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The Leonardo blur has left one dead and more than 8,000 people out of their homes in Andalusia

They warn that with the new Marta depression scheduled for the weekend, "the worst is yet to come."

HUETOR TAJAR (GRANADA), 06/02/2026.- Un vecino observa la crecida del río, este viernes en Huétor Tájar (Granada), uno de los municipios andaluces especialmente afectados por la borrasca Leonardo. El presidente de la Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, ha afirmado este viernes que es posible que sea necesario ampliar el perímetro de evacuación tras el desalojo de la población de Grazalema (Cádiz) debido a los efectos del temporal, aunque la situación la determinarán los geólogos. EFE/ Miguel Ángel Molina

A neighbor watching the flood of the river this Friday in Huetor Tajar, Granada.

Andalusia is experiencing a kind of meteorological truce this Friday, leaving Leonardo behind the blur and receiving the storm Marta on Saturday. Today the bodyof the woman who fell into a river in Malaga has beenfound. More than 8,000 people are already from their homes due to the canp or storm and the level of many rivers on the border has caused concern in the community.

The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Chairman of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno , have visited several areas affected by the storm that is shaking the Andalusian community.

Sanchez, who has crossed the province of Cadiz by helicopter, has warned from the San Roque Advanced Command Post that "long days" remain ahead, as new fronts will leave more rain due to storms.

From another of the most affected enclaves, Huetor Tajarre, a town in Granada that has become a kind of island due to the overflow of several channels, Moreno has pointed out that it is possible to expand the evacuation perimeterafterthe complete evacuation of Grazalema (Cadiz), a situation that geologists will determine.

The Andalusian President had previously warned that the residents of Grazalema will not be able to return home for at least the next six or seven days, as the technicians are working on the ground to provide scientific advice and assist in decision-making.

Moreno has expressed regret at the death of the woman who fell into the Turvilla River in Sayalonga, Malaga. Carolina Leonardo has been the first mortal victim of depression in Spain. Although this depressionis weakened, it continues to cause devastation: it has forced further evictions, several channels are at the border and has caused numerous damage to infrastructure.

According to the latest balance sheet of the Andalusian Emergency Agency(EMA), more than 8,000 people have been evicted from their homes in Andalusia, where from the first hour a fortnight of rivers are at the red threshold (the highest level of water flow), most of them in the Guadalquivir basin and three in the Mediterranean basins of Andalusia, Guadalete and Barbat.

As a result of this situation, traffic on the Roman Bridge in Córdoba has been cut off at around 3 p.m. due to the increase in the flow of the Guadalquivir River in this Andalusian capital.

From Cordoba, the head of the Coordination of the Hydrographic Confederation of Guadalquivir, Pedro Escribano, has warned that "the worst is yet to come" with the new Marta depressionand that, in particular, the flood will reach its highest level on Saturday in Seville.

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