Collaboration and coordination between special devices has allowed various municipal services to minimize the impact caused by the storm that left yesterday Murcia about 50 liters per square meter.
Thus, about 21 hours were put in place emergency equipment Fire, Police, Public Roads, Aguas de Murcia, Decentralization and street cleaning.
One of the first steps was to contact all the headman of the town to oversee their parishes and to report promptly any incident.
The cores have been most affected and Truyols Gea, Los Martínez del Puerto, Western Industrial Estate, South Coast districts, Espinardo, Javalí New, James the Greater and Cabeza de Torres, among others.
Service Fire Fighting and Rescue received a total of 40 calls as a result of flooding in low-rainfall, houses and streets, which had to bail water.
60 Local police officers have worked through the night cutting and diverting traffic to different routes for the enormous amount of water that flowed through them and preventing the circulation.
Thus, it has been necessary to cut off circulation in:
-Avenida Juan de Borbon, Prince of Asturias between Avenue and Plaza of the Cubes.
- Kingdom of Murcia Avenue
- Paseo Marques de Corvera
- Calle Mayor Gaspar de la Peńa
- Plaza Ingeniero de la Cierva and road tunnel to El Palmar.
- Paseo de Florencia y Calle Miguel Angel Blanco, Santiago el Mayor
- Tunnel Beniaján
- Rambla and Rambla de Espinardo Churra
- Carretera de la Paloma in El Palmar
- The Road watery Los Martínez del Puerto
- Carretera de La Tercia de Gea and Truyols
The work of all departments involved throughout the night has allowed traffic to normal in all these areas.
Also accumulated large amounts of water in the Rambla de El Garruchal, but it was not necessary to cut traffic.
In addition, from 19.30 am to 1.30 am there have been numerous calls reporting of manhole covers raised, caught or broken down vehicles, debris fell in the street, broken tree limbs and flooding.
In total, posted a score of vehicles damaged or trapped by the rain and fallen debris on the street Pintor Sobejano and El Palmar.
Another necessary action has been the eviction of fourteen people in a building located at the intersection of Avenida Kingdom of Murcia Zarandona Avenue and a nearby construction site torregrúa an overreach.
During this morning are being taken to remove the crane.
It has also been involved in breaking branches of trees on Main Street in Sangonera la Verde, Plaza wallflowers of El Palmar, El Palmar road to La Alberca.
In all these cases, the Parks and Gardens has made withdrawals from these branches and pruning to eliminate other possible dangers.
For its part, Aguas de Murcia has received a total of 38 notices in the control center that have been prioritized by urgency.
Thus, the distribution of ads most important areas is as follows:
Murcia City 17
San José de la Vega 3
Santiago Mayor 3
Cabezo de Torres 3
New 2 Javalí
El Palmar 2
Esparragal 2
Espinardo 1
The Garres 1
The Ă‘ora 1
The Garres 1
Algezares 1
The Prop 1
Regarding the incident at pumping stations sewage were:
- Atranque of pumps:
or Central Collector.
or Metrovacesa.
Baden or Camino.
and Los Pinos.
o Canute.
or Algezares.
o Esparza.
Chocolate or Berm.
or San Ginés.
o Morales.
or The Tower.
or schools.
o Pardos.
or Infante.
or Barriomar.
- Overflow:
or Central Collector
or Metrovacesa.
Baden or Camino.
and Los Pinos.
or Algezares.
o Esparza.
Chocolate or Berm.
or San Ginés.
o Morales.
or schools.
o Pardos.
or Infante.
or Barriomar.
or Sangonera la Seca (Decathlon).
or CITMUSA.
o Esparragal.
or railroad.
or Reguerón.
- Flooded Tunnels:
o Rollo.
- Flooded Areas:
o Morera, the collector goes to the Railroad in charge.
(Paseo Florence, Andres Sanchez, Miguel Angel Blanco)
or Zarandona, Avenida de Miguel Indurain, the Kingdom of Murcia.
or MU-30 Sewell Road, El Palmar-Trade Zone Decathlon, E. Lecrerc, CITMUSA in Sangonera la Verde
- Power Failure in the Campo de Cartagena:
or Take Roldán (water pumping)
In service launched by the Department of Infrastructure and Community Services in collaboration with Aguas de Murcia, the Directorate General of Highways, Public Roads Service and concessionaires and assistants, have proceeded to withdraw, by backhoe and truck mud, gravel and stones in roads and boulevards and to review tunnels Plaza de Castilla, Atalaya, El Rollo and Beniaján.
The special street cleaning service was launched around 21 hours and continue working throughout the day and tonight and tomorrow morning.
Their job is to eliminate puddles with sweepers, place containers and clean the mud displaced, in some areas as Algezares has reached 40 centimeters.
Throughout the day and continue until the rains alert these special services will be on notice if new storms occur.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia