The strong storms affected the towns of Vega de Granada on Saturday which passed the practice this Monday in the cleaning work and removing mud with the help of municipal workers as they try to restore order and assess the damage caused in homes and urban furniture.
One of them is Cijuela, a town with about 3,800 inhabitants in which a little more than fifty homes were flooded by the storm and in his village area there was a accident on the A-92 linked to heavy rains that led to the death of an eight-year-old child.
According to the acting mayor of Cijuleas, Juan Francisco Lizana, “there is still a lot to clean and collect.” The City Council has installed containers for residents to dispose of their damaged items. with water, while the workers continue with the cleaning work on the streets and urban furniture.
The heavy rain has also damaged several industrial warehouses. of the village, whose owners assess the damage and the damaged goods.
The situation is also complicated in Valderrubiowhose City Council has opened a technical office to assess the damage, which was not measured, caused by the storm, which left streets affected and about twenty homes flooded in the city this of about two thousand inhabitants.
All municipal workers are working this morning on cleaning work of streets and sidewalks, though still There are at least two days left for the situation to normalizeaccording to the mayor, Antonio García, who trusts in the aid announced by both the Provincial Council and the Subsidiary of the Government in Granada.
The mayor has again asked the Barranco Hondo channel so that this kind of situation does not happen again with the rains.
In the nearby town of Pinos Puente, where they will be keeping an eye on the body of the person who died in the Cijuela accident this past Monday., The situation particularly affected the Trasmulas annexwhere heavy rains caused damage and destruction such that popular laundry.
The storm also caused the A-92 motorway to remain partially closed for several hours. between the junction of Trasmulas and Láchar junction due to the fact that trees, vines and mud were dragged. The traffic cut was extended to the Cijuela interchange to improve the work and to allow emergency vehicles to enter and exit.
The Town Councils of the towns in the Vega de Granada affected by this flood will finish assessing the damage this Monday. and make it happen necessary reports so neighbors can ask for help to the various rulers already offered.
In a few minutes the water spout caused extensive damage to homes and fields and the worst effect was a fatal accident on the A-92 while passing through Cijuela.
In less than an hour, the storm that hit La Vega de Granada on Saturday afternoon caused a lot of damage and it affected the A-92 highway in Cijuela at km 224 where, as a result of a traffic accident, a child from the nearby town of Pinos Puente has died, whose Town Council has announced three days of official mourning.
Tens of homes in towns such as Cijuela itself, Valderrubio, Moraleda de Zafayona or Láchar They suffered the effects of the flood. A neighbor from the last town tells us how the garage of her home was flooded in a few minutes with more than a meter of water.
This Monday, the district city councils will complete the visits to those affected and collect the necessary information to approve emergency reportsas explained by the first deputy mayor of Láchar, María Nieves Castro.
In Trasmulas the flood was particularly violent and removed the pergola and part of the structure that covered the laundry room that was next to the column in Las Molineras Ravine.
Several important irrigation canals in the Vega de Granada were also affected.s for storm damage. Like the Conde’s, which provide 150 hectares. The Duque de San Pedro canal, which enables irrigation of a similar lawn area, has also been out of service. Many of the fields in the area are irrigated with mud and soil carried away by the water.
2024-04-22 13:20:58
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