Andalusia reports 579 storm incidents and alerts 50 Almería municipalities
The October 18 evening incident tally was accompanied by a mobile civil-protection warning in Almería.
Event / data period: 2026-10-18
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Andalusia’s EMA 1-1-2 service said on October 18 that it had managed 579 emergencies during the rainstorm episode, including 310 reported that Sunday. At 20:36 that evening, an ES-Alert mobile warning was sent to 50 Almería municipalities over intense rain forecast for the morning of October 19.
Cumulative incident counts were 165 in Almería, 135 in Málaga and 125 in Cádiz. Reports covered flooding, traffic disruption, rescues and falling objects. The Almería message covered 41 municipalities in Poniente and the capital area and nine in Levante almeriense; it concerned a weather forecast rather than measured rainfall.
Data
Andalusia reports 579 storm incidents and alerts 50 Almería municipalities
| Almería | 165 |
| Málaga | 135 |
| Cádiz | 125 |
| Sevilla | 76 |
| Granada | 44 |
| Córdoba | 27 |
| Jaén | 5 |
| Huelva | 2 |
Methodology
Cumulative provincial counts since the episode began, as reported in EMA’s October 18 evening bulletin. The Sunday-only 310 is not added again. Message coverage is a separate count; forecasts are not treated as observed rain.
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