The title of this song by "The Eurythmics" (Annie Lennox and David G Stewart) makes a great title for this latest article about the atrocious weather we are currently experiencing in Spain as a whole.
But here in The Serrania de Ronda where I live, in particular.
[Photo of Annie Lennox courtesy of Reddit]
In our two decades of living here, my wife Rita and I have experienced a few bouts of bad weather, the worst being in 2018.
Now 2026 is coming close to being as bad.
Severe weather warnings have been announced for several days running - Wednesday yellow, Thursday orange, today no warning, tomorrow forecast yellow again!
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Our house and land
Our lawn is under water. Excess water from the mountains to the north is flowing through my land and into the neighbour's plot. Structural damage is likely.
My recently erected metal garden shed has been blown down and the tools and machinery inside waterlogged.
Trees and/or dead branches are likely to fall. In fact, one pine already has in my neighbour's garden.
Water is likely to enter some premises or rise through the inadequate foundations of the houses here.
Two hotels at the bottom of the hill by the swollen river are under threat of flooding.
In fact, I've just learned that the ground floor of the Hotel Molino del Puente, incorporating the bar, restaurant, library and some rooms, is under water.
The other hotel, the soon to re-open (maybe not, now) Don Miguel (formerly Hotel Don Benito) is furiously pumping water out of its cellar, which lies below ground.
What next?
A period dedicated to insurance claims, loss adjusters, clearing up, chucking out flooded items and repairing damage.
For more on this, click here.
[La Razon]
Further Link
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Here Comes the Rain Again (Peacetour Live)
© Pablo de Ronda
Pictures:
La Razon, Paul Whitelock, Reddit
Thanks:
Paul Whitelock, Wikipedia
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