Province | August 22, 2024 – 2:18 PM |
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The First Vice President of the Granada Provincial Council, Nicolás Navarro, and the Mayor of Gobernador, Patrocinio Manuel Ruano, have visited some of the areas most affected by the storm. Photo: Granada Provincial Council
The first vice president of the Granada Provincial Council, Nicolás Navarro, announced this Thursday that the provincial institution will collaborate with a 6,000 Euros grant with the City Council of Governorin the Los Montes region, in the clean-up tasks following the material damage caused by the summer storm this past Wednesday afternoon.
During a visit to the area with the mayor of Gobernador, Patrocinio Manuel Ruano, the first vice president of the provincial institution has referred to the “unexpected” nature of a storm that “in just half an hour” left flooded homes and roads, although fortunately without personal injuries.
There was mud and sludge dragging after the flood, Navarro explained, stressing that the Granada Provincial Council has to work “hand in hand with the mayors” and hence the commitment to restore normality in this municipality, of about 200 inhabitants, “as soon as possible”.
That is why we are going to allocate a budget of six thousand euros for the cleaning of the municipality, so that, as I say, the residents can return their municipality to normal conditions as soon as possible.
“It should be noted that there were no personal injuries and that, above all, the collaboration of the neighbours” has contributed to the damage being “minor” due to their experience in dealing with “this type of unexpected circumstances,” Navarro said.
The Mayor of Gobernador explained on Thursday morning that the first cleaning tasks lasted until after 2:00 a.m., after a summer storm that hit at around 5:30 p.m. this past Wednesday, and he thanked “everyone” for their collaboration in these works, which were directed by the Iznalloz Firefighters, from the Provincial Consortium, transferred to the site after the notice from the 112 Andalucía Emergency Coordinating Service.
With specialized machinery, Ruano explained, they will also begin to work on nearby roads that were flooded, some of which were impassable, as well as in the lower part of the town where a warehouse collapsed on Úbeda Street. While these conditioning tasks continue, there is currently no estimate of the quantification of the material damage.
Trevélez asks CHG to clean up rivers
In the Alpujarra of Granada, meanwhile, the mayor of He travelsAdrián Gallegos, has called on the Guadalquivir Hydrographic Confederation to reinforce the cleaning of rivers and their surroundings after the torrential rains that also affected this municipality, this time from 6:00 p.m.
This is a request that has also been extended to the Andalusian Government, specifically to the Sierra Nevada Protected Area. Gallegos explained that this would lead to better control of the riverbeds in situations such as the one experienced last Wednesday.
The calls to 112 from Trevélez arrived at around 6:00 p.m., and reported the overflow of the Rio Grande, which had previously flowed down with abundant water, causing material damage to roads and walkways, with no reports of personal injuries.
Cleaning and conditioning work is also continuing there on Thursday, after a warning from a shepherd from the upper part of the town allowed the City Council to evacuate the puddles in the area on the fly and as a precaution on Wednesday, including a group of children, which prevented greater damage.
Through its social networks, and with a shocking video of the Rio Grande with a torrential flow dragging logs and other materials, the Trevélez City Council has asked residents that, “for safety, it is very important that no one approaches the area of the river pool or the Molino Altero”.
