Torrenueva beach, along with the rest of the Costa Granadina, took a good beating from the gales during mid December. The consequent damage was such that the Provincial Council declared that they would provide technical and financial assistance to restore the beach.
Tag Archive for damage
Cars Damaged
by Dave Nichols •
I finish with the fun stuff. In Northern Europe, your car tends to be in danger of ‘keying’ (scratching cars with a key – Ed) by rowdy teenagers under the influence.
Beetle Doom
by Héloïse Nolan •
The Escarabajo (red beetle) has now well and truly got its clutches into the Washington palm trees on the coast and has set off an alarm signal from the Agricultural Department of Parks and Gardens in Motril
Rain Damage
by Dave Nichols •
Onto the weather – a topic of endless interest to Brits everywhere. More specifically, to the damage now starting to show up after the endless deluges that made our winter.
The Earth Moves
by Dave Nichols •
It’s pretty much all downhill from here, No pun intended, but we have mudslides all over. Reports are flooding in (groan) of walls subsiding, land sliding down hills, so-called dry walls slipping, etc., etc. There have been problems ranging from La Caleta, where a local car park has been threatened by stones falling from 30 metres and crushing cars below, to Molvízar, where huge rocks fell from a private property wall to block the Coto 200.
Civic Centre Repairs
by David Darby •
The Mayor, at a recent Town Council Meeting made an announcement that work was to commence on the repairs to the auditorium of the Civic Centre in La Herradura.
Money for Road Damage
by Editor •
You will all, no doubt be pleased to hear that the Central Government and the Junta de Andalucía are going to chuck three million euros at the Alpujarra road system…
Rain Damage Soportújar
by Editor •
Whilst Collado is bemoaning a lack of electricity, Soportújar has been without drinking water or irrigation water, thanks to the rain, ironically enough.
Rain Damage 102m Euros
by Dave Nichols •
The Junta de Andalucía estimates the cost of repairing such damage at €102 million – of which €62 million is estimated to be for road repair.
Meteorological Pastime
by Dave Nichols •
Finally, something at which the British excel; at which, in fact, they are unsurpassed. I refer of course to our national pastime of complaining about the weather. Oh, what fun we’ve had for the past month.