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A hospital evicted and roads cut: Asturias registers a hundred incidents due to the storm | BE Gijón | Today for Today Gijón

The temporal has left its first consequences in its wake Asturias. Around a hundred incidents, more than half related to roadblocks, is the balance of a day marked by rain. Data from the State Meteorological Agency indicate that Asturias has registered the highest rainfall in the country since midnight, with 151 liters per square meter in Amieva, 112.8 in Cabrales, 74.86 in Piloña, or 76.4 in Aller .

At the Arriondas Hospital, 26 patients have been discharged while another 29 have been referred to the Cabueñes hospitals in Gijón, Saint Augustine of Aviles, Nalón Valley of Langreo and Álvarez Buylla from You see. In addition, another 23 hemodialysis users will be treated at the Hospital Fundación de Jove unit in Gijón.

The Health Service of the Principality has installed an advanced medical post in the vicinity of the hospital of Arriondas to serve users of the health area, with the support of medical staff from the health center itself. If necessary, advanced life support vehicles (mobile ICU) will also be mobilized. As long as this situation continues, the users of the health centers of Colunga, Ribadesella Y Llanes that require urgent hospital assistance due to a vital emergency will be referred to the Cabueñes Hospital, while those of Piloña, Parres Y Cangas de Onís They will be transferred to the Central University Hospital of Asturias (HUCA), in Oviedo. Likewise, the Sierrallana Hospital (Torrelavega) will serve users of Cabrales, Peñamellera Alta and Colombres.

The Covadonga Cave during the storm


Schools and homes

As a precaution, they have also been evicted about 600 students, teachers and staff who serve in the public school ‘Río Sella’ and in the Institute of Secondary Education ‘El Sueve’. Also a house in Piloña, whose members had been locked inside the house due to the impossibility of leaving and two people, one in Parres and the other in Cangas de Onís, using a canoe. In the first, a woman was evacuated whose home was surrounded by water. It was in perfect condition and was in the care of family members. Another woman was rescued by canoe in La Noceda, in Arriondas. The victim, unharmed, was also in the care of family members.


One of the rescues carried out by canoe. / SEPA

The 112 Asturias Emergency Coordination Center has answered 21% more calls than usual, although the situation of the rivers tends to stabilize and in some the level is even dropping. In addition, the Emergency Service will maintain the Advanced Command Post in Arriondas with the area chief and Asturias Firefighters personnel.

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