The Five Most Important News Stories from Wednesday, October 23 in Alicante

TodoAlicante's editorial team prepares a summary of the day with the five news stories that have shaped the current events of this Wednesday, April 10, with incidents as the main focus.

The province of Alicante woke up drenched this Wednesday. More than one hundred liters per square meter have been recorded in points of the northern coast, before ending the yellow alert. According to Avamet, the Dénia station has recorded 132 mm during the last 12 hours. This amount has caused flooding in streets and educational centers.

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The storm that has bathed the province of Alicante in recent days has also been felt on the city's pirate island. Tabarca woke up this Wednesday with its streets turned into real rivers. The Alicante archipelago has accumulated a total of 37.2 liters per square meter during the last 12 hours, according to Avamet. This figure makes Tabarca the point with the most water - beyond the sea surrounding it - collected in the L'Alacantí region.

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Housing in Alicante continues to rise and knows no ceiling, with a constantly rising real estate market and prohibitive prices in most cases, especially for the younger population. The repeated gatherings in recent weeks in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and last Saturday in Alicante itself show a climate of weariness and concern about what is becoming one of the main current societal problems.

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Behind a secret door that could only be accessed by pressing a button hidden among the bar of the premises. This is how one accessed the clandestine brothel that the National Police dismantled in Alfaz del Pi. The agents have arrested the three managers of the illicit brothel that operated under the guise of a disco pub. Inside the premises, the workers had no employment contract and were forced to engage in prostitution 12 hours a day, six days a week. The detainees, of Romanian and Portuguese nationality, are accused of prostitution and crimes against workers' rights, according to police sources.

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The team of archaeologists from the Alicante Provincial Council has discovered the first case of child cannibalism in the mountains of the province. The events date back 6,400 years, in Neolithic times, and it could be a selective ritual linked to funeral mourning carried out by the community of shepherds, farmers, and artisans of yesteryear.

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