The Top Five News Stories from Saturday, 11th October in Alicante

The editorial team at TodoAlicante prepares a summary of the day with the five stories that have shaped the province's news this Saturday, 11th October.

Pilar de la Horadada experienced a challenging night due to heavy rains recorded between Friday and Saturday morning. Storm Alice struck this town in Vega Baja, bordering Murcia, forcing the activation of emergency level 1 due to flooding and the evacuation of 72 people from various areas of the town. Click here to watch the video.

The Generalitat Valenciana's Emergency Coordination Centre has issued a new special warning due to the intense rainstorm caused by Storm Alice, which has resulted in significant accumulations and localised torrential rainfall. Click here to read the news.

The Generalitat Valenciana has strengthened its fight against illegal squatting in public housing. Through the Valencian Housing and Land Entity (EVha), it has tendered the installation, maintenance, and replacement of 300 security systems and individual alarms in the regional housing stock. The contract, with a total budget of 1,049,070 euros, will last four years and is divided into two lots: one for the province of Alicante, with 150 alarms, and another for Valencia and Castellón, with another 150. Click here to read the full story.

About twenty residents of Benidorm experienced tense moments early this morning after a fire forced the evacuation of a residential building on San Ramón Street. The fire, which started around 4:15 am, originated in the building's electrical panel, according to the Alicante Provincial Fire Consortium. Click here to read the full story.

The Generalitat Valenciana's Emergency Coordination Centre lifted the level 1 flood plan in Pilar de la Horadada this Saturday, activated due to the overflow of the Tajo-Segura canal following recent heavy rains. Additionally, the alert level has been downgraded from orange to yellow across the southern coast of the province, where the storm is gradually subsiding. Click here to read the news.

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