Cartagena and Mazarrón, on crimson alert with 117 incidents on account of flooding

The Emergency Coordination Center of the Region of Murcia has attended till six within the morning of this Tuesday a complete of 117 issues associated to the heavy rains that have an effect on the group, largely coming from Mazarrón and the Campo de Cartagena, associated to water drainage and rescue of trapped automobiles.

According to sources from this physique, no victims have been recorded and in a dozen car rescues the drivers, below their duty, entered roads beforehand closed by the municipalities.

Cartagena and Mazarrón have been on crimson alert since 4 within the morning on account of heavy rainfall, with the forecast of “excessive danger of amassed precipitation in a single hour of as much as 61 mm”.

Likewise, the General Directorate of Emergencies of the Autonomous Community has activated at 5:30 p.m. right now, for your complete regional territory, stage 0 of the Special Civil Protection Plan in opposition to the Risk of Floods.

The president of the regional authorities, Fernando López Miras, introduced final night time the suspension of instructing exercise in universities and all instructional facilities in fourteen municipalities and the Murcian district of Lobosillo.

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