It wasn’t that long ago that we were lamenting long months without rainfall as the drought dragged on, but in the last few weeks, rain has been the main dish on the menu.

Firemen in La Herradura and Almuñécar have been busy pumping out basements or draining water from swamped streets. In the case of Almuñécar the usual trouble spots have caused their customary headaches, such as where Calle Guadix reaches San Cristóbal, next to Río Seco. From that junction almost to the Peñon del Santo (cross on the rock), it has been a boating lake. The other ‘fun’ spots have been at the bottom of San Sebastian and La Paloma.

Meanwhile, in La Herradura, the fire services were receiving calls from Calle Eucalipto, Giralda, Maravillas Norte, amongst other areas with flooded garages.

Furthermore, the mouth of Barranco Las Tejas, Rambla del Espinar and Barranquilo had to have obstructions removed that had been brought down from further up by the rain. Where these storm beds cross the beach-road pavements, only a lunatic would try to wade through it

As for the main road, stones and small rocks had been washed onto it near the entrance for the Marina del Este and the Punta de la Mona.

In fact, the rain-measuring apparatus at the municipal meteorological station, El Zahonado, has been on overdrive. The rainfall graphs reveal some interesting facts: during September, October and November, 2011, the total amount of rainfall registered didn’t reach 250L per sq/m. Yet this year, September saw 84.8L per sq/m; October 129.6L per sq/m and as for November to date, 143.8L per sq/m In fact, just the rainfall last Friday gave 22.4L per sq/m.

La Herradura has its own meteorological station at the Vivero La Mezquita, the whole of 2011 saw 287L per sq/m where as in just 2.5 months of 2012 there has been 400L per sq/m.

(News: Herradura/Almunecar, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)