
The Granada Provincial Council announced that it would apply “exceptional measures” for coastal Town Halls concerning washed up debris brought down by barrancos and rivers.
Higher temperatures brought on by climate change this late spring has brough out all kinds of insects, amongst them the Black Fly, which can cause sickness.
After the first rains, beaches at the mouths of numerous ramblas were strewn with cane and other vegetation. Such was the case with Playa Granada in Motril, for example.
The Junta de Andalucia has awarded a contract for the installation of a hyrdo-electric plant in Rules Dam.
Almuñécar has been busy tidying the beaches for Semana Santa, clearing away all the debris that the rivers have brought down.
Up to the 1st of August a total of 264 people had drowned in Spain; that’s 20% up on 2015, according to the Federación Española de Salvamento y Socorrismo.