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JUAN CANO / ALVARO FRÍAS / FERNANDO TORRES
200km/h. A Guardia Civil officer was almost run over at a roadblock but managed to fire a round that pierced the coolant reservoir and the car was found abandoned in Mijas. It was believed that the driver of the car was El Melillero – but sources now
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agustín peláez
Andalucía's regional government, the Junta, has warned of drought in the Axarquía as the end of the hydraulic year approaches. La Viñuela reservoir currently contains 54 square hectometres of water; five less than this time last year and just 33 ... per cent of its capacity. The situation is especially worrying for the subtropical fruit sector, as mango picking and avocado growing seasons get under way. Some growers have already consumed their annual quotas of water from the reservoir and
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IGNACIO LILLO
Draining had to start on the La Concepción reservoir in Istán, near Marbella, which supplies the western Costa del Sol, on Tuesday with the infrastructure at almost 95 per cent capacity and with further rain forecast for this weekend. Following ... the recent downpours, supplies measured 58.6 cubic hectometres, eight more than in the same week of the previous year, according to the data provided by Hidrosur. A relatively small reservoir in relation to the area it serves, its maximum capacity is ... subtropical crop industries, where La Viñuela reservoir is at just 40 per cent. The Ciudadanos MP for Malaga, Guillermo Díaz, said: "Once again today we are throwing away water that we will miss tomorrow". He blamed a lack of commitment from central
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ignacio lillo
Increasing the capacity of La Concepción reservoir in Marbella will have to wait a little longer, central government has announced. An initiative to expand the reservoir that supplies the entire western Costa del Sol was first mooted two decades
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FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ
The so-called good type of rain fell over Malaga province last week, leaving no notable damage, instead supplying the area's reservoirs. Reserves increased by three cubic hectometres during last week, which is practically equivalent to Malaga city'