The worst time will be late starting at 18:00 |
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar has reported that our City Hall launched yesterday afternoon in a special device forecasts that indicate the arrival of cold weather to our region, and even the possibility of moderate rainfall form of snow that could affect generally the entire municipality, with special emphasis on the highlands.
The mayor has advised citizens to remain calm but vigilant at this bad weather, taking precautions in case of car journeys.
A caution also applies to pedestrians traveling on sidewalks because of the risk of falls in case of freezing of the pavement.
To avoid such incidents, the municipal services have 6 tons of salt spread over the Emergency base Zarcilla Palm and La Paca.
Francisco Jodar has advanced, with projections indicating that the worst moment arrives after 18:00 pm this afternoon, has detailed the special device launched by the Municipal Town Hall from 19:00 h.
yesterday will remain on permanent alert for at least the next 48 hours, stretching over time if the forecasts make this advisable.
This plan covers the entire workforce in the service of Local Police, Municipal Emergency Services, SUMS, Limusa municipal electric service.
In addition, special private vehicles have been mobilized to clear roads in case of need.
The Emergency Edil, Belén Pérez, who is from early in the morning exploring different areas of the municipality to monitor the device, recalled that "the implementation of this plan was planned last November.
Propitiate him, better service to citizens affected by these adverse weather phenomena, mainly some 5,000 inhabitants of the districts high, while ensuring the viability of the traffic on the roads of regional and municipal liability. "
In this way the City provides, in coordination with other authorities and agencies, ensuring the viability of the road network (regional and local), the attention of the occupants of the vehicles caught, the citizens of affected populations and maintaining essential services and the promotion of citizen self-protection.
To do so, according to the mayor, "have almost a hundred people on alert, with four vehicles and a road ambulance Municipal Emergency Service for actions such as spreading salt and ensure health care for example, a significant deployment of Agents Local Police, also means the Directorate General of Highways, Regional Fire Consortium and the Civil Guard, among other means, such as with private companies has already been approached to act in case of movements land and other actions. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca