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25 - 31 May 2023
TORRENTIAL rainfall hit the region of Murcia on Tues day morning, May 23 as Cartagena experienced an accumulation of 100 litres/m² in a fourhour pe riod. A statement from Carta gena Town Hall explained that between 4am and 6am the city had been placed under a weather red alert after 60 litres/m² fell in one hour. According to data from the Segura Hydrographic Confederation, in excess of 120 litres/m² hit the west ern part of the municipality, the statement revealed. The urban drainage sys tems worked effectively and quickly throughout the area, apart from in the low er areas of El Ensanche where large quantities of water accumulated. At least a dozen rescues of people trapped in vehi cles in the urban area were carried out by the munici pal emergency services. The most complicated
Hot Rally 2023
Credit: Cartagena Council
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Celebrating their 20th anniversary.
Photo credit: San Javier town hall Facebook account
THE international custom motorbike rally, the Hot Rally 2023, will take place between May 26 and May 28 in Santiago de la Ribera. It is expected to attract about 5,000 custom bike fans from all over Spain and Europe. This will be its 20th anniver sary and they will celebrate with a special concert on Satur day May 27 at the Barnuevo Esplanade when the legendary Creedence Clearwater Revisited singer Dan McGuiness will perform. There are plenty of other concerts planned along with a specialised market also on the Barnuevo Esplanade. The mo torbikes plan various routes around the town during the rally to show off their fantastic custom motorbikes. Another high light of the weekend is on Sunday May 28 when sculptor Abel Vicente will be carving wood with a chainsaw at 10am.
Rescue work took place in the town.
was that of an individual who often took refuge un der a bridge on a boule vard. Local Police officers went searching for him and with the aid of firefighters,
managed to rescue the man just as he was in danger of being swept away. An orange alert level was put in place for rains of up to 30 litres/m² in one hour
and up to 100 litres/m². By midday, AEMET, the State Meteorological Agen cy dropped the alert level in Murcia from orange to yel low.
TIKO the Lynx hiked an impressive 30 kilometres from the Peñarrubia mountain range all the way to the centre of Lor ca. His route took him by Lorca Castle and then passed over the A7 motorway tunnel. He was finally located in the playground of a creche in the Alfonso X neighbourhood. Tiko is one of the lynx pups that was released in the high lands of Lorca. Tiko along with Torrealvilla and Tahúlla, two females and one male, form part of a project to breed and repopulate the area with the endangered species. Local and National police officers along with the Servicio de protección de la Naturaleza (SEPRONA, the Nature Con servation Service) secured the area, and environmental agents then returned the Lynx home to the Puentes reser voir. The Dept of Environment later shared a picture of Tiko back where he belongs and they thanked everyone for their help. I guess we will never find out the reason for his trek to Lorca’s town centre.
Photo credit: Conserjería M Ambiente Twitter account
Long Way Home
Tiko, back where he belongs.