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Andalusia deactivates flood plan after 695 incidents across the region

Antonio Sanz deactivated operational situation 1 of the Andalusian flood-risk emergency plan on October 20, after 695 incidents were recorded.

--- The context --- Andalusia faced an episode of rain and storms from October 17 that led to the activation, across the whole region, of the Emergency Plan for Flood Risk. Warnings reached orange level in some provinces and kept the entire Andalusian territory on alert. --- The facts --- On the morning of October 20, Antonio Sanz, first vice president and regional minister for the Presidency, Health and Emergencies, deactivated operational situation 1 of the plan. The Andalusian emergency service announced the decision and detailed that the deactivation came after 695 incidents were recorded in the period. Almería was the province with the most incidents, with 180, followed by Cádiz, with 156, and Málaga, with 154. Seville recorded 84, Granada added 62 and Córdoba accounted for 42. Jaén recorded twelve and Huelva, 5, the lowest figures in the balance released for the whole episode. The state meteorological agency, Aemet, deactivated all warnings at ten in the evening the previous night, when up to seven provinces still had yellow alerts for rain with accumulation of between fifteen and 20 liters per square meter. Currently, warnings in the eight Andalusian provinces have ceased. --- The positions --- Sanz took the decision to deactivate operational situation 1 after the warnings ceased. The Andalusian emergency service communicated the deactivation and the incident balance, while Aemet withdrew its warnings. --- What remains unknown --- The available information does not provide a detailed assessment of the effects of the episode in each province or the steps that will follow the deactivation of the plan. It also does not detail how the specific responses were distributed among the different territories. --- Unanswered questions --- What final balance does the rain episode leave in each Andalusian province? What specific actions were carried out to address the 695 recorded incidents? Will the plan be activated again if rain and storms return to Andalusia? --- EPM analysis --- Closing the plan marks the move from active emergency to reviewing what happened. The distribution shows a very uneven burden, concentrated in Almería, Cádiz and Málaga, compared with much lower records in Jaén and Huelva, a contrast that should guide future preparation. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, deactivating the plan after all warnings ceased is a decision consistent with the known balance: 695 incidents addressed and no alert in force in the eight provinces. The coordinated response between the responsible regional ministry and Aemet sustained protection during the episode. The pending task now is to account in detail, province by province, and to turn the experience of Almería, Cádiz and Málaga into concrete preparation for the next rain emergency in Andalusia.
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