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722 emergencies caused by storm Marta in Andalusia on Saturday, while 11,089 people remain out of their homes

The president of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, has warned that a hundred other residents of Ubrique (Cadiz) could be evicted in the next few hours because of land movements.

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The Guadalete River, off the Arcos de la Frontera, in Cadiz. Photo: EFE

The Andalusian Emergency Serviceshave had to deal with 722 incidents this Saturday as a result of storm Marta. Since the end of January, blurring and depressions have arrived in the area and11,089 people have had to be evicted, 7,700 of them in the province of Cadiz.

According to the latest balance sheet of the Andalusian Emergency Agency (EMA), 7,707 people remain outside their homes in theprovinceof Cadiz , 1,500 in Córdoba, 687 inJaén, 586 in Malaga, 400 in Granada  and 209 in Seville.

The chairman of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, said late on Saturday night that all areas "have ceased to be incommunicado", but also that between 150 and 200 more people could be evicted from their homes tonight due to land movements in Ubrique, Cadiz.

Most of the 722 emergencies today have been in Cadiz (203), followed by Seville (171) and Cordoba (105).

On the other hand, at least two people have been trapped around 7.30 p.m. in thetown of Canena  (Jaen) after a wall fell into a park where emergency services are working and there is no official information on the condition of these two people.

Furthermore, to this day, the Junta de Andalucía has called on the Spanish Government and the EUto cooperate to deal with the terrible damage caused by the rains.

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