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Date Published: 22/03/2022
ARCHIVED - Yellow weather alerts for rainfall in Mazarron and much of Murcia on Tuesday and Wednesday
The Vega del Segura area, including Molina de Segura and Lorquí, can expect 70l/m2 of rain in the course of just 12 hours today
There are yellow weather warnings for rainfall in several parts of the Murcia Region over the next two days, with the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) predicting up to 70 litres per square metre of rain in just 12 hours this Tuesday in the Vega del Segura.
The warning, with a probability of between 40% and 70%, came into force at 7am and ends at 2pm.
However, the yellow alert will remain in place on Wednesday March 23 too, with Mazarrón expecting up to 15 litres per metre every hour between 12 midnight and 3pm tomorrow.
Preparing for floods and road closures
In preparation for the downpour, police, firefighters and other emergency crews are reviewing any areas where they believe there are risks due to the accumulation of water, including any roads or streets that may need to be closed and the ramblas and waterways, which have a tendency to overflow.
The authorities have already been forced to close traffic on the Torre Abellán road in Avileses today, for example.
Poor air quality alert in Murcia
At the same time, the City Council in Murcia capital have continued to periodically activate and deactivate their warning levels for poor air quality several times a day so far this week. This is partly due to the extreme episode of Saharan dust last week, but is also down to pre-existing and persistent bad air quality in the city.
Currently, the protocol of measures being adopted for these episodes of air pollution of particulate matter (PM10) is at its mildest, least serious level.
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