In addition to those mentioned last week, other towns in Cerrata have been devastated by storms that have remained in the collective memory of the residents.
In Palacios del Alcor, problems with flooding seem to be the cause that forced the urban center to be moved to avoid the confluence of two streams.
Villalobón, due to its stream, has been the scene of great floods caused by storms.
The scene of monumental floods has also been Quintana del Puente. On one occasion, the overflow of the river, which knocked down booths, caused the neighbors to climb into the cellars.
In Villahán, a large flood caused many people to have to be rescued, in addition to taking animals from the pens and destroying the moray eels and even the threshers.
In Valdecañas de Cerrato, stagnant water caused by a flood caused an epidemic. This locality has been the scene of great storms with floods of water. Thus, a cloud with hail in 1933 caused the death of 3,000 sheep, most of them from cold since the cloud caught them outside the stable and being sheared.
According to the blog of Espinosa de Cerrato, a strong storm devastated fields and houses on May 26, 1921. The water took two children, Elisardo Pérez Pérez and Victorino de la Fuente. The first died and the second was about to, but was rescued by Herminio Álvaro Pérez, who used a horse he had to save this child and other people from certain death.
On August 9, 1961, the same town suffered another waterspout that caused the Franco River to reach a height of two meters above its level and an extension of about four hundred. The bridge was cut and some houses had to be evicted since the water inside it reached eighty centimeters in height. The damage caused throughout the Cobos de Cerrato plain was incalculable, since it destroyed the crops.
In Fuentes de Valdepero, on July 12, 1935, when the peasants were preparing to go to harvest, a hurricane storm blew roof tiles and brought down trees and buildings, crushing four people who had taken refuge in its walls. One of them died, Tomás Pastor, 17 years old. The strong wind blew cars away and one landed on the roof of a house more than 300 meters away, totally dismembered. All the houses were damaged, leaving most without a roof and more than 20 completely collapsed. They called this cyclone the waterspout, and behind it, the panorama was bleak, with all the streets full of debris and fallen trees that impeded the passage.
On January 2, 1936, a great rainstorm brought down houses and killed horses and mules in Esguevillas de Esgueva.
In Villarmentero de Esgueva, every time the river that gives it its name overflowed, the water reached the electricity transformer and sometimes knocked down the poles, leaving the town without electricity, like on February 15, 1941, the eve of the festival of Saint Juliana.
In Olivares de Duero, on June 29, 1953, a flood caused by a great storm swept through the fair booths, taking away the carousels, knocking down the walls of the corrals, killing many sheep, as well as ripping out curbs and destroying the shops ( pieces of meat were seen on the street). Many people had to be rescued from the windows. Others took refuge in Mrs. Eloína’s stable and climbed on top of the cows, but the water reached the height of the cows and they had to be evacuated to Mr. Linos’ house.
Tabanera and Palenzuela.
In Tabanera de Cerrato, in the 1950s, a great flood caused the water to enter the houses, forcing people to swim in their own homes, just like what happened to the pigs in the pigsties. The flood destroyed everything in its path and many fauna died.
More or less at the same time, in Valles de Palenzuela, a large cloud discharged a hail of colossal dimensions (larger than chicken eggs), which killed birds and destroyed trees. Two girls who were in the field tending sheep were literally undressed by ripping their clothes. In addition, it caused injuries to cattle, which were lucky not to be swept away, as the water flooded the stream and overflowed onto the road, taking many sheep with it.
Of similar size was the hail that fell in Villahoz in 1952, which caused injuries to people. The storm swept through the town, flooding homes. On April 27, 1975, lightning from another storm, this time a dry one, shattered rooftops and pinnacles.
Also in the 50’s in Dueñas, a great flood caused the union of the waters of the Pisuerga River with those of the Canal de Castilla. The consequence: the train station was blocked. The unusualness of the show caused school children to be brought to see it. In the town of Botijera, a tremendous storm that occurred in 1974 is also remembered.
In November 1960, houses were flooded in Piña de Esgueva and Valbuena de Duero.
In Magaz de Pisuerga in the 1960s, some floods forced the cattle to be removed from the stables so that they would not drown.
At the end of December 1961 and the beginning of January 1962 there were widespread floods that caused serious damage to land and houses, which led to the activation of relief or compensation mechanisms for the victims. In Castronuevo de Esgueva it seriously damaged the bridge. In Piñel de Abajo, the streets had more than 30 centimeters of water. In Cabezón de Pisuerga the Canal de Castilla and the Pisuerga were about to overflow. In Valoria la Buena and San Martín de Valvení the roads had to be repaired.
On January 2, 1962, Villamuriel will always be remembered for a great flood that flooded the era and the houses, with many families having to be evicted from their homes. Other times the canal has overflowed and the warehouses have been flooded.
In Soto de Cerrato, on May 30, 1997, some impressive lightning gave way to a no less impressive hailstorm and then to a 100-liter-per-square-meter torrent of water that flooded the town and flooded houses and warehouses. The beets, uprooted from the land, ran through some streets turned into rivers. The road had to be broken, near the plantation, so that the accumulated water fell, and it did so with such force that it displaced all the gravel that covered the clay.
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