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Rail services paralysed as bridges fall and tracks hang loose after inland flooding
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flooding.
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Mónica Pérez
30mm fell in that time, said meteorologists. Locals were taken by surprise as the intense rain hadn't been forecast and the council called a crisis meeting to deal with the waterlogged streets, which were in well-known flooding blackspots. Traffic
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...in the first half of Sunday. The previous record in Malaga province was 31mm on the 27 September 1957 at Malaga airport. However, more recently, in November 1989, significant flooding was caused in Malaga city when almost 500mm of rain fell, but
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...fireman, José Gil, was aged 47 and leaves two children First to report flooding around midnight were the towns of Campillos and Teba to the west of Antequera, in the north of the province. The towns' mayors frantically warned residents over social media ... to stay indoors or not to travel home as access roads were cut off. Pleas were made for people with tractors or boats to come forward. In Campillos the Blanquillo stream overflowed and the local health centre flooded. There was also flooding in the ... pressure creating the rainfall reached Estepona on the coast, flooding parts of the town centre and swelling rivers in rural areas. Local rural roads were closed here as well as neighbouring Casares and Manilva. The Guadalmansa and Padrón rivers soon
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Fears continued to grow this week for 74-year-old Roger Hanks who hasn't been seen since flooding near Coín on Wednesday last week, 10 October. British-born Hanks lived in a makeshift home under a bridge next to the Pereila river, some four
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...the resort via the Marbella arch possible until 10am on Wednesday due to the flooding there. There was disruption in other streets in the town and some outlying estates lost power in the early morning. “I had a house here, now it’s just debris ... “They told me that the house has been destroyed,” she explained. Main roads were also cut off in Ojén and Casares, with many other incidents reported in other upland towns and villages of Malaga province as streams burst their banks, flooding streets ... 100mm in neighbouring Ojén. The worst affected area on Tuesday was the centre of San Pedro which saw flooding for a time on main avenues. Twelve callouts were made by emergency services in San Pedro for flooding in properties and the tunnel under the
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Almost 28 litres per square metre fell in Archidona on Saturday, as a result of a cold front which brought torrential rain and flash flooding to the province at the end of last week. After more than 45 litres per square metre of rain fell in
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Ignacio Lillo
Aemet, the Spanish Met Office, today extended its yellow weather alert to the whole of Malaga province after more than 45 litres per square metre of rain fell in Ronda on Thursday, causing flash flooding. The heavy rain, which started at around
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...that if they don't change the academy system, there will be plenty more stars of the future flooding to Spain.
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IGNACIO LILLO
...because this is the mountain range with the highest loss of soil in the country due to the steep slopes, (over 100 per cent) and the aim was also to protect nearby populations from flooding, especially the Costa del Sol, because the water reaches as far as