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The president of the Region of Murcia, has requested early this Saturday the deployment of the Military Emergency Unit in Los Alcázares, due to the “overflowing of boulevards” due to the heavy rains that fell during the early morning as a result of the passage of the Dana. Alice. The UME soldiers are already heading to the town, as reported by the Government delegate, Francisco Lucas. The storm keeps a good part of the Levantine coast on alert this Saturday. There is an orange warning on the coasts of Castellón, Valencia and Alicante, the countryside of Cartagena and Mazarrón, Ibiza and Formentera and the north and east of Mallorca, with expected rainfall of up to 40 liters in one hour or accumulated rainfall of more than 100 in 12. There is a yellow warning in the rest of the Valencian Community, the south of Catalonia and the Vega del Segura in Murcia.
Given the danger that the overflow of the ramblas is generating, and in coordination with the mayor of Los Alcázares, we request the deployment of the UME in this municipality.
From the Government, we raise the INUNMUR Special Civil Protection Plan to level 2.
— Fernando López Miras (@LopezMirasF)
During the early morning, the rains have been concentrated in Murcia, especially in the towns around the Mar Menor, such as Los Alcázares, San Javier or Santiago de la Ribera. López Miras has remained overnight in the most affected area, in contact with the mayors and it was after speaking with the mayor of Los Alcázares that he raised the risk level of the flood plan to 2, which allows him to request state aid, and has requested the deployment of the UME. The Government delegate, also active during the night, said around 9 in the morning that the soldiers would be deployed in the municipality around noon.
He has also reported that local, regional and state emergency media have worked in coordination throughout the night. In San Javier, Lucas said, they have had to rescue about 70 people, some of them on the roofs of their houses, and “many” incidents have been attended to, but there have been no personal injuries.
In his X account, López Miras has also reported that the La Manga RM-12 highway is closed (at kilometer points 0.7 and 11); the Mar Menor highway RM-19 (pk 24 towards Murcia), the RM-F33 in El Mojón (San Pedro del Pinatar); the RM-F54 in Cartagena and the RM-F29 in San Javier. Throughout the early morning, the president met with several mayors of the affected municipalities such as Los Alcázares, Torre Pacheco and San Javier to be aware of the situation. He also thanked the farmers who contributed their tractors to help with emergency work.
In the worst situations, their immense solidarity demonstrates it.
Throughout the night, farmers in the Mar Menor area have helped with their tractors in the emergency work.
I have thanked him personally.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.— Fernando López Miras (@LopezMirasF)
For her part, the mayor of Cartagena, Noelia Arroyo, has reported the deployment of about 20 firefighters during the early hours of the morning to carry out several rescues in the municipality and has assured that social services have attended to the affected neighbors. The city is within the area that this Saturday is under orange notice from the Aemet.
According to the Meteorological Agency, the dana will maintain instability this Saturday in the eastern third of the peninsula and especially emphasizes heavy or very heavy rainfall, storms and occasionally hail in the Balearic archipelago.
