The heavy rains that are falling in Almería are causing a large number of incidents, some 40 according to the unified 112 Andalusia Emergency Service. At the moment there are no injuries, although some rescues have taken place, in general, the alerts attended have been due to flooding and pools of water.
On the other hand, this storm has forced the closure of seven highways in the province of Almería and has partially affected the circulation in another seven roads of the secondary network of the province due to the accumulation of pools of water and landslides without any damage being recorded. personal.
The heavy rains that have hit Almería since Monday keep the A-332 highways, in Cuevas de Almanzora and El Real in Almería, closed to traffic early this Tuesday; the AL-6112 in El Cumbrero in Almería; the N-340a in Vera; the AL-7107 in Vera-Costa, along with the AL-3104 in the San Vicente neighborhood as it passes through Almería; the AL-8106 cut off by the overflow of the boulevard in Cuevas de Almanzora; and the AL-8103 in Huércal-Overa.
The AL-9105 in Huércal-Overa has traffic difficulties, partially due to both the accumulation of pools of water and the detachment of rocks and mud; the AL-5107 and the AL-5106 in Carboneras; the AL-3107 in Níjar; the AL-3106 in Carboneras; the A-1101 in Zurgena; and the AL-7107 in Vera and Cuevas de Almanzora.
In all of them, incidents have been reported to 112 and both the Civil Guard and Highway Maintenance have been alerted to proceed with their cleaning and signage.
During the early morning, 112 has also managed a dozen notices for specific flooding of ground floors and basements of houses in the province in municipalities such as Pulpí, Los Gallardos, Cantoria and Vera.
In the capital of Almería, a notice was coordinated in the La Mezquita industrial estate due to flooding of several warehouses, although the intervention of the Firefighters was not necessary, which did act in the area of the Almadraba de Monteleva.
The emergency services have also intervened to help the occupants of a car in the Almanzora river in the district of El Alhanchete and another in a boulevard in Pulpí.
In addition, some traffic accidents caused by rain have also been attended to. In Tíjola, a car exiting the road that fell into a ravine was attended to, an event in which two people were injured, an 18-year-old girl and a 57-year-old man, who were evacuated to the Baza hospital.
In the capital of Almería, a postal worker has been injured after falling when he was driving along Avenida Cabo de Gata when he had an accident with a sewer overflowing due to the rain. He was evacuated by the health services to the Torrecárdenas Hospital.
In Cuevas de Almanzora, the Firefighters have located a man who had not been heard from since morning on the Quitapellejos beach, in Villaricos.
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) maintains the orange warning for rain in the Valle del Almanzora and Los Vélez regions until 09:00 and in the Levante also due to storms and rain with accumulation of water of up to 30 liters per square meter.
