10,000 Key Buildings Including Schools, Nursing Homes and Hospitals Are in Danger From Severe Floods in Spain

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In Spain there are 10,197 facilities that would be affected in the event of serious floods with a recurrence period of 500 years (the most serious), including 420 nursing homes, 1,126 schools, 114 National Police stations, 112 hospitals, 82 radioactive facilities and 155 road infrastructure.This data comes from a report that the Sustainability Observatory has just launched, detailing, quantifying and classifying the facilities, services and buil…

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Spain has a total of 4,340 critical infrastructures in the interior of the flood sheet with recurrence of 500 years, according to the report 'Critical inundable infrastructures in Spain' of the Sustainability Observatory. Among them there are hospitals, barracks of the Civil Guard, schools and more, according to the official data. Specifically, the organization has located a total of 10,197 points, facilities or infrastructures located on the fl…

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Madrid, 27 Oct (EFEverde).– More than 71% of the critical infrastructures located in floodable areas in Spain are in a very serious danger situation, alerts the report “Critical flood infrastructures in Spain”, prepared by the Sustainability Observatory (OS). A growing risk map “Critical flood infrastructures in Spain” identifies and classifies 10,197 installations located within potentially floodable areas with a recurrence of 500 years, a scen…

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More than three million Spaniards live on flooded areas that are clearly delimited, but it is also that there are more than 4,300 public buildings and critical infrastructures in points where sooner or later water will arrive. An analysis of the Sustainability Observatory, carried out with data from the Ministry of Ecological Transition, locates 1,126 schools, 281 emergency service buildings and 109 hospitals, among many other centers, in places…

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The risk of flooding is the greatest danger associated with climate change that exists in Spain and causes serious human, ecological and economic losses. Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque Country are the most threatened autonomous communities. The lack of emergency culture persists, particularly in the construction of dwellings in flood areas, while the need for protection extends to six major categories of critical infrastructure.