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Juanma Moreno, with evacuated residents in Dudar efe / J. A. Floods in Andalucía Almost 11,000 people evacuated in Andalucía: region calls on government to activate resourcesThe Junta de Andalucía is preparing for worst-case scenario with the arrival of Storm Marta
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Saturday, 7 February 2026, 11:09 | Updated 11:23h.
The consequences of the unprecedented weather conditions currently affecting Andalucía are close to catastrophic.
In a scenario that is constantly changing, the region surpassed the figure of 10,000 people evacutaed fromtheir homes on Friday and is preparing for an even worse scenario as a result of the arrival this weekend of Storm Marta.
The Iberian peninsula is suffering from a meteorological phenomenon known as an "atmospheric river" and Andalucía is bearing the brunt with an accumulation of rainfall that has exceeded the capacity of its drainge system.
The excess water in a region that until very recently suffered one of the most severe droughts in its history has resulted in rivers overflowing, reservoirs exceeding their storage capacity and saturated underground aquifers that are causing instability of the terrain.
All this has resulted in the need to evacuate almost 11,000 people from their homes, the vast majority in the province of Cadiz, although all Andalusian provinces, with the sole exception of Almeria, are affected.
In addition to the 8,000 evicted in Cadiz, there are 1,500 in Cordoba, 600 in Jaen, 400 in Malaga and 350 in Granada. Seville and Huelva have smaller numbers, but the situation is so changeable that these numbers are constantly increasing, in some cases due to evacuations forced by the flooding of rivers and streams and in others due to the instability of the ground caused by the flow of underground water.
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