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Flooding In Cantabria

Varios camiones de la UME (Unidad militar de emergencias) desplazados a Cantabria salen de Torrelavega para ayudar en los servicios provocados por las inundaciones en Cantabria, Spain a causa de la lluvia on 25 January 2019. A total of 61 municipalities, most of them located in the riverbank areas of the community of Cantabria have been affected by flooding caused by heavy rains in recent hours, which have generated a situation "very complicated" , especially in the basins of the rivers Saja and Besaya as well as in Caranceja or Virgen de la Peña.This forced to move to the area a unit of the UME (Military Emergency Unit) composed of more than 200 men to help in the work of evacuation, cleaning or transfer. (Photo by Joaquin Gomez Sastre/NurPhoto)

Photo ID	#3706916
Date Taken	25 January 2019
Location	N/A
Photographer	Joaquin Gomez Sastre/NurPhoto
Category	Weather
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Joaquin Gomez Sastre/NurPhoto

INUNDACIONES CANTABRIA UME EMERGENCIAS TEMPORAL LLUVIA RAIN FLOODING FLOOD EMERGENCY Land vehicle Vehicle Mode of transport Transport Truck Motor vehicle Car Commercial vehicle Six-wheel drive Military vehicle sky truck outdoor road transport driving trailer inundaciones en Cantabria Cantabria salen community of Cantabria UME Military Emergency Unit Torrelavega para ayudar en los servicios provocados por desplazados Unidad militar emergencias Spain causa basins Besaya recent hours Joaquin Gomez Sastre NurPhoto heavy rains flooding work of evacuation Varios camiones Caranceja cleaning transfer rivers Saja riverbank areas Virgen Peña situation lluvia