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Carretera cortada por inundación en Andalucía durante la DANA Adam
Una de las carreteras andaluzas afectadas por las inundaciones de la DANA Adam · Foto de la pieza original

Three Andalusian roads closed by flooding as DANA Adam soaks Spain

Andalusia keeps three roads closed by flooding on Monday, two in Córdoba and one in Seville province, according to the traffic authority, within a total of 27…

Andalusia woke on Monday, October 19, with three roads closed to traffic by flooding, two in the province of Córdoba and one in Seville province, as a result of DANA Adam, the new cut-off low bringing heavy weather to southeastern Spain this week. --- The context --- The storm is a high-impact episode across the southeast of the peninsula. According to the traffic authority, by mid-morning on Monday there were 27 secondary roads closed between Andalusia and the Valencian Community because of the flooding left by the storm system. --- The facts --- In Córdoba, the roads with no traffic are the CO-4103, in Bujalance, and the CO-4207, in Montilla. In Seville province, the SE-6300 remains closed at Lebrija. Those are the three closures the traffic bulletin still listed on Andalusian territory at mid-morning. The Andalusian picture is not isolated: the regional 112 service added four more affected road sections in the community, while most closures were concentrated in the Valencian Community, with roads shut in Valencia and Alicante provinces and another 47 roads affected, according to its regional emergency service. --- The positions --- The official position is the traffic bulletin itself: the authority reports closures province by province and the 112 service provides the complementary count of sections and incidents. In the Valencian Community, 1.249 incidents related to the heavy rains and 591 emergencies have been handled since the storm began, figures that show the scale of the response. --- What remains unknown --- The bulletin does not say when the three Andalusian roads might reopen or the exact extent of each closure, details that will depend on how the water accumulated on the roadway evolves and on the checks carried out on each section. --- Unanswered questions --- When will the CO-4103, the CO-4207 and the SE-6300 carry traffic again? Do the Andalusian closures cover complete sections or specific points of each road? How many incidents has the storm left within Andalusia? --- EPM analysis --- The episode shows the fragility of the secondary network when a storm system stalls: once water covers the roadway, whole municipalities depend on a single traffic bulletin. Normality has already returned to the road linking the northern and southern accesses of the port of Algeciras, affected over the weekend, which shows recovery moving forward once the rain stops and each section is checked. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, three closed roads in Andalusia and 27 secondary roads across the southeast show that the problem is not only one weekend of rain, but how well the secondary network withstands ever more intense episodes. Official information helps people travel safely today, yet the deeper lesson is to invest in drainage, maintenance and prevention so the next storm does not isolate towns again or leave drivers waiting on a traffic bulletin.
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