Tag Archive for flooding

Christmas Eve 112 Calls

During the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day period, the Emergency Coordination Centre, 112, handled 3,590 incidents, which is a 17.74% increase compared to 2024 figures. 

Fighting off The Triffids

OK, that’s a slight exaggeration but one look at the park with exercise equipment for the elderly in Vélez de Benaudalla shows that it does look a tad ‘maintenance bereft.”

Fire Service & The Rains

The Almuñécar Councillor for Citizen Safety, Mari Carmen Martín Orce, explained that the local police and fire service were called out 30 times to deal with flooding on the 18th.

Flooding in Guadix

As the rain pours down on the Costa Tropical, the Valley de Lecrín and the Alpujarra, spare a thought for those living in the north east of the province, where it is raining with a vengeance.