A total of €4.8 million is to be spent on a plan to reduce the risk of flooding from the River Segura and its tributaries.
The waterway burst its banks during torrential rain which arrived during the cut-off low pressure weather system (DANA or gota fría) of September 2019.
The Segura basin covers a vast area spanning four regions of Spain – and includes a number of tributaries and flood ravines in the south of Alicante province, Murcia, Almería, Albacete and Jaén.
Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca News
