
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.
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.
According to the Councillor for Agriculture at the Almuñécar Town Hall, the Junta has ordered them to stop clearing the rivers of vegetation.
The heavy rains on Monday the 6th around ten in the morning affected both Almuñécar and La Herradura.
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.
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.