Heavy rains drag numerous vehicles in Lorca | Spain

The Murcia town of Lorca and a good part of the Region of Murcia are suffering this Thursday the scourge of the rain storm that also affects the Valencian Community, southern Catalonia and Andalusia. Numerous vehicles have been dragged by the floods in the Murcian city, with flooded Ramblas and the channel of the Guadalentín River, a tributary of the safe, very growning as it passes through Lorca.

The storm has already left 67.8 liters per square meter in just six hours, between 12 noon and 6 in the afternoon. The Aemet has raised the yellow to orange notice in Lorca until 9:59 p.m. and foresees rainfall up to 30 liters per square meter in an hour, and 120 in 12 hours that will occasionally be accompanied by storms. The Autonomous Community will request the declaration of severely affected zone – which was previously known as the catastrophic area – for the affected territories. The firefighters of the Region of Murcia have worked on the rescue of at least one vehicle with a driver who had taken the Río downstream waters of the salty rambla, and another woman has had to be rescued in the municipality of Cartagena. The woman rescued in Lorca had been trapped in her vehicle while driving along the Caravaca road as she passed through the Lorquina town. The car was dragged and ended up between two ramblas grown by strong rainfall. Emergencies received the warning after 14.30. After the rescue, the driver, who presented symptoms of hypothermia, has been taken to an accessible place for an ambulance and his medical staff, who lent him assistance in the place. The car of the rescued in Cartagena had been stranded in the middle of a rambla in a cultivation field between the Diputación de Santa Ana and the city’s urban nucleus. “Eight or nine bailouts have been carried out, but they do not consist missing,” said the mayor of the town, Fulgencio Gil, which in TVE has warned that the “situation is very bad” The calm ”. “There are many incidents, but fortunately, nothing serious.” On public television, Gil has lamented that “in no case had a rain of that intensity and persistence was planned. He has not stopped raining from 10 in the morning. ” The first mayor has assured that there have been “many” material damage, both in private homes and on streets and roads where the water has opened the asphalt. The Lorca City Council has warned that, in effect, there are numerous streets and cut roads, and has ordered to disassemble a weekly market in the area of ​​the Wheel garden. In addition, he has asked citizens to remain in their homes and do not take the car. The Consistory also informs that there are personnel of the 112 emergency service in the region in the urban area of ​​the city and some surrounding areas, such as La Hoya, Zamos de Ramos and Puntas de Calnegre. The T-711 road to Caravaca, in its crossing of Lorca, has been cut at the height of Altritar, being flooded, as well as other roads in the area. For its part, Lorca Civil Protection has asked that the phone be left free to respond to emergencies in the municipality, the second most extensive in Spain, after that of Cáceres. Complicated situation in Lorca (RDM) Heavy rains continue to shake the west and northwest Murcia . There is an orange notice pic.twitter.com/0Due4r0nin— ☈ meteosural (@Meteo_Sreste) March 6, 2025 Since the early hours of this morning, the Murcia region has activated the Plan against Flood (Inunmur Plan) in emergency phase and level 1 by accumulation of rainfall, for the municipalities of Caravaca de la Cruz, Cehegín, Bullas, Bullas, Classparra and Moratalla All in the Northwest region, which has been the most affected by the rains during this morning, while this afternoon the greatest intensity is taking place in the Lorca area. In this municipality, as in Águilas and the Guadalentín Valley, as well as in the Northwest region, the State Meteorology Agency has expanded the orange notice until 10 pm on Thursday. In the rest of the Autonomous Community, the notices are already deactivated, although the forecast is to continue raining in the next few hours. The Government of the Autonomous Community, in coordination with the municipalities, has decided to suspend classes and activity in the centers of older and people with disabilities for tomorrow in the Northwest region and the Guadalentín Valley. The affected municipalities are: Bullas, Calasparra, Caravaca de la Cruz, Moratalla, Lorca, Puerto Lumbreras, Águilas, Aledo, Totana and Alhama de Murcia. The teaching activity and for the elderly and with disabilities in Cehegín and Mazarrón are also suspended. A man with boots and umbrellas in the San Cristóbal de Lorca (Murcia), this Thursday. Jaime Insael President of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, serves the media during his visit to Lorca, this Thursday. Jaime Insazone flooded on the Caravaca road in Lorca, this Thursday. Jaime Insaun Man clean a restaurant affected by heavy rains in Lorca (Murcia), this Thursday. Jaime Insazones affected, on the Caravaca road in Lorca in Lorca, by heavy rains. In the background, the Castle of Lorca. Creida del Cauce of the Guadalentín River as it passes through Lorca (Murcia), this Thursday. Marcial Guillén (EFE) Water cataract in the Salvador de Saltador, this Thursday in Cehegín, (Murcia). Marcial Guillén (EFE) The mayor of Cehegín, Alicia del Lond Cehegín (Murcia), with the district of the Campillo, cut to traffic. Marcial Guillén (EFE) The Hydrographic Confederation of Segura, (CHS), has ordered the unbalanced of the Dam de la Cierva, in the municipality of Mula (Murcia) .Marcial Guillén (EFE) Cauce of the Argos River as it passes through the municipality of Cehegín (Murcia), this Thursday. Marcial Guillén (EFE) A man, next to the road that joins the municipality of Cehegín (Murcia), with the district of Canara, cut to traffic. Marcial Guillén (EFE) throughout Wednesday and until 6 pm on Thursday a total of 448 calls corresponding to 427 issues related to the effects of wind and rain in various areas of the region have been received at the Emergency Coordination Center. Most of these issues have to do with traffic problems, basically obstacles on the road or roads (137), followed by water shrine (56) and several assists due to water accumulation (26). Most calls by municipalities have been in Murcia (103), Lorca (96), Cartagena (51), Cehegín (23), Totana (22), Caravaca (19). The president of the region, Fernando López Miras, has announced hours before visiting the town the suspension of clas and adult education centers, as well as their extensions in the municipalities of Puerto Lumbreras and Águilas. The social centers of the elderly of the town Lorquina, of 98,000 inhabitants, and of Mazarrón have also been closed. The schools of the five municipalities of the Northwest region affected by the rains have also had their classes suspended today throughout the day, and have been the ones that have registered the greatest destruction from the heavy rains. The worst stop has been the municipality of Cehegín (14,400 inhabitants), where the intensity of the rain has cast down the wall of a school pavilion, although without causing injuries. The facilities were empty thanks to the suspension of classes from early in the morning. In addition, the two rivers that run through the areas of the Ceheginera orchard, the Argos and El Quípar, which have forced to cut several roads that connect the town with the distances. In the last 24 hours, the town has accumulated 231 liters per square meter, according to Aemet, a daily record since September 1997. In this Murcian town it is already the most rainy March since there are records. The mayor, Alicia del Amor, has affirmed that the situation has been “chaotic” and that she will ask for the Declaration of Catastrophic Zone, reports from Cehegín M. Victoria S. Nadal. The jumper ravine, on the outskirts of the population, has registered more than 160 liters per square meter until noon. The regional president has visited the town on Thursday afternoon and has asked for “tranquility and prudence” to the neighbors. More information about the rest of the municipalities of that region there are numerous secondary roads and cut roads, and there have been important floods in the channels of the mule, quipar and argos rivers, which have registered overflows in some of their sections, so it is recommended to avoid displacements in Those localities. Complicated situation in Lorca (RDM) Heavy rains continue to shake the west and northwest Murcia . There is orange notice pic.twitter.com/0Due4r0nin— ☈ meteosural (@Meteo_Sreste) March 6:2025 Immediate overflow of these Ramblas, but are generated in advance to have the population prevented, according to its president, Mario Urrea. The Confederation has also proceeded to the controlled drainage in the Azud de Ojós, which accumulated a large flow of 50 cubic meters per second. (Tagstotranslate) Spain

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