Fifteen Hundred Fatalities around Dolores Whilst insurance companies are still calculating the material costs of the damage caused by the recent flooding across the region, and friends and families still mourning those who lost their lives, the department of justice has already counted 1,450 animals that perished in the waters caused by the DANA. The regional minister for justice, Gabriela Bravo, presented the startling account … Read More
Buzzing Around the Environment Although the occasional rains of summer may have been a brief but welcome break to the continual hot and dry spells of previous years, the rain has brought an unpleasant legacy along with it. The extra rain through August has added water to the ground, feeding plants and animals, it has added to the dwindling supplies in the reservoirs, and … Read More
School Damage Inspected Following Easter Storms Torrevieja´s councillor for Education, José Hurtado, accompanied by technicians from the Department of Works and Services, visited the CEIP Romualdo Ballester school in order to assess damage caused by the heavy rain over the Easter weekend. The team checked the worst affected areas and, according to their initial assessment, are due to faulty performance by the company that was awarded … Read More
Easter weather topples 130-year-old palm tree The torrential rain and strong winds that bombarded Torrevieja over the Easter weekend were so severe that they caused a 130-year-old and thirteen-metre-high palm tree located in the virgin beach of Cala Ferris to topple and fall to the ground. Read More
Easter Saturday Flooding – In Pictures Many people in Torrevieja woke on Easter Saturday to find themselves isolated, as overnight rain brought extensive flooding to parts of the town, blocking off roads and resulting in emergency protocols to be launched. Public transport was shut down, Easter parades cancelled, and emergency workers struggled to free people who had found themselves in difficulties in their vehicles, whilst many … Read More
Autumn Cultural Schedule Published Torrevieja’s councillor for culture, Domingo Perez, has presented the schedule for the autumn cultural calendar, offering a range of events which includes concerts, exhibitions and cultural and leisure events for the months of October , November and December. More events will be added to the calendar as the season progresses, but the schedule already includes such anticipated concerts like the … Read More
Five Rescued from Trapped Vehicles Overnight storms that continued into the morning caused significant surface water, which peaked at its problematic stage a little before 8:00 in the morning. Five vehicles became trapped on the road between the Carrefour supermarket and Aquopolis water park in Torrevieja, all rescued by fire fighters based just down the road. Across the region, there were 30 rain-related incidents that … Read More
Calls to Save Water as Reserves Remain Low Water reservoirs in the Valencian Community are at the some of the lowest levels in the whole of Spain with its reservoirs at 30% and 34% of its capacity in the Segura and Júcar basins respectively, according to the latest data from embalses.net. Meanwhile, in the rest of the Iberian Peninsula there are places where … Read More
Driving in Rain Changes in the weather provides significant risk to road users, and so our driving must be adapted at all times. Rain is one of the biggest contributors to weather related incidents. In Spain, long, dry periods are often followed by Read Full Article... Read More