MURCIA GOTA FRIA 2019

Murcia Gota Fría storm and flooding September 2019: overviewThree days of torrential storms which will live in the memory for many years Those whose familiarity with the Region of Murcia and the rest of south-eastern Spain goes back years have learnt never to underestimate the destructive power of the &ldquo.. 18/09/2019

4,000 episodes of flooding on the east coast of Spain in the last 1,000 years Flooding has been exacerbated by the change in land use over the last millennium While it is important not to underestimate the intensity of the Gota Fría storm which has caused widespread flooding in Murcia and Alicante over the last few.. 17/09/2019

Video Gota Fría September 2019 Los Alcazares debris and cars washed up against bridge Ramblas flow downhill and disgorge into the sea or Mar Menor. This video shows the after effects of the volume of water pouring down into Los Alcázares. See full background information for the Murcia Gota Fria 2019 14/09/2019

Trainline flooded during the Murcia Gota Fria 2019 Mindboggling quantities of water washed down onto railway tracks and roads, leaving the Murcian Region almost isolated during the peak hours of the storm. See full background information for the Murcia Gota Fria 2019 14/09/2019

Video Murcia Gota Fria 2019. Waste, plastics and agricultural debris washed into the Mar Menor. Millions of litres of water flowed down into the Mediterranean and Mar Menor from inland areas of the region during the Gota Fría, gathering agricultural materials, mud and debris as they went. Although huge quantities of mud and debris.. 14/09/2019

ARCHIVED - Los Alcázares residents attempt to block AP-7 motorway to demand flood protection measuresARCHIVED ARTICLE The demonstration on Saturday came three years after a man died in gota fría storm flooding To commemorate the third anniversary of the flooding in Los Alcázares during which one man died in December 2016, and to.. 16/12/2019

ARCHIVED - Indignation and anger in Los Alcázares amid concern over the future of the townARCHIVED ARTICLE The latest flooding adds to concerns over tourism in the Mar Menor area As the streets of Los Alcázares disappeared beneath muddy floodwater on Tuesday the range of emotions felt by residents ranged from resignation and despair.. 04/12/2019

ARCHIVED - Environmental concern for the Mar Menor following the second gota fría of the autumnARCHIVED ARTICLE Tons of soil and harmful substances washed into the already fragile marine environment As residents and council workers begin the clean-up operation in towns on the inland shore of the Mar Menor on Wednesday following the flooding.. 04/12/2019

ARCHIVED - List of roads still closed by floodwater after the gota fría storm in Murcia on TuesdayARCHIVED ARTICLE Driving remains hazardous after almost 100 millimetres of rain in San Javier on Tuesday By Wednesday morning, although light rain was still falling in the city of Murcia, it seems safe to pronounce the second “gota frí.. 04/12/2019

ARCHIVED - Los Alcázares looks like Venice as floodwaters fill the streets once againARCHIVED ARTICLE 100 litres per square metre hits the campo de Cartagena Yet again the Gota Fría floods the centre of Los Alcázares. Heavy rains fell directly over the municipality last night, but although the rain stopped.. 03/12/2019

ARCHIVED - Torre Pacheco-Los Alcázares road under waterARCHIVED ARTICLE Avoid the road to Mar Menor Golf Resort and others in the Campo de Cartagena As floodwater continues to cascade towards the Mar Menor from the crop fields of the Campo de Cartagena the main RM-F30 road between Los Alcázares.. 03/12/2019

ARCHIVED - Level 2 emergency protocols activated as gota fría flooding returns to Los AlcázaresARCHIVED ARTICLE Residents urged to stay at home with food and water supplies for at least 2 days The Town Hall of Los Alcázares, which appears on Tuesday morning to have been the worst hit municipality in Murcia during the violent &ldquo.. 03/12/2019

ARCHIVED - Murcia government to repair gota fría storm damage on the RM-54 in Los NietosARCHIVED ARTICLE The project is added to others in roads in Cartagena with a budget of 600,000 euros It is two and a half months since the Region of Murcia was hit by severe flooding as one of the heaviest “gota fría” storms in.. 26/11/2019

ARCHIVED - Cartagena Mayoress backs calls for Mar Menor building moratoriumARCHIVED ARTICLE Reports that Cartagena is lobbying for the CHS to expropriate Bahía Bella While the regional government continues to draw up its new law to protect the marine environment in the Mar Menor the Town Hall of Cartagena, led by.. 22/11/2019

ARCHIVED - Los Alcázares residents present their own flood prevention schemeARCHIVED ARTICLE A series of infrastructures would be created to divert floodwater from the Campo de Cartagena into wetland reserves As residents of Los Alcázares, Los Nietos and other towns on the eastern shore of the Mar Menor continue.. 21/11/2019

ARCHIVED - Gota fría flood damage repairs progressing well on the water supply canal in Molina de SeguraARCHIVED ARTICLE The CHS expect the reconstruction of the canal to be completed early in 2020 Work to repair the water distribution canal between Los Valientes and Campotéjar in Molina de Segura, which collapsed during the gota frí.. 15/11/2019

ARCHIVED - Murcia government calculates gota fría flooding damage at 528 million eurosARCHIVED ARTICLE The Region urges the national government to apply for EU Solidarity Funds Over two months after the disastrous flooding caused by the gota fria storm of mid-September in the Region of Murcia the worst of the damage has now been.. 15/11/2019

ARCHIVED - Los Alcázares Mayor presents flood prevention project in MadridARCHIVED ARTICLE Mario Pérez Cervera met the Secretary of State for the Environment on Monday Following the worst “gota fría” storm for 50 years in Murcia in the middle of September Mario Pérez Cervera, the Mayor.. 05/11/2019

ARCHIVED - 46 million euros to repair gota fría storm damage on major water infrastructuresARCHIVED ARTICLE The CHS repairs dams, reservoirs and river banks after the heaviest storm in Murcia for 50 years It is now almost two months since the Region of Murcia was hit by widespread flooding in what has been described as the worst &ldquo.. 05/11/2019

ARCHIVED - 1.16 million euros for major road repairs following the September gota fríaARCHIVED ARTICLE Work begins on roads which remain closed 7 weeks after the storm Seven weeks after the gota fría storm which struck Murcia in mid-September the regional government department of Development and Infrastructures has begun the.. 31/10/2019