ARCHIVED - Water runoff pipe in Cabo de Palos has broken off in the storm and is floating around the Mediterranean
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The heavy rains and strong winds have caused damage along the coast and in the city of Cartagena
The strong wind in Cabo de Palos has damaged the municipal outfall of Cala Reona, which transports the wastewater from La Manga that has been treated in the municipal sewage treatment plant to the Mediterranean Sea. The pipe has broken off and is currently floating around in the water.
The Mayor of Cartagena, Noelia Arroyo, has admitted that the full extent of the damage cannot be assessed at the moment, although she did warn that the incident had been reported to the Maritime Captaincy so that the alarm could be given to those ships passing through the area. “It is floating off the coast of Cabo de Palos,” said Arroyo.
Just last summer, repair work was carried out to the pipe to repair a leak that had opened up underwater.
Now, the current storm is having a significant effect on the area. Beaches have been left without sand, walls have been knocked down and there has been localised flooding due to the rain and wind over the last few days.
Cartagena’s Councillor for Coastal Areas, Cristina Pérez, explained that they have doubled the work teams due to the storm, “but a lot of seaweed and biomass is coming out”.
Pérez added that the cleaning teams have been deployed “according to the needs of each site, although one area is cleaned and the next day it is full again, but we are not giving up and we will do everything we can to leave them clean for Easter.”
Storm damage in Cartagena city
Inland, the Cartagena Fire Brigade has been called out to dozens of emergencies as a result of the heavy rains. Three trees have had to be removed from public roads in the streets Calle Sebastián Feringán and Calle Jorge Juan, as well as in La Vaguada, while two more palm trees were blown over in La Manga del Mar Menor.
For this reason, the Councillor for Public Safety, Juan Pedro Torralba, has asked the people of Cartagena to “take extreme precautions and avoid unnecessary journeys, as we are still on yellow alert for strong winds”.
Torralba assured that for the moment “it has not been necessary to close any roads, although we remain vigilant”.
As well as other incidents involving collapsed walls, a heavy goods vehicle reversed into a lamppost at the junction of Plaza de San Sebastián and Calle Villamartín this morning, prompting council workers to remove it to be repaired and replaced.
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