, who were trapped inside their caravan with their two dogs after being surprised by a flood on the beach. de Quitapellejos, in the municipal area of Cuevas del Almanzora.
The notice was received at 3:40 p.m. on March 1 through the Almería Civil Guard Service Operational Central (062), after being alerted by the 112 Andalusia emergency service. The person who contacted the emergency services, a woman in evident nervousness and with difficulties communicating in Spanish, reported that the water had reached the windows of the vehicle.
Immediately, a rescue device was activated with territorial patrols of the Pulpí Civil Guard and Cuevas del Almanzora, in coordination with the Command and Control Center (062) and with the support of Civil Protection from the Cuevas del Almanzora City Council.
Agents established telephone contact with the trapped woman, who, despite the language barrier, managed to indicate her possible location. One of the Civil Guard agents was able to communicate with her in English, obtaining key details that allowed the search to be focused on an isolated area of the Quitapellejos beach, in Palomares.
After locating the caravan, half hidden in a pine forest and surrounded by water and mud, the agents observed the two people inside, who were signaling with their mobile phones and camping flashlights. Given the dangerousness of the situation and the increase in the water level, which reached the waist of the agents, a lifeline was improvised with a network for agricultural use to reach the caravan and place life jackets for those affected.
After articulating the rescue of the two people and their dogs, the assisted persons were transferred to a security zone enabled by agents of the Civil Guard and Civil Protection. Due to the signs of hypothermia and disorientation they presented, they were urgently evacuated to receive medical attention.
A deceased in Lorca
The body of the 50-year-old rancher disappeared in Lorca, when he was dragged on Sunday afternoon due to the abundant rains in the area, has been found this Monday in the vicinity of the Ramonete boulevard, as reported by the mayor of the town.
According to sources from the Civil Guard, the body has been located at the mouth of the Ramonete de Lorca boulevard, already on the shore of the coast.
Rain was one of the protagonists of the day. The other, the snow, which again complicated circulation in the surroundings of Calar Alto. The Almería highway A-1178 suffered again this Sunday a total cut to traffic due to snow on the climb to the Calar Alto observatory, which prevented citizens from accessing this road for much of the morning.
At two o’clock on Sunday afternoon, traffic on the A-1178 Almería highway was once again restored to traffic in both directions after the important total cut applied this Sunday for several kilometers on its ascent to the port of Calar Alto. The reason for the restriction on the movement of vehicles is justified by the snowfall, which already caused a total cut on the road last day.
This Monday, more alerts for rain, waves and wind
For this Monday the yellow notices are repeated throughout the Almería coast. In the west and the capital the alert will be due to winds of up to sixty kilometers per hour and waves of three meters. In Levante, these meteorological phenomena will be joined by rain, with the risk of falling up to 20 liters per square meter in one hour. These notices will decline at lunchtime. By Tuesday, for now, there is no anticipated risk in the province.
The instability of the last days will last until Thursday. On Wednesday and Thursday the situation of instability would continue.