Heavy rains with hail flooded streets and roads in Murcia by: María José Bernabé Martínez

Heavy rains with hail flooded streets and roads in Murcia

The water and the hail fallen yesterday afternoon in the Murcia region flooded streets, basements, warehouses and various roads, into a storm which motivated more than 100 calls to emergency phone 112.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has now restored the Green level of alert, which means absence of weather adverse phenomena, thus ended the Orange notice that activated this Monday by storms in the Vega del Segura, till 23.00 hours, with a probability of up to 70%; and the yellow notice by rains in the Vega del Segura, Lorca, Guadalentín Valley, Highlands, Northwest, and Águilas.

The 112 received six to eight o'clock in the afternoon about 150 calls, mostly from Murcia and districts such as Espinardo, Churra, Nonduermas, La Alberca, Monteagudo, Guadalupe and El Esparragal, for drainage of water, drop of objects to the driveway and crawlsamong other emergencies.

As a result of the heavy rain with hail, will cut traffic access to the road that links La Alcayna and Altorreal Espinardo and the entrance to Juan de Borbón by this same area. There were also difficulties in driving by the N-301 old access to Molina de Segura, at the height of the roundabout in Isla Grosa.

By: María José Bernabé Martínez