Andalusia activates its emergency phase before the arrival of storm Emilia. At 6:57 p.m. this Friday, Councilor Antonio Sanz elevated the Special Emergency Plan for Flood Risk to the emergency phase, in Operational Situation. … 1, given the weather forecast for rain associated with Storm Emilia on the coast of Huelva, Cádiz and the westernmost area of the Malaga coast.
The emergency phase refers to a phenomenon that implies that potential or actual damage may occur. In this case, the necessary measures to relieve and the protection of people or property. Operational situation 1 covers emergency situations that can be brought under control through the use of ordinary means and resources available in the Junta de Andalucía.
In this phase, there may also be specific support for resources whose mobilization does not require specific coordination on the part of the central bodies of the National Civil Protection System. It should be noted that the Plan was in the pre-emergency phase, operational situation 0, since last Wednesday the first weather warnings of significant danger and associated incidents began in the region.
From 112, we are questioning in a very specific way the population of the coastal areas of Huelva, Cádiz and western area of Malaga Avoid traveling and staying home this evening to avoid storm-related risks.
In addition, it also asks the population to be extremely cautious regarding the orange warning that affects the entire coastline of the province of Cádiz and the strait area. A forecast of up to 100 liters per square meter in twelve hours. The level is in effect all night and into the early hours of this Saturday.
Aemet also maintains for this Friday yellow warning for rain for the entire province of Huelva, the countryside of Cádiz and the regions of Sol and Guadalhorce in Málaga. In addition, coastal phenomena are announced on the coasts of Malaga, Granada and Almería. For Sunday, rain is also expected in parts of the provinces of Granada (Guadix and Baza) and Almería (Nacimiento and Campo de Tabernas, Valle de Almanzora and Los Vélez).
As a preventative measure, they activated 15 Territorial Plans Local Emergency Unit (PTEL), nine of which are in Cádiz (Castellar de la Frontera, Algeciras, Barbate, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, El Puerto de Santa María, Puerto Real, Trebujena, Los Barrios and San Roque) and six of them in the province of Huelva (Isla Cristina, Moguer, Almonte, Cartaya, Lepe and Punta Umbría).
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