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With rainfall of more than 200 l / m2 on average in the municipality, the rains caused serious damages in highways, urban centers and throughout the field pachequero, reason why the City Council is studying to request the declaration of catastrophic zone for the whole Region, given The severity of the floods in the Campo de Cartagena and Mar Menor.
The municipality of Torre-Pacheco has lived a weekend isolated and under all precautions due to the intense rains.
Municipal officials have handled hundreds of calls since Saturday and many incidents related to heavy rainfall (mainly water pumping, fresh water rescues, sanitation and fall and obstacles on public roads, etc.).
Last Saturday the INUMNMUR Plan was activated in its Preemergence phase, and later it was raised to level 1 and on Sunday night it was raised to level 2 and UME participation was requested.
The accumulated rainfall since the rains began last Friday, have exceeded 200l / m2 in large areas of the municipality.
According to data from the Meteorological Station of Torre Blanca speaks of 261.4 liters, it should be noted that the average precipitation of Torre-Pacheco in a year is usually about 300 liters.
The mayor of Torre-Pacheco, Antonio León, visited throughout the weekend along with City Councilman Juan Salvador Sánchez, affected areas of the municipality to assess the damages.
In the same way municipal technicians are visiting buildings and municipal spaces, to evaluate the damages happened.
A great work done by the consistory, to inform the population minute by minute of topics of interest, on the state of roads, and cuts of streets and secondary roads.
Among the most significant incidents is the realization of tasks to assist neighbors with problems and prevention of traffic problems before massive cuts on the roads of the municipality, people have also been rescued from their vehicles, and a transfer of a Drinks at the hospital because he is sick.
For Monday, December 19, school activities have been suspended in all schools in the municipality of Torre-Pacheco in the event of damage and weather forecast.
During the morning of today the Mayor of Torre-Pacheco, accompanied by the Councilor for Education, Conchi Martínez and the General Director of Centers, Mª Dolores Valcárcel, visited the educational centers of the municipality, knowing firsthand the damages caused by the Intense rains, with no major damage to buildings.
In the morning of today, the Mayor accompanied by the Councilor for Public Safety and the Councilor for Communication, Carlos Lopez, have toured the municipality of Torre-Pacheco assessing the damage caused by the huge rains.
The neighborhood of San Antonio, more specifically the streets Felicito Manzanares, Río Záncara and Río Azul, areas where this morning was trying to return to normal, and the neighbors were shrinking water from their homes and cleaning the mud that Has dragged the water.
An area where the material damages are very large, reason why the Consistory asks to request Catastrophic Zone.
One morning in which the cleaning services and the municipal workers are doing a great job for trying to achieve an appearance of normality, under the coordination of the Councilor for Services, Mari Carmen Guillén, and the Councilor for Personnel, Rosalía Rosique.
The Mayor wanted to thank the great work and tireless work done these days by municipal staff, and above all he wanted to thank the neighbors for the precautions taken and to follow the recommendations made by the City.
The State Meteorological Agency has already deactivated the orange alert, but the large flow of drifts and dry streams has meant that the emergency device is maintained indefinitely until the situation improves and the municipality recovers normalcy.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Torre Pacheco
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