Junta de Castilla y León declares emergency situation 1 due to risk of flooding in Ávila after intense rains

The territorial delegate of the Junta de Castilla y León in Ávila, José Francisco Hernández, has declared emergency situation 1 provided for in the Civil Protection Plan against the risk of flooding in the Community of Castilla y León (InunCYL) due to the state of the dams and reservoirs.

The decision was adopted this Sunday afternoon, after the intense rains that have fallen in recent hours, mainly on the southern half of the Avila province, a good part of which was affected by the Burgohondo (Ávila) fire, declared on July 22 and declared extinguished this Saturday, two and a half months later.

As reported by the autonomous Administration, the emergency plan is activated "based on meteorological predictions and hydrological information", as well as the situation of dams and reservoirs in that area of ​​the province.

In this sense, it points out that among the towns most affected by the weather are El Barraco, Mombeltrán and Casavieja, the latter one of the most affected by the Burgohondo fire, which devastated nearly 38,000 hectares.

The main fear of the mayors of the twenty affected towns was the drift of ash that the autumn rains could produce in a mountainous terrain, towards the nearest valleys: Alto Tiétar and Valle del Alberche.

The territorial delegate of the Board is "in contact" with the Civil Protection Agency, as well as the rest of the administrations, to "coordinate all the actions that are being carried out."

However, the Junta de Castilla y León has assured that currently "the situation at this time is controlled and within a certain normality."