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Flooding In Cantabria

Members of the UME (military emergency unit) displaced to Cantabria to help in the services caused by the floods in Cantabria, Spain, because of the rain 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	#3706924
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 FLOODS MILITARY UNIT EMERGENCY Water Yellow Hose yellow outdoor sport military emergency unit UME community of Cantabria basins Besaya recent hours Joaquin Gomez Sastre NurPhoto heavy rains flooding work of evacuation Caranceja cleaning transfer rivers Saja Spain riverbank areas floods services Members Virgen Peña situation total municipalities men