The Councilor for Citizen Security of the Cartagena City Council, Juan Pedro Torralba has reported that on the afternoon of this Sunday, May 23, two roads are cut off to traffic as a result of the rain that has been falling since the early hours of the morning.
These roads are the Sifón and La Guía roads to Pozo de Los Palos in the municipality of Cartagena.
He informed us that there is a Local Police shift made up of about ten vehicles and 6 more from Civil Protection who are coordinating actions to prevent flooding in the area.
Torralba has wanted to appeal to citizens to take extreme precautions, avoid approaching the vicinity of the rambla channels and avoid traveling on secondary roads and if it is possible that they remain in their homes, attentive to official information.
The Emergency Coordination Center of the Region of Murcia has managed until 7:00 p.m. this Sunday a total of 20 incidents related to rain in the Region of Murcia, but without importance, according to 112 sources.
Of the incidents, six have been traffic accidents without serious injuries, another three drains of water in which the firefighters did not intervene and six objects falling onto the public highway.
By municipalities, Murcia, with seven incidents, and Cartagena, with six, have been the most affected, according to 112
Regarding the municipality of Los Alcázares, its mayor Mario Pérez Cervera has stressed that they have had to cut the street that crosses the mouth of the Rambla de La Maraña, which is traditionally known as the Peñas Huertanas area. As well as the service road to Las Lomas del Rame. There are different water pockets, even if They have not generated major flood problems for homes in the area.
– Perimeter Canal of the La Dorada urbanization. Work carried out by the Alcazareño City Council / Los Alcázares City Council
So far there is only one road cut, RM D-18, in Águilas, due to water and dragging, according to the Ministry of Development.
According to network of rain gauges of the Segura Hydrographic Confederation, In the last 12 hours, 72 liters per square meter have been collected in Águilas, 48 in Calasparra-Moratalla and 43 in Quarries in Cartagena.
The orange warning for heavy rains ends at 12 o’clock tonight and tomorrow, Monday, May 24, it will go to yellow level, according to sources from the Emergency Service.
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