A day to try to get back to normal and file claims today in the Old Town of Bilbao

Sellers and bartenders from the Old Town of Bilbao will have a day today to measure the damage caused by the floods and file claims with insurance companies.

The City Council will provide an area in the Ensanche to assist those affected and assist in the processing of complaints.

In the meantime, many of them are planning to open today after cleaning up and repairing the damage caused by yesterday's floods, although not all of them will be able to maintain normality.

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The residents of the Old Town reported the lack of maintenance of the sewer and held the City responsible. The City Council has opened an investigation, but according to the first information the sewer was clean and the flood caused a large amount of rain that fell in a short time.

There were floods not only in the Old Town, but also in the Great Way, and in Leioa tunnels had to be closed because of the accumulation of water.

The flood caused 200 incidents in Bilbao. On Sunday, shopkeepers mobilized extra services to take to the streets to collect damaged furniture and items.

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The fire brigade and the local police have been working all night on Saturday with the help of two trucks, which reported 200 incidents, mainly due to heavy rain between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., and water flooding streets, shops, portals and garages.

The destruction was joined by an incident in the morning, which resultedin the breakdown of a power generator that had been used to extract water from the Zamudio Gate and left some 200 nearby houses without electricity.

Residents of the Old Town and merchants expressed their dissatisfaction with the report of a "late" state of alert (reported at 8 p.m.) and criticized the lack of cleaning of the sewer.

"Most archets were fine."

Bilbao's mayor, Juan Mari Aburto, claimed, however, that "most of the 145 archets" in the Old Town "were clean," and attributed what happened to the heavy rainfall.

To deal with this unusual situation, the City Council decided to pour water into the river. "We rarely do," Aburto added.

The mayor announced that an office will be opened on Monday at the Esplanade to help affected citizens prepare for their presentation to insurers.