One of them, according to local residents, has taken place on Camí de Cas Calitxó, a road that links the Puigpunyent and Pla de Sobremunt roads. Apparently, a landslide of large rocks and the fall of a pine tree have completely obstructed the neighbours’ path. “We can’t get through”, they commented after giving the warning. It is a secondary road but necessary for those who live in the area and they are calling for it to be restored when possible.
It has also been sonfirmed that the Guardia Civil rescued a family that was surprised by the flooding of the torrent des Ratxó, in Mallorca, and the emergency services had to attend to two elderly people who live in the vicinity of a torrent. According to the Armed Forces , the first event took place on Friday at around 13.45 hours, when the Central Operational Services of the Guardia Civil received a call informing that a family, consisting of three adult women and a minor, had been caught by the flooding of the torrent while they were in the Galatzó reserve and had been forced to take shelter in a nearby hotel complex that was closed.
Immediately, several patrols of the Guardia Civil from the main post of Calvia were mobilised. Once on the scene, the agents located the family, who were very frightened and showed signs of hypothermia, and evacuated them. The group was taken to Puigpunyent. The Guardia Civil also carried out two other rescue operations in Puigpunyent and Binissalem. In addition, emergency services had to attend to two elderly people in Son Reus (Palma) after a torrent overflowed. As a result of the overflow, the Ma-11 road has been cut off in the direction of Sóller at Son Reus.
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Actually, the details about this are not completely correct. The family had specifically gone to the hotel to have a drink.. They did not visit the Galarza reserve. They called in advance, calling the hotel and spoke to someone. M The hotel was actually closed and the call, unbeknownst to the family , was automatically directed to the sister hotel in Palma. Had the family known they would never have gone to the hotel in the first place. it was only after they arrived and the barrier opened that the intense rain began. They then called the hotel again to find out how they could get in but we're told it was closed and they had been speaking to someone in Palma. I don't understand why that road was open in the first place if it was so dangerous? There should have been a sign saying the hotel was closed. Surely they should close these roads at times like these?