Parks and Gardens removes leaves and any type of waste that is inside.
"These actions are very important especially in a city like Murcia where heavy rains can cause significant flooding, dragging and flooding," said the Councilor for Urban Development and Modernization of the Administration, José Guillén.
The AEMET has issued a warning of adverse weather events of yellow level starting tomorrow night.
The City Council, through the Service of Parks and Gardens, is carrying out an extraordinary campaign of cleaning of scuppers due to the yellow alert for torrential rains.
The scuppers are the necessary drainage element to keep the green spaces in good condition.
The technicians have been doing this work throughout the summer in the face of autumn rains and intensify these works whenever there is any warning for such phenomena.
"These actions are very important, especially in a city like Murcia where heavy rains can cause significant flooding, dragging and flooding," said the Councilor for Urban Development and Modernization of the Administration, José Guillén.
The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has issued a warning of adverse weather events of yellow level starting tomorrow night, and warns of rains and storms that can reach up to 20 mm, can be locally strong, with hail less than 2 cm.
In this way, the Parks and Gardens service is carrying out a scourge cleaning campaign so that these facilities are in perfect condition.
The actions consist of eliminating the possible leaves, residues or earth that are inside and that can block them and thus be prepared for any specific rainy episode.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia