In the early hours of yesterday morning, emergency services in Baza received a call out; five people were trapped in a lorry in the middle of a river.
Rescued from River
by Vivienne Hughes •
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Almuñécar River Clean Up
by Vivienne Hughes •
Over a score of volunteers scoured Río Seco & Río Verde, collecting up litter and rubbish in general from the river course last weekend.
Farmers Look on Anxiously
by Martin Myall •
Farmers along the Río Verde vega in Almuñécar are fed up with waiting on administrations to sort out the water-table crisis in the valley.
Woman Rescued from River
by Vivienne Hughes •
A woman found herself stranded on a islet in the middle of a river after a dam up stream opened its floodgates and released millions of litres of water.
Beach Plastic Clean Up
by Vivienne Hughes •
A dozen volunteers have cleared up nearly half a tonne of debris on Playa de Fuentepiedra, which had been dragged down Rio Verde in Almuñécar by the heavy rainfall.
Junta Blocks River Clearance
by Martin Myall •
According to the Councillor for Agriculture at the Almuñécar Town Hall, the Junta has ordered them to stop clearing the rivers of vegetation.
Not Prepared for Rains
by Vivienne Hughes •
The fact that it hasn’t rained can be counted as a curse or a blessing: a curse because of the drought and a blessing because we are not prepared.
Almuñécar & Herradura Downpour
by Hugh MacArthur •
The heavy rains on Monday the 6th around ten in the morning affected both Almuñécar and La Herradura.
Office for Flood Damage Claims
by Martin Myall •
The Mayor of Almuñécar, Trinidad Herrera has announced that tomorrow, the 4th of September the Town Hall would open an office to receive claims from flood-damage applicants.
Man Rescued from Salobreña River
by Hugh MacArthur •
OK, let’s face it, there’s not much chance of drowning in a river along this part of the coast during summer, but falling into a dry riverbed from a bridge must hurt.