The Andalusia Emergency Agency (EMA 1-1-2), part of the regional government’s Department of the Presidency, Health and Emergencies, handled 673 emergencies related to rain and storms from noon on Saturday, October 17, to 6:30 p.m. on Monday, October 19. Almería recorded the most incidents, with 175, followed by Cádiz with 155 and Málaga with 150. There were 81 in Seville, 62 in Granada, 38 in Córdoba, seven in Jaén and five in Huelva.
The service handled 81 emergencies on Monday up to the reporting cutoff, compared with 323 on Sunday and 269 on Saturday, indicating a decline in the storm’s impact across the region. Incidents mainly involved flooding in homes, businesses, garages and public roads; disruption to basic services; rescues; obstacles on roads; and landslides.
In Córdoba city, a woman injured her back on Monday when an element fell from a cornice on Seville Street. Emergency services received the call at 12:07 p.m.; medical staff treated her and took her to a health centre. In Motril, firefighters rescued two older people trapped by flooding in their home on Venus Square. The call came in at 12:48 p.m., and the rescue ended at 1:50 p.m. Motril recorded 14 calls between 12:40 and 1:40 p.m., mainly about flooding in streets, homes, businesses and car parks, as well as overflowing drains and blocked roads. Reports also included a broken irrigation channel posing a flood risk, containers in the road and a collision between two vehicles on the A-7.
In Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz, the 1-1-2 service received 28 calls between 3:18 and 4:06 p.m. about heavy rain affecting homes, streets, roads and businesses. Three roads remained closed to traffic in both directions: the CO-4103 between kilometres 0 and 13, between Bujalance and Villa del Río; the CO-4207 between kilometres 0 and 9.1, between Montilla and Montalbán de Córdoba, including the La Zarza bridge between kilometres 5 and 6; and the SE-6300 between kilometres 0 and 6 in Lebrija, Seville.
Aemet rainfall readings available from stations between 5 and 6 p.m. included 66.8 litres per square metre in Gaucín and 52.2 in Benahavís, both in Málaga. Other totals were 28 in Grazalema, Cádiz; 18 at Ronda Instituto; 16.6 at the port of Motril; 12.6 in Carrión de los Céspedes, Seville; 12 in Cortes de la Frontera, Málaga; 7.5 in Cazalla de la Sierra, Seville; 6.2 in Cala, Huelva; and six in Válor, Granada.
As of 6:30 p.m. Monday, the Andalusia Flood Risk Emergency Plan remained active at emergency phase, operational situation 1. Twenty-two local emergency plans were also in operation. Aemet forecast yellow rain warnings for parts of Jaén province on Tuesday, October 20, from 6 a.m. to 11:59 a.m., for rainfall of 15 litres per square metre in one hour, with a 40% to 70% probability.
The regional emergency agency advised people to avoid unnecessary travel during heavy rain and check road conditions before setting out. It said not to cross flooded roads or waterways on foot or by vehicle, and urged people to follow official instructions and call 1-1-2 in an emergency.