Flooded roads isolate Tesorillo

(Agencies / Photo: EuropaSur) The roads into San Martín del Tesorillo (CA-8200 and A-2102) were closed yesterday by the Guardia Civil as the result of flooding.  The confluence of three rivers, including the Hozgarganta and Guadiaro, plus the Zabal stream, is a constant source of flooding in the rain. This is at least the fourth time access to Tesorillo has been closed this winter, one of the stormiest in recent memory. The road from Jimena to Puerto Gáliz remains closed for repairs (see item here). Rain was also a feature of the entire Campo de Gibraltar and beyond, of course, with reports of flooding in Guadacorte, La Línea and Los Barrios, among others, and heavy wind worried San Roque's main town, while mud slides were averted in San Roque Estación and Tahivilla.>
In La Línea, the Muñoz Molleda Music Conservatory building, under renovation until four months ago and handed over to the Council by the builders, has been unable to hold classes because the roof is leaking heavily and water appeared from under the floor over the Christmas holidays. The builders say nothing can be done until it stops raining. The roof of the Inmaculada primary school is also springing leaks. Various other public buildings, streets and roads were also flooded yesterday.

Guadacorte had its usual problems: floods on Calle Oropéndola and in the El Bosque urbanization, where neighbours got together to hire a pump to get rid of the expected overflow of the river there. The Town Hall has said that a ditch has been dug to allow the water to drain off, but the residents are unhappy with this 'eternal situation'.