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While in the urban barely rained in some parts of the town of Jumilla, on Saturday October 18 fell about 80 liters per square meter per hour.

This was one of the data provided by the council of Agriculture Jesus Sanchez, according to the report by the municipal technicians.

The sites affected were Jimena Vega area and area of El Ardal, both located in the shady and sunny side of the Sierra del Buey.

These rains caused damage that affected some 460 hectares, of which 400 were in the Jim and the rest in the El Ardal.

The storm also caused damage to about 24 kilometers of rural roads, both longitudinal and transverse.

This represents an economic quantification of about 375,000 euros it would have to add damage to plantations that are being valued by the farmers union Coag-Ir.

The replacement of these roads and infrastructure will involve, at least between one and a half and two months of work by municipal workers and machines, said Sanchez, who added that in this way "the staff and machinery will be working Services priority in this work and other work will have to wait. "

For all this, the three municipal groups will present together, a motion in full next Monday, to apply for extraordinary aid to alleviate the damage, both to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Natural Environment.

The purpose of this motion is to help both bear the costs of settlement infrastructure and the farmers for the settlement of estates, "since the plantations situated in mountain areas, the rain has caused drag of land, watercourses and were even flooded the lower parts of the farms, "said Councilman Agriculture.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla