Lorca demands the CHS to implement an early warning system for ramblas and riverbeds

The councilor for Emergencies and Civil Protection of the Lorca City Council, José Martínez, has once again called on the Segura Hydrographic Confederation (CHS), two days after an orange alert in the municipality, for an early warning system for the ramblas and riverbeds of the municipality. Martínez recalled that in December 2024, the CHS was requested to implement an early warning system that would allow real-time monitoring of the flow of the ramblas in the municipality in the event of torrential rains, similar to the one the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation contracted by emergency procedure after the DANA in Valencia last year, "but we have not received a response." The importance of these mechanisms, which combine continuous monitoring with sensors and meteorological stations and the rapid dissemination of warnings to the population, lies in being able to offer an early and effective response to flash floods or inundations. "The need and importance of having these systems is ...