The Local Police of the City of Cartagena has recommended that tomorrow Sunday, September 9, the usual street markets will not be installed in front of the forecast of the Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) of heavy rains.
The recommendation, aimed at avoiding unnecessary risks to both the settlers and users, affects the markets of Cabo de Palos, Barrio San Cristóbal in El Bohío and Los Nietos, which are the two fixed and the last season assigned to them. weekday.
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The AEMET has set for Sunday yellow risk for heavy rains in the municipality of Cartagena, which could reach 15 liters per square meter in an hour.
As you will remember, in this situation, the Local Police of Cartagena has also recommended the prevention of displacement and invites citizens to follow the situation of meteorology in a more detailed and updated.
The information can be found on the website www.aemet.es
It also recalls the measures of self-protection to adopt in case of emergency due to heavy rains:
Stay permanently informed through radio and other means of communication, weather forecasts and the status of the situation.
If the house should be flooded, it is essential to leave the basement and ground floors as soon as possible and disconnect the electrical energy using, preferably, flashlights for the lighting.
If you have to travel, try to travel, preferably, by main roads and highways.
If you are in the countryside, you have to get away from the rivers, torrents and low areas of slopes and hills, avoiding, in turn, to cross flooded fords.
On the contrary, it should be directed to the highest points in the area.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena