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Ávila | Adaja and Chico rivers flood the southern a part of town and the mayor warns that new overflows are anticipated

The Chico and Adaja rivers have flooded some streets, parks and garages of Ávila, within the southern a part of town. The mayor, Jesús Manuel Sánchez Cabrera, defined that the rains which have fallen all through the evening brought on that at 3.00 an increase within the Adaja river stage was registered to 2.7 meters, however because the minutes glided by, the minutes have been rising, so the Board declared stage 2 of the flood. The water has affected primarily to the south of town, to the flood zone of the environment of the Plaza de Toros, though because the councilor has defined, the neighbors might be notified and vehicles of the garages have been evacuated “and there is no personal damage to regret”, he harassed.

Sánchez Cabrera doesn’t rule out that the river overflows by way of town all through the subsequent morning, for the reason that forecast is to rain once more this afternoon and the land “no longer absorb water.” “We can register new rainfall, we can have a new flood, we know that the land no longer absorbs water, it is impossible. We are attentive because surely the next morning we have rainfall again that again make the rivers overflow,” mentioned the mayor, who has identified that one of many worst floods of town has lived within the final 100 years.

Likewise, the mayor defined that completely different incidents have been attended, together with these of the aged “who were scared” and other people with decreased mobility, to whom Civil Protection volunteers have paid consideration. Sánchez Cabrera has identified that the “sustained” flood of the river circulation is because of the rains and thaw.