Almuñécar: corpse, the flooding in the underground car missing, 40 year olds found.

After a search of many hours, the police, supported by 4 divers, the body of missing 44 year old Stefan B. around 3:00 clock found in the night. This has probably gone into the house belonging to his garage and dividend is missing since. After blasts of rain, a retaining wall had collapsed by the floods and run the garage full. There are still various cellars and underground parking lots filled up and many roads were not passable due to flooding.

The rainfall was within a few hours:
180 liters per m2

Rain in the morning (about 11:00 clock) with 3 cm hail balls

resulted in the immediate vicinity of minor injuries. In La Herradura to the guide walls of the Rio to be broken, so that floods the entire plantation, and was largely destroyed. The beach below the bridge plantation should also have been destroyed.

Rain pants, about 14:20 clock, caused traffic chaos in Almuñécar.

Since the federal and through road N340 in Almuñécar in the center by the overflowed Rio was not passable anymore, were long traffic jams at La Herradura and Salobreña. Also all other alternative roads to the beaches of Cotobro, La China, San Cristobal, Playa Puerta del Mar, Playa Velilla, and many city streets in the center were not passable due to flooding.

The water masses that are likely Created by rain in the morning and afternoon back in the neighboring mountains were, by the additional rain pants over Almuñécar by Rios no longer be included, and each sought their own way. Presumably million - could damage, because it saw as the underground parking at the gymnastics and sports facility in San Cristobal are running full.

Also, several apartments and cellars have been überfutet. The extreme hail or rain have resulted in the entire city to block the disintegration Astbrüchen and debris in addition to roads.

01:00 clock - the N340 between Carbonell and gas station is still closed

The police can only happen trucks. Cars will be diverted via the parallel road from the Hotel San Carlos at the Chinese restaurant, Lidl supermarket to the amount Mc.Donald and gas station. The N340 is flooded for almost 12 hours and the marketplace is more like a lake than one place.

Playa Velilla is still flooded

but some may already be re-used by cars.

Access road to Playa Cabria (at Barranco) will not be passable for several days

Here the road is torn up so extreme that only heavy equipment can be used to restore the access.

As author of this article at the time, unfortunately the camera was present and Cotobro to Corumbico required over 4 hours, were most of the photos are shot only at night. ADDENDUM: For better pictures at the following link: