On this page you will be able to consult a historical compilation of extreme floods and rainfall in the Segura basin, carried out within the scope of work for the development of the National System of Floodplains in the Segura Demarcation. It is not intended to be an exhaustive inventory, but it includes episodes from the 13th century until 2020.
| Date | Description | Channels |
|---|---|---|
| August-December / 1259 | Great flood with many floods. The Sangonera (Guadalentín) and Segura rivers overflowed flooding the orchard and destroying the Contraparada (912-976) and blinding all the channels of the irrigation channel, and the orchard remained dry land for 80 years. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 1292 | Flood that caused the destruction of the Murcia bridge. It caused great damage to the Vega. | Segura |
| 1320 | Flood of the Segura river that covers the old bridge of Orihuela. | Segura |
| 12/1356 | Flooding of the Vega due to flooding of the Segura river. | Segura |
| 10/1379 | Flood of the Segura river, destruction of the Murcia and Orihuela bridges. Flood with many victims. | Segura |
| 1416 | Great flood, produced by the Guadalentín and Segura rivers with the rupture of the Lucra Dam, on the Sangonera river, and Murcia walls, destroying more than 600 houses. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 08/20/1446 | A large avenue almost devastates the city of Murcia. | Segura |
| 09/23/1452 | Major flooding of the Segura in Murcia. | Segura |
| 01/31/1455 | Aguaducho in Murcia with a small flood of the river that breaks the Azúa dam and demolishes a thousand houses. | Segura |
| 04/19/1465 | Riada del Segura that breaks the Condomina canal and the city is surrounded by water. | Segura |
| 04/28/1465 | Small flood of the river in Murcia that breaks the Aljufia canal. | Segura |
| 02/02/1477 | Avenida del río in Murcia that does not cause damage by the boardwalk that defends the city from the Puerta del Puente to the Aljufia canal. | Segura |
| 1485 | Damages were caused in the city of Murcia, especially in the peripheral neighborhoods (Arrixaca neighborhood) and in its vegetable garden | |
| 1494 | The irrigation dam, the Contraparada, was destroyed by the waters. | |
| 09/1504 | During the month of September an avenue ran through the Segura that destroyed the Contraparada. | Segura |
| November, December, January, February and March / 1505 | Avenida del río Segura y Guadalentín. Affected areas: Murcia and its orchard. During the last months of the year 1504 and the first of 1505, they heavily loaded the waters until they produced the overflow of the Segura and Guadalentín rivers, losing the crops. The city of Murcia and its orchard were flooded as a result of the great avenues of Segura and Guadalentín. Damage to the Contraparada was caused. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 1528 |
Break of the Contraparada and flood of Murcia that demolished more than 100 houses. |
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| 1531 | Excessive flood in Lorca. In the orchard of Murcia the repercussions that this avenue had were of little importance. | |
| 11/1541 | Stream | Segura |
| 10/1545 | Riada San Lucas. Great Avenida del Segura in Murcia, called S. Lucas, which demolishes 400 houses and more than 6 convents in the garden. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 1551 | Avenida del Guadalentín river. It wreaked havoc in the garden, although it did not become as damaging as the flood of San Lucas on October 18, 1545 | |
| 10/1554 | The city of Murcia ran a great risk of being lost, as the Segura river closed the entrance to the bridge with two spans above it and wanted to release the water to the city through the Puerta de la Aduana and jumped over the shelter of the boardwalk in front of the Customs square and what was in front of the Cabildo house. | |
| 13/05/1561 | A flood in Murcia produces some breaks in the Alquilla and Aljufia ditches. | Acequias |
| 16/09/1568 | From this date to 25. The Guadalentín Avenue reached Lorca at night, taking a large number of houses and leaving large numbers of people in misery. He arrived in Murcia in the morning and, despite the piers, which was not enough defense, the water entered through the Plaza de San Francisco and the Hospital and the suburb of San Juan. The water was one and a half times higher than the city floor. On the boardwalk it was missing four spans in the highest places to pour and elsewhere a span to surpass it. The flood was only from Guadalentín. The Segura river to greater and the Mula carried a strong flow but not with exaggeration. | |
| 07/11/1591 | Flood of the river in Murcia, which is not great. It lasted three days, the defenses previously built were broken (year 1568: reinforcement of the boardwalk and elimination of river revolts in the Condomina area) but thanks to them the damage was not very high. | Segura |
| 1592 | There was a flood in Orihuela, so it was decided to relocate the convent of Santa Teresa. | |
| 1593 | Partial flooding in the city of Murcia, thanks to the fact that the gates were quickly plugged with stakes, mattresses and faginas. | |
| 16/09/1600 | Flood of the Segura and Guadalentín, in Murcia, which destroys the boardwalk. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 15/10/1602 | Floods in Murcia. | |
| 14/10/1611 | In Murcia, flooding due to torrential rains, ruining several convents and 600 houses. | |
| 1614 | A large avenue of Segura put the city of Murcia in a trance of getting lost. | Segura |
| 20/15/1625 | Avenida del Segura in Murcia. | |
| 31/10/1634 | Extraordinary flood in Murcia, with flooding and damage. On October 31, an extraordinary flood occurred in the Segura that, after making breaks in the Contraparada, overflowed the river wall by the Arrabal de San Juan and the Arenal flooding, also the suburb of San Antolín. Much of the Huerta was flooded and the intakes of the Alquibla and Aljufía ditches were disabled. | Segura |
| 17/10/1635 | Great storm of water and wind in Murcia, with so much violence that it causes a tremendous flood, flood and significant damage in the city and fertile plain, valued at 60,000 ducats. | |
| 10/09/1645 | In Murcia a flood breaks the Aljubia canal. | |
| 20/09/1645 | Flood in Murcia. | |
| 05/08/1648 | On August 5, the Puentes reservoir burst, half built, because the waters it had dammed undermined its foundations, founded in the sand, and the dam sank on its base, leaving only two stumps, one On each side, the avalanche of water reached Lorca, assaulted the suburb until the convent of Las Huertas, from whose church it demolished half a tower. | |
| 02/04/1649 | Avenida del Segura that breaks the path of La Nora. | |
| 14/10/1651 | Riada de San Calixto. Great flood in Murcia, which originates the flood of S. Calixto. They left their mother, Guadalentín, Segura, Mula and Lorca, plus the boulevards of Nogalte and Sangonera. It breaks down all defenses and its damage is incalculable, with more than 1,000 houses destroyed and more than 1,000 dead. | Segura - Mula - Guadalentin |
| 05/11/1653 | Riada San Severo. Flood in Murcia, with huge damage also in Lorca. It causes a thousand deaths, two thousand ruined houses and damages for two million duchies. It is worse than that of S. Calixto from 1651. | Guadalentin |
| 02/22/1656 | Avenida del Guadalentín in Murcia, which causes damage. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 09/1664 | Riada San Miguel Arcángel. The Contraparada dam is taken. | |
| 12/1664 | The damage caused by the September avenue in the Contraparada, so urgent for irrigation, had not yet been completed, when a flood from the Segura took the works, leaving the Huerta de secano. | |
| 27/01/1667 | Riada in Murcia, called by S. Juan Crisóstomo. | Segura |
| 25/10/1668 | Extraordinary avenue of Segura and Guadalentín in Murcia. | Segura y Guadalentín |
| 10/1669 | Five floods in the Segura, the first on October 12 and the last on the 21st, when Segura and Guadalentín joined forces and wreaked havoc in the garden. | Segura |
| 05/03/1672 | Saint Patrick. Floods in Murcia that last until the 15th. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 02/10/1673 | The Segura and Guadalentín rivers grow simultaneously and cause deterioration. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 12/21/1683 | The Santo Tomás flood occurs, which affects and damages the orchard, but does not enter Murcia. | Segura |
| 06/01/1684 | Flood of the Magi. Great flood of the Segura in Murcia, with great damage to the orchard. | Segura |
| 03/23/1686 | El Guadalentín causes damage in Lorca and deterioration in the orchard of Murcia. | |
| 09/11/1686 | Riada in Murcia, called San Orestes. On November 9, a flood of the Segura carried a wooden bridge, recently built over the new box of the Condomina. In La Huerta, the Aljufia canal was sanded and in Murcia, the boardwalk near the San Francisco convent was about to break. | Segura |
| 06/03/1690 | Segura overflow. | |
| 10/1694 | A Segura avenue took half a weir from the Contraparada and caused a break in the Vallodolises runway. | |
| 13/08/1696 | Riada del Segura in Murcia. | Segura |
| 09/25/1701 | Riada of "San García". Floods in the Segura Basin. The stone bridge is carried away and causes great damage. Other floods also occur on August 25 and October 12. | Guadalentin |
| 08/26/1704 | Riada of "San Leovigildo". Guadalentín flood. The waters destroyed most of the weir on the three Bridges. Floods in Lorca and Cartagena. Great floods with destruction and victims. On June 29 there was another flood. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 10/28/1704 | In Cartagena, such a storm fell that the waters of the Rambla de Benipila filled the Almarjal and invaded the city with a height of up to four yards, completely flooding the San Roque neighborhood, where some people perished. | Rambla de Benipila |
| 02/28/1710 | Flood in Murcia due to overflow of the Segura and Guadalentín that cause damage to the cathedral. | Segura |
| 06/10/1714 | Riada of "Santa Fe". Great floods with destruction and victims. | Santa Fé |
| 10/1717 | On October 29, an avenue of the Segura flowed that broke the Contraparada, overflowed through the Corner of Beniscordia and took off the abutments of the wooden bridge. | |
| 16/10/1723 | An avenue of the Segura river was presented on October 5 that caused damage to the Contraparada and to the ditches of Barrera and Aljufia, which at that time were the main irrigation instruments in the garden. On the 16th, another Segura avenue was presented again, this time in conjunction with another of Guadalentín, which broke the levees and extended through the Huerta to Aljucer. | |
| 10/1728 | On October 29, an avenue of the Segura and Guadalentín rivers left the abutments of the wooden bridge very broken. The Guadalentín, in Lorca, flooded the suburbs of San Cristobal and Santo Quiteria, uprooted many trees and devastated a large area of land. | |
| 15/09/1731 | Riada of "San Nicomedes". Great damage to the Contraparada. | Segura |
| 6-7 / 09/1733 | Riada of "Our Lady of the Kings". Guadalentín river avenue that broke the so-called Trenque del Chillerón, where the Requerón begins, flooding the orchard of Murcia, causing many damages and victims. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 04/1735 | On April 14, in the city of Lorca, the waters of the Guadalentín flood submerged no more than twelve steps from the Las Huertas monastery, filtering through an underground channel, which was considered a miracle. This flood produced damages in the Reguerón, which at the time was being prolonged according to the course it had in the time of the Moors. | |
| 23/09/1736 | Riada of "San Lino, Papa and Mártir". The Segura and Sangonera rivers flooded the orchard. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 05/1740 | Frequent avenues occurred in the Segura in January, February and April without causing significant damage. On May 30 the Segura grew so that the quijeros of the Aljufía irrigation channel burst, causing local floods. | |
| 25/11/1741 | Riada of "Santa Catalina". Serious flooding produced by the Segura and Guadalentín rivers. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 09/1751 | In the second half of September the Segura and the Guadalentín grew together, the first broke the wooden bridge, interrupting traffic, damaging the Candomina road and injuring the Arbualeja canal, the second took part of the work of the El Palmar bridge. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 11/23/1756 | Flood in the orchard of Murcia. | |
| 05/1758 | On May 10 there was a joint avenue of Segura and Guadalentín. The waters ruined the ditches of Barreras and Aljufía and caused greater damage in the Orihuela plains. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 10/1763 | On October 29, an avenue of Segura ran through Murcia, in such a way that it took away the tablaro de la Contraparada, damaged the irrigation and grinding instruments, and undermined the river wall between the pier and the bridge. | Segura |
| 09/1764 | During the month of September, joint avenues of Segura and Guadalentín were presented; the first sanded the Aljufía canal and the second broke the levees and obstructed the Reguerón canal. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 10/28/1769 | Riada of "San Simón and San Judas". Floods in the Segura Basin. | Segura |
| 05/13/1775 | Riada of "San Pedro Regalado". Floods in the Segura Basin. There were also rambladas on June 6 and September 3 of that year. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 10/23/1776 | Riada de "San Pedro Pascual" Great avenue with floods, damages and victims mainly in Orihuela, caused by the confluence of the grown Segura and Guadalentín. | Segura |
| 10-11-01-1777 | Flood in Murcia by the Guadalentín river. | Guadalentin |
| 09/15/1777 | Flood due to flooding of Guadalentín in Lorca, with many damages. | Guadalentin |
| 17-18 / 11/1777 | Flood by the Guadalentín river. | Guadalentin |
| 12/01/1778 | Floods in the Segura basin. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 10/1779 | In Murcia, a Segura avenue was presented on October 4 that took the stockade of San Francisco and the Barca de la Condomina, the Guadalentín also left its mother and mistreated the road to the port of Cartagena. | |
| 04/10/1783 | San Francisco de Asís | Segura - Mula - Guadalentin |
| 24/11/1783 | On the night of the 24th to the 25th, the collapse of Mount Valverde occurs, on the banks of the Segura, due to heavy and frequent rains. | Segura |
| 02/1785 | On February 18, a flood of the Guadalentín river occurred that caused a break in the Barreras canal, breaks in the mills and floods on the recently inaugurated royal road of Cartagena. | |
| 15/11/1788 | Overflow of the Segura, Guadalentín and Mula rivers. | Segura, Guadalentín and Mula |
| 04/1790 | In April an avenue of the Segura was presented that did a lot of damage to the river wall and the churches of San Fulgencio and San Isidro. | Segura |
| 09/09/1793 | Ramblada of the Rambla de Ventosa. | Rambla de Ventosa |
| 04/1794 | In the second fortnight of March a rainy season began that caused repeated avenues of the Segura, which had to last until April 12, giving rise to many debris in the garden. | Segura |
| 10/10/1796 | Ramblada of the Rambla de Ventosa. | Rambla de Ventosa |
| 04/01/1797 | Avenida del Guadalentín river in its final section. | Guadalentín |
| 11/10/1797 | Riada of "San Nicasio". The river caused great damage to the mills, one of which, that of Los Alamos, was carried by the waters, as was the Puente de las Ovejas; They sanded the Aljufia canal, reached the cross of las morenas and left the Huerta destroyed. On the 12th the waters destroyed the new Orihuela bridge and ruined the Loreto hermitage while destroying some houses. | Segura |
| 04/30/1802 | Flood of "Santa Catalina de Siena". Great flood due to the rupture of the second dam of the Puentes reservoir, many damages in Lorca: with the death of 608 people and the loss of 809 buildings and 30 million reais. The volume of water in the dam before its rupture was estimated at 30 hm, the rupture occurred at 3 in the afternoon and the reservoir emptied in 1 h, which gives an average flow of more than 8,000 m / sec. | Guadalentín |
| 6-7-8 / 10/1803 | Avenida del Guadalentín in its final section, of importance, with floods. | Guadalentín |
| 10/31/1812 | Ramblada de Saint Quentin and Ébor (rambla de Lébor). | Ramblada de San Quentin and Ebor |
| 10/1817 | There was a flood of the Guadalentín river that broke the Chillerón trenque and caused damages in the Huerta. | |
| 16/07/1825 | Avenue with flooding caused by the Guadalentín river, downstream from Totana. | Guadalentin |
| 08/12/1825 | Avenida del río Argos. | Argos |
| 06/09/1825 | Riada with great floods of Guadalentín. | Guadalentín |
| 01/29/1830 | Avenues of Guadalentín in its last section. | Guadalentín |
| 09/03/1830 | Avenida Grande del Guadalentín. | Guadalentín |
| 18-19-20 / 10/1831 | "Diforme Riada". Guadalentín great avenue with breakage of the Paretón dam. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 08/10/1833 | Flood of the Segura and the Guadalentín. The level rises from 5 to 6 meters. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 10/15/1834 | Riada of "Santa Brígida". Flood of the Guadalentín, Segura and Mula river with enormous damages and floods (27 victims). The level rises from 5 to 6 meters. This flood is prior to the floods in the months of March and April, then another flood occurs on November 17. | Segura - Mula - Guadalentin |
| 04/10/1838 | Riada of "San Francisco". Great flood in Guadalentín with damage to buildings and victims in Lorca. | World - Guadalentin |
| 07/1850 | A flood in the Segura destroyed the recently built stockade on the tromo that led to the jetty, broke the quijeros of the Reguerón, sanded its riverbed and impounded itself in the Alfoz de Alcatarilla after having broken the Tiñoso bridge. | Segura |
| 03/1852 | During this month, a flood of the Segura, which lasted six days, broke the rocks of the Reguerón and broke the Alquibla canal; In the Los Garres game the dammed waters did a lot of damage. | Segura |
| 9-10-11-1853 | Extraordinary Avenida del Guadalentín with breaks in ditches and Reguerón. | Guadalentín and reguerón |
| 09/1858 | The Rambla de Benipila flooded the city of Cartagena. | Rambla de Benipila |
| 09/17/1860 | Floods of the Segura river. In Cieza a logging blockage stuck in a bridge of the Segura river and when it was finally swept, it caused significant damage in Cieza and even in the irrigation systems of the orchard. | Segura |
| 12/09/1860 | Floods of the Segura river. In Cieza a logging blockage stuck in a bridge of the Segura river and when it was finally swept, it caused significant damage in Cieza and even in the irrigation systems of the orchard. | Segura |
| 09/15/1867 | Avenues of Guadalentín in Reguerón with floods. | Guadalentín |
| 11/1869 | The boulevards of Cartagena, especially that of Benipila, left their mother and flooded the riverside lands, the Almarjal calmed down and the streets were flooded in the city, requiring the evacuation of several patients for fear of the rune from their homes. | |
| 06/09/1871 | Avenida del Guadalentín. | Guadalentín |
| 24/07/1871 | "Riada Blanca". In the Segura river, Mula and several boulevards. It was not harmful but it was rare, it had white foam. | Segura, Mule and Ramblas |
| 10/23/1871 | Important flood of the Guadalentín river with flood damage in the orchards of Murcia and Orihuela from the confluence with the Segura river. | Guadalentín |
| 24-28 / 06/1877 | Riada of "San León II". Extraordinary avenue of the Segura river in which the Guadalentín river contributed great flow. There was considerable damage. Flood of the Vega Baja del Segura. Destruction of houses in Murcia and in Vega Baja. Riada in the boulevard of La Santa. Affected area: city of Totana. Damage to homes, crops and 5 victims. | Segura, Rambla de la Santa |
| 13-15-27 / 09/1877 | Riada of "San Cosme and San Damián". Guadalentín overflow, with flooding in the final section in Sangonera and strong avenue of the Segura river with breakage of the Contraparada. | Guadalentín |
| 10/15/1879 |
Riada de Santa Teresa. This frightful and mournful avenue, the news of which even went beyond the Spanish borders, gave way to the celebration in Murcia of the "Congress against Floods in the Levante Region" in March 1885, of which the illustrious Civil Engineers D. Ramón García Hernández and D. Luis Gaztelu Maritorena developed a vast plan of defense works against floods, entitled "Project of Defense Works against Floods in the Segura Valley", dated in the year 1886. It was the first global Plan of defense against the avenues that were made in Spain, surprising the vision of the future of these technicians who already proposed to regulate the Segura river at its head, although, in said Plan, a greater number of works were projected in the Guadalentín river basin, than until that moment was the one that caused more damage due to its floods. |
Guadalentin - World - Segura |
| 03/19/1880 | Avenida del Guadalentín. | Guadalentín |
| 09/29/1880 | Avenida del Guadalentín with breakage of the Reguerón. | Reguerón and Guadalentín |
| 10/14/1880 | Terrifying flood in Murcia, killing 178 people, 14,000 head of cattle and more than 3,000 homes being destroyed. | |
| 31/05/1881 | Important Guadalentín avenue in Reguerón with breaks and floods. | Reguerón and Guadalentín |
| 5-7 / 10/1881 | Important avenues of Guadalentín, with floods. | Guadalentín |
| 09/09/1882 | Important flood of Reguerón and Segura with severe floods. | Reguerón y Segura |
| 05/28/1883 | Great avenue of Reguerón with floods and damage. | |
| 22/05/1884 | Riada of "The Ascension". Important avenue of Guadalentín and Segura with floods in all the Vega and populations of the same, causing great damages. Reguerón break. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 04/11/1884 | Important avenue of Guadalentín and Segura. Breakage of the Reguerón Canal and major flooding in the orchards of Murcia. Multiple victims. The newly built Puentes reservoir prevented a new catastrophe, by damming 12 million m in just two days. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 09/20/1885 | In Cartagena the waters entered the Church of Santa Lucía, where they reached the height of one meter. | Rambla de Cartagena |
| 09/20/1887 | The flood of the Segura caused its waters to overflow in Murcia, flooding streets such as those of Saavedra Fajardo, Trinidad, Platería, etc., where they reached a meter in height. | Segura |
| 09/02/1888 | Riada of the "Fair". It started with the extraordinary Guadalentín river with the flooding of the Campillo in Lorca and later became general to the Segura with important overflows in the Reguerón area when breaking it. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 11/1889 | Strong storm over the Guadalentín basin and the fields of Cartagena. In the streets of Lorca the water ran as if they were channels; the Guadalentín river increased its flow considerably although it did not overflow. In Cartagena the rain was torrential and important; many houses were flooded. The Rambla del Ladrillar overflowed causing damage to the surrounding land. | Rambla del Ladrillar |
| 02/27/1890 | Riada of the forty-three days. In the forty-three day period that the avenue lasted, the following observations were made in the Segura river: Volume = 322,800,000 cubic meters and Maximum flow = 615 cubic meters per second. Overflow in the Gamedal and Tabala boulevards. | Segura, Guadalentín, Reguerón, Ramblas de Gamedal and Tabala |
| 09/11/1891 | Riada de San Jacinto | Guadalentín |
| 02/19/1892 | Riada de San Pascacio, in the upper part of the basin, grown by the Argos and Quipar rivers. | |
| 31/03/1894 | "Riada de San Amos. There was a rainstorm in the Segura basin during the second half of March. As a consequence of these, avenues appeared in most of the rivers of the basin. At four in the afternoon of the day 30 began a flood of the Segura that immediately reached one and a half meters above its ordinary level. At three in the afternoon, the water reached the handrail of the balconies of the mills, the Segura remained with a maximum flow of 500 cubic meters per second for three hours; immediately the descent began until twelve at night on April 1. The Reguerón was carrying a considerable flood, it was missing a span for the overflow, the Tiñoso bridge broke and it destroyed the Salabosque road. In Orihuela the flood was disastrous; several gates were broken in Beniel. Molina and Desamparados were flooded to the limit of the terms of Murcia and Orihuela. In the lower area the waters reached the Rojales-Torrevieja railway bridge. The Rambla de Tabala, which carried an extraordinary flood, flooded the railway and caused damage to the orchard. In Caravaca, Calasparra and Cehegín the waters caused havoc. The Argos and Quipar rivers, with significant floods, caused damage to the adjoining properties or their alveos. " |
Segura and Guadalentín |
| 02/13/1895 | Riada de San Gregorio II. The river overflowed in the towns of Calasparra and Cieza. The flood continued in Orihuela and the waters reached a height of three meters. The orchard was turned into an arm of the sea because the water reached the cross of the mulberry trees | Segura |
| 04/10/1895 | Avenue of Holy Thursday | Guadalentín y Segura, Rambla de Nogalte |
| 09/13/1897 | Flood of Saint Eulogio. Paretón dam and diversion channel to Mazarrón. Guadalentín River. Defense Works Project against Floods in the Segura Valley (1886). The channel had a drainage capacity for the Guadalentín river of 100 cubic meters per second. This dam and channel were built following the Avenida de Santa Teresa that occurred in October 1879 | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 01/16/1898 | Riada de San Fulgencio. The diversion channel to Mazarrón, in the Paretón de Totana, works for the first time. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 03/10/1899 | The Segura increased its flow with waters from the Mundo river reaching a height of 3 m. on the ordinary level and flooding the Soto. | Segura - Argos |
| 06/27/1900 | Guadalentín overflow, floods in Murcia, Almería and Granada. | Segura |
| 27/06/1900 | Riada of "San Aniceto". Great avenue of Guadalentín, the Pantano de Puentes even poured a 2.15 meter sheet over the spillway. Flooding of the San Cristóbal de Lorca neighborhood. The avenue that Guadalentín contributed to the Segura was higher than that registered in "Santa Teresa". Avenida de los Segura rivers, Argos, Quípar, Rambla de Nogalte, Rambla de las Moreras (the diversion channel of the Paretón dam works from the Riada de "San Fulgencio"), etc. Affected areas: great extension of the fertile plain of Murcia, Cieza, Caravaca, Orihuela, Lorca and Puerto Lumbreras. Other information: 4 days duration and maximum flow rate, in Murcia, 630 m / sec. | Segura, Guadalentín and Rambla de las Moreras |
| 09/28/1900 | Guadalentín and Segura rivers. Rambla de las Moreras. Affected areas: Murcia and Cieza. | Segura, Guadalentín and Rambla de las Moreras |
| 10/23/1900 | "Important Guadalentín avenue. Segura river avenue. Affected areas: Murcia. Other information: 6 days in duration. The population of the Union also suffered floods." | Segura |
| 09/25/1901 | Segura | |
| 03/02/1904 | Great flood of the Segura. | |
| 13/11/1904 | Segura | |
| 01/09/1905 | Avenue of the Segura, Moratalla, Argos and Quípar rivers. Affected areas: Calasparra and Orihuela. | Segura - Moratalla - Argos |
| 09/05/1906 | Riada of "San Julián". Important avenue in Guadalentín with severe floods and major breaks in the Reguerón Canal. Avenue in the Moratalla, Argos, Mula, Quípar and Segura rivers. Rambla de las Moreras. Affected areas: Floods in Cartagena and orchards in Murcia and Orihuela. Other information: maximum flow rate, in Murcia, 526 m / sec. | Guadalentín, Moratalla, Argos and Segura. Rambla de las Moreras. |
| 09/25/1906 | In the town of Santomera the water level was two meters. The flood caused 24 victims. | Rambla Salada. |
| 09/19/1908 | Avenida del Guadalentín, causing serious damage in the lower section. Avenida del Río Segura, Mula and Rambla de Benipila. Affected areas: Murcia and Campo de Cartagena. | Segura- Mule |
| 09/1910 | Several major storms occurred this month. From the 8th to the 15th several clouds spread over the Guadalentín basin, which made the level of the Pantano de Puentes reservoir rise more than 3 m, forcing the floodgates to open; the ramblas had also grown below the reservoir. Some houses in Lorca with a height of 1 m were flooded, the stagnant fields, the material losses amounted to a respectable amount, and a storm with torrential rain reoccurred in Lorca, which did a lot of damage to the vineyards, fig trees and vegetables. The boulevards and riverbeds could not contain as much water, flooding the lower part of the city. | |
| 07/25/1913 | Riada de Santiago on the Rambla del Judío. Affected areas: Jumilla and rural districts. Description: The waterspout must have been terrifying, since the waters exceeded the 8.30 m that the Puente del Pollo had over the riverbed. They fell hail like "chicken eggs". The railway bridge of that time rolled down the boulevard to San Agustín dragged by the waters. The cloud formed around 14:30 in the afternoon over La Alquería and Fuente del Pino, leaving the areas of Montesinos, La Campana, Portichuelo, Omblancas, Ardal, etc., very affected. In town, apparently, not a drop fell. | |
| 21/04/1914 | Riada | Guadalentín and Rambla de las Moreras. |
| 04/01/1915 | On January 3, at dawn, a flood of the Segura began in Murcia as a result of the rain and snow regime that fell on the region, the river level rose rapidly to reach a maximum flow of 322 cubic meters per second. It started on day 4 with a descent of the river, but at ten in the morning a new rise was charged in the rain gauge to take higher altitude than the previous day. Water began to enter the Ruiz Hidalgo Park. In Ceutí the waters caused destruction. On the 5th the river reached its peak period with a flow of 383 cubic meters per second, at four in the morning, since then the level fell during the following days until the 18th, which recovered its flow ordinary. | Segura |
| 11/28/1916 | Riada de San Saturnino. zone. In Murcia, on the 28th, a real deluge fell that, in a few hours, reached 143.2 mm. At nine in the morning the Segura began to climb rapidly and reached its maximum at twelve at night. The water entered the Ruiz Hidalgo Park. Soto del río and mills; the Paseo de Cervera and the neighborhoods of San Antolín and San Juan were flooded. In Beniaján the channels overflowed; The ramblas also left from mother by Torreagüera, Alquería and other points. Zeneta railway station was flooded. The fertile plain of Santomera suffered the effects of the flood, as did La Raya. In the Cabezo de Torres the ramblas de la Cruz and del Carmen were overflowing. In the payments of Santiago, Raal, Zaraiche, Guadalupe, Santa Cruz and Susina overflowed riverbeds and boulevards causing considerable damage to the gardens and many collapsed houses. The town of Lorquí was flooded for many hours. The river also wreaked havoc in Molina and Archena. The Argos and Quipar rivers came from their mother. The Orihuela orchard was flooded by overflowing river and riverbanks. The Bigastro plain was flooded; in Beniajófar the railroad was cut. In Campos del Río the orchard was flooded; Los Rodeos overflowed the Mule. The road was cut in the Baños del Mula when the waters of the Rambla Perea joined with those of the river. The flood in Pliego was the largest known, in Cieza the ramblas left their mother. In Alguazas, the united streams of Mula and Segura overflowed through the orchard. In Blanca the streets were flooded and there was destruction in the orchards near the town. Houses sank in Alcantarilla. | Segura, Moratalla, Argos, Quípar and Mula. |
| 12/19/1916 | The Segura river quickly overflowed and entered the mills as it passed through Murcia. In Orihuela the water penetrated the population, reaching the top of the trees. | Segura |
| February-March-April / 1917 | Flood of the "70 days". Segura River Avenue. Affected area: Molina. | |
| 29/09/1919 |
Riada de San Jerónimo / San Miguel. During the last days of September, a cyclone from the Mediterranean covered a large area in the Segura basin. The Segura river began to flow through Murcia at eight o'clock on the night of the 29th; throughout the day 30 the level rose rapidly, reaching a flow at the end of the day of 381 cubic meters per second; the ascent continues on the 30th, until 4 in the morning, with 486 cubic meters per second; it immediately fell as quickly as it rose and recovered the ordinary flow on day 3. The rains began in Murcia, on the 27th, with a torrential flood, which flooded streets and squares; in the neighborhoods of San Juan and del Carmen, many houses were flooded; Communications with Alicante were interrupted. A storm broke out in Murcia on the 29th, which was repeated the following day; several houses were flooded again. The Segura river overflowed through the Ruiz Hidalgo Park, dragging a large number of trees. In Torreagüera, the Rambla de Tabala caused enormous damage. In Raal, Don Payo's trenque was broken, causing damage to the orchards. There were also floods due to overflowing channels in Alcantarilla, Javalí and Puebla de Soto. The Rambla Ventosa was scattered through the orchards of La Ñora and Javalí Viejo. Alquerías was flooded by Levante. In the low fertile plains of the Segura, waterspouts fell. In Orihuela the rain flooded the low streets and the traffic through the streets of San Juan, Príncipe, Vergara and Plaza de la Constitución became impossible. In Molins and Bigastro, the rain produced a real disaster. In Beniel fields and orchards were razed. Between Albatera and Crevillente, damage to the railway. The Guadalentín river overflowed through several sites. The Peñaperros, Caravaca, La Rosa, Salada rambles and a large number of ravines overflowed. In the upper part of the river the orchards were destroyed. The waters invaded the fertile plains of Hornillo, Alcalá and Sutullana. |
Ramblas of Benipila, Hondón and Ramblas of the field of Cartagena. |
| 09/24/1921 | Riada of the Virgin of the Mercedes. On September 22, an extensive storm with a stormy nature appeared in the Segura basin heading NO. The same storm continued on the 23rd. At dawn the flood began in Murcia, reaching the water level up to a height of seven meters. The Segura reached the balconies of the mills on the bridge. In the Carmén neighborhood, many streets were flooded, including those of Santa Ursula, San Marcos and Paseo de Corvera. The same happened in the neighborhoods of San Antolín and San Juan and Plaza de Apósteles. In the Guadalentín basin, a storm broke out. The flood caused some damage to the Lorca fertile plains; which were accentuated above the swamp, in the term of Vélez, where there was considerable damage.The Quipar and Puentees reservoirs saved Murcia from a catastrophe: if these works had not been in operation, the flow of the Segura would have reached 1992 m / s, of the same magnitude as that of the Santa Teresa flood. | Segura and Guadalentín. |
| 17/10/1924 | Riada de San Pedro Alcántara | Safe. |
| 10/30/1923 | Riada de San Quintin. The great avenue of the 30th and 31st of October and the first of the month of November gave an opportunity to verify its effectiveness in avoiding or minimizing the destructive effects of the floods with the reservoirs. In effect, the Alfonso XIII Reservoir reservoir, stored about fifteen cubic hectometers from the Quipar river avenue; the Talave reservoir retained 9.5 cubic hectometers in the first three days; the Puente reservoir increased its reserves with 15 hm. Cubicos and the Reguerón canal deviated from Murcia more than 6 hm. Cubicos. On the night of the 29th and during the early hours of the 30th, a heavy and frequently torrential rain fell on the city of Murcia. In Murcia the flood began at 6 in the morning by flooding several houses in the neighborhoods of San Juan and San Antolín. Alquerías, Beniel, Beniaján, Llano de Brujas, Raal, Puente Tocinos and Santa Cruz suffered the effects of the flood. It was raining incessantly for over forty-eight hours; the orchards of Molins, Hurdullo and Bigastro, were flooded everywhere, many houses were isolated for a long time. Also the torrential waters that fell in the term of Cartagena produced their effects. All the boulevards overflowed, those of Torrepacheco and Tábala raised imposing floods. Almarjal and Arsenal were flooded. The streets of Bodegones and Santa Florentina, the squares of José María Cortés and the Gates of Murcia were flooded. | Quipar |
| 03/27/1924 | "Flood of the Eighty Days. During the months of February, March and April, as a consequence of great storms, which in turn undid the snow accumulated in the upper basins of the Segura, Taibilla and Mundo rivers, huge avalanches originated of water. There was no known flood in Murcia of such duration. The avenue regime lasted eighty days, not counting the first days of the month of May that still took to recover its ordinary flow. In this period of flooding of the Segura river, Three different phases can be considered: First phase: February.- Prodigal month in rains, the most abundant known since the pluviometric observations are recorded. All the rivers were full of water. The water level reached the balconys of the mills of the Veinticuatro Piedras. The flood of the Segura had a considerable increase, flooding the animal market in Murcia. The low fertile plains of Orihuela were flooded, especially Molins. Second phase: March .- On the 27th and 28th the river level increased considerably: the water began to enter the Ruiz Hidalgo park, destroying the paths and gardens. In Beniel, the orchard seemed like a huge sea and many neighbors were isolated; the width of the stream was one kilometer. Alquerías was one of the places hardest hit by the flood and the river carried many farm animals. The plains of the Molins riverside were completely disabled, losing twenty-five thousand tahullas. In Cehegín the destruction was tremendous, with all the ditches destroyed. Third phase: April.- The rainy season continued in the first fortnight and then the snow melt in the upper basin. During the first fortnight in Orihuela several riverside plains overflowed. As a consequence of the persistence of such large flows, the Segura containment dikes softened in some places. " | |
| 13/11/1926 | Riada de Santa Victoria. Argos, Segura, Guadalentín and Ramblas rivers in the Cartagena countryside. The Segura river flooded the Ruiz Hidalgo Park, the National Tire, the mills, the cattle market and the squares of San Pedro and Belluga in Murcia. In the garden, the water overflowed several places, leaving the towns of Rincón de Beniscornia, Llano de Brujas, Raal and the garden of Santomera flooded. The towns of Calasparra, Cieza and Orihuela also suffered floods. In Cartagena the boulevards overflowed, affecting the fields. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 08/16/1927 | On August 26, a large avenue of the Guadalentín river ran as important as that of San Calixto and September 1906. It was produced by the Rambla de Algeciras and the Orón river, in Librilla. It caused breaks on the banks of the Reguerón and a considerable area of the orchard was flooded with great material damage. | both Algeciras and Librilla. Guadalentín. |
| 08/16/1928 | On August 16 at nineteen hours, a horrifying cloud of water and stone hung over Murcia, causing dread; no other like it was remembered; the water fell in torrents accompanied by intense hail with stones the size of eggs; at the same time strong gale that caused destruction to the population, knocking down many trees. In the garden, stones of excessive sizes were collected, wreaking havoc in the orange groves and potato plantations. Partial floods in the garden of Murcia, especially in La Arboleja, Altabalia, San Benito, Los Garres and Guadalupe, which caused almost the total loss of oranges and peppers. The Argos river had a significant flood, although of short duration; caused damage to the farms located by the confluence with the Segura. | Argos and Segura |
| 06/10/1929 | There were floods in several streets of Murcia and a house collapsed in the San Juan neighborhood. Five thousand tahullas were flooded in Alquerías. La rambla overflowed and flooded Zeneta. The Salada (Santomera), Cabezo de la Plata, Torreagüera and Churra rambles also overflowed, flooding terraces and destroying roads. | Segura and Ramblas of the Vega Media del Segura. |
| 09/24/1931 | The Rambla del Puerto de la Cadena and other tributaries of Reguerón overflowed. The Rambla del Bójar, in Beniaján, overflowed causing three deaths. In the Cieza district, the boulevards and ravines overflowed. | Ramblas de Cartagena. Segura and Ramblas de la Vega Media del Segura. |
| 12/25/1931 | "The floods of the Segura and Reguerón appeared with alarming characters. In Murcia several streets were flooded, as in Espinardo. For the parties of Beniaján, Torreagüera, Raal, Beniel and Aljucer, some things were flooded and terraces for The Barreras irrigation channel ruptured. In Los Garres, Alquerías and La Alberca there were floods due to the influx of the adjacent boulevards. The Santomera boulevard left its mother. On the 26th the storm continued throughout the basin, with the exception of Guadalentín. " | |
| 14/06/1933 | Flood June 1933. Stormy clouds spread everywhere; in Lorca, a strong storm with abundant hail destroyed the trees in the orchard and the city malls, causing damage to the vegetables in its fertile plain; In the lower Guadalentín basin, the clouds caused destruction in Alhama and Totana, leaving all the boulevards stemming, which caused damage to the railway, for this reason, the trains were forced to stop | Ramblas |
| 09/27/1938 | In the Los Garres district, the Reguerón broke the channel, flooding much of the orchard, causing serious losses. | Segura and Guadalentín. |
| 10/1939 | Rainstorm in the Segura basin. The Pliego and Mula rivers, as well as the Rambla Salada experienced significant floods, as a result of which overflows occurred, flooding the ground waters immediately to the channels, although without causing significant damage. | Pliego, Mule and Rambla Salada |
| 06/28/1941 | Ramblas del Hondón and the Cartagena countryside. The waters overflowed and flooded several streets in the Santa Lucía neighborhood in Cartagena. The Almarjal area became a large lagoon. In the town of Algar, the overflowing waters of the rambles flooded the Plaza del Hondón. In the coastal town of Los Nietos twelve houses were razed by the avalanche of the waters. | Guadalentín. |
| 09/11/1941 | Ramblas del Hondón and Campo de Cartagena. The waters overflowed and flooded several streets in the Santa Lucía neighborhood in Cartagena. The Almarjal area became a large lagoon. In the town of Algar, the overflowing waters of the rambles flooded the Plaza del Hondón. In the coastal town of Los Nietos twelve houses were razed by the flood of waters. | |
| 14/08/1942 | El Reguerón broke the channel and overflowed, flooding El Palmar, Aljucer, La Alberca, Santo Ángel and Patiño causing damage to houses and orchards. Downstream to this area, the orchards of Beniajan, Torreagüera and Alquerías were seriously flooded, where more than a thousand tahullas were flooded. | Guadalentín and Segura. Ramblas of the Port of the Chain and Salt (Santomera) |
| 09/10/1943 | Floods were caused by breakage of the banks in Reguerón due to the contributions from the Guadalentín river, and 25,000 tahullas from the Murcia orchard were flooded. The towns of Alcantarilla and El Palmar were also flooded. Espinardo by the Rambla del Obispo. Farmhouses along the promenade of the Garruchal port. The Segura flooded Beniajan, Santa Cruz and Beniel. Downstream, the city of Orihuela and its orchard were affected, with 8,000 flooded tahullas and other areas of the Vega Baja. | Guadalentín, Argos, Quípar, Pliego, Mula and Segura. Ramblas of the Vega Media del Segura. |
| 12/24/1944 | In the lower Guadalentín the bridge from the Librilla to Casas Nuevas road was totally destroyed. The Reguerón broke between Salabosque and Algezares, flooding the orchard. The waters of the Segura river flooded the entire Llano de Brujas and its orchard, as well as the Beniaján area. An estimated 6,000 hectares were flooded. On the 27th, a new flood was presented again in the Guadalentín flooding the garden. The existing gates at Puertas de Murcia, close to Alcantarilla, were removed by the force of the water, as well as the Salabosque bridge in Reguerón. The towns of Orihuela, Rojales and Guardamar were flooded when the Segura river overflowed. | Rambla de Librilla. Guadalentín, Mula and Segura. |
| 04/21/1946 | Riada de la Bendita or San Sotero. The rainstorm produced great floods causing several victims and hundreds of destroyed houses. In Reguerón, breaks occurred around the Santa Catalina bridge, flooding areas of the orchard. The water jumped over the Palmar bridge. On the 22nd, the Segura river overflowed through Murcia, flooding part of the San Juan neighborhood. In general, the wide area that runs from Archena to Guardamar was flooded, causing extensive damage. In the garden, 200,000 tahúllas were affected by the overflows, of which 85,000 corresponded to Orihuela. The Alicante towns of Dolores, Rafal and San Fulgencio were evacuated at the risk of being blocked by the waters. | Guadalentín y Segura. |
| 09/28/1947 | Santomera Avenue. Spectacular floods occurred in the ramblas of the Vega Media and Baja, due to torrential rain, which caused floods in the orchard, from Monteagudo to Guardamar, when the waters of the rambles joined with the flood that the Segura river carried. Areas of Alguazas, Molina and Fortuna were flooded. The overflow in the Rambla de Churra caused one death and the destruction of several houses. In Santomera, the flood was catastrophic, since it devastated more than 100 houses and caused 12 victims when the Rambla Salada overflowed, leaving more than two thousand people homeless. In the Orihuela area, the Abanilla boulevard left areas of the orchard flooded and flooded the town of Benferri, whose cemetery was devastated by the impetus of the waters. The city of Orihuela and its orchard were flooded by the overflow of the Segura. The cathedral of that city, came to have about a meter of water inside. Other towns in the Vega Baja were also flooded, cases of Catral, Dolores, Almoradí, and Rojales. | Segura and Ramblas of Las Vegas Media and Baja del Segura. Rambla Salada. |
| 20/10/1948 | In the Puentes reservoir, the waters poured over the top of the dam, contributing a significant flow to the Guadalentín river that flooded the Lorca orchard and urban centers of the city. The Lorca garden was flooded in an area of 15,000 hectares. The overflow in the Rambla de Nogalte caused the flooding of Puerto Lumbreras. The Guadalentín river produced significant breaks in Sangonera in the Paso de los Carros and Puertas de Murcia and within the Reguerón channel, between Salabosque and Algezares, causing flooding. Within the Segura river area, in the town of Cieza, the Agua Amarga and Cárcabo boulevards overflowed, flooding part of the orchard. In Archena her garden was also flooded. In Ceutí, the Rambla de Huete overflowed and flooded half the town and its orchard, as well as in Lorquí. The flood of the Mula river flooded the towns of Alguazas and, in its union with the Segura, the Molina orchard. The Segura river overflowed in Murcia capital and several streets in the Carmen neighborhood were flooded, while the gauging station located in Vistabella was destroyed. On the 22nd the river began to overflow in Orihuela, being flooded in its entirety and reaching the waters at heights of two meters. The towns of Almoradí, Dolores, Rafal and the entire municipalities of Bigastro, Jacarilla, Benejúzar and San Fulgencio also suffered the effects of the flood, calculating the number of flooded tahúllas at around 105,000. Thus, on the 21st, Cartagena was flooded when the Rambla de Benipila overflowed, reaching the waters higher than a meter and a half. The damage that occurred in the commercial and industrial core of the city was of great importance. | Segura, Guadalentín, Quípar and Mula. Ramblas de Benipila, Algeciras, Nogalte and Vega Alta del Segura. |
| 02/04/1949 | Between this date and the 17th, several floods of the Segura. | Segura |
| 03/23/1949 | Grown in the Ramblas Salada (Santomera), Abanilla and Algeciras. | |
| 29/04/1949 | Flood of the Guadalentín river. | |
| 07/10/1950 | In the Segura area, in the town of Ceutí, the Huete boulevard overflowed, causing the flooding of several streets and houses and causing extensive damage. The Segura broke through several points, flooding hundreds of tahullas from Llano de Brujas and Santa Cruz. It also came to overflow in Orihuela, reaching the water a height in its streets of 70 centimeters. The avenue that took place on the Ramblas Salada (Santomera) and Abanilla, flooded 5,000 tahullas in Vega Baja. | Guadalentín, Mula and Segura. Ramblas de las Moreras, Salada (Santomera) and Abanilla. |
| 04/24/1951 | Segura and Guadalentín rivers. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 10/12/1951 | Rio. Segura and Ramblas de Cartagena. | Segura and Ramblas de Cartagena |
| 00/12/1951 | Flood of Guadalentín by the contributions of numerous boulevards. The Reguerón arrived to evacuate 200 m3 / s | Guadalentín |
| 03/10/1953 | Ramblas of the Cartagena field. | Ramblas de Cartagena |
| 10/20/1953 | Segura River. Avenue on the boulevard of Cartagena. Affected areas: Campo de Cartagena, Torrepacheco. In the town of Torrepacheco the water reached the roof of the houses. Avenues of theSegurariver and ramblas of the Moor and Jew. Affected areas: Archena, Murcia and Orihuela. Other information: maximum flow rate 350 m³ in Murcia. | |
| 20/11/1953 | Ríos Pliego, Mula and Segura. Ramblas de Benipila and Hondón. | Ríos Pliego, Mula and Segura. Ramblas de Benipila and Hondón. |
| 12/21/1954 | Ramblas de Cartagena. | Ramblas de Cartagena. |
| 01/10/1957 | Ríos Segura, Argos and Mula. Rambla de Algeciras. | Ríos Segura, Argos and Mula. Rambla de Algeciras. |
| 10/13/1957 | Ríos Segura, Argos and Mula. Rambla de Algeciras. | Ríos Segura, Argos and Mula. Rambla de Algeciras. |
| 09/16/1958 | Segura and Guadalentín rivers. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 09/27/1959 | Río Segura. | Segura |
| 09/19/1962 | Río Segura. | Segura |
| 05/26/1964 | Rambla de la Santa (Totana). The most affected area was the urban area, since the Rambla de la Santa, as it passed through Totana, was practically a street. Basements and ground floors were flooded, destroying the waters everything in their path. The hermitage of the Cruz de los Hortelanos was completely destroyed. | Rambla de la Santa |
| 07/22/1964 | Flooded rivers Argos and Moratalla. | Argos and Moratalla |
| 12/17/1964 | Flood of the Segura river and boulevards of the Vega Baja del Segura. | Ramblas of the Vega Baja del Segura |
| 12/08/1965 | Ramblas of the Vega Baja del Segura and Río Segura. Rambla de Abanilla. | Segura, Rambla de Abanilla |
| 09/14/1966 | Río Segura and Ramblas de Abanilla and the Aguilas area. | Segura, Rambla de Abanilla |
| 10/10/1966 | Segura and Guadalentín rivers. Ramblas de Abanilla and the Aguilas area. The most affected area was the last section of the Segura river, where areas of the municipal districts of San Fulgencio, Rojales and Guardamar were flooded. The Abanilla boulevard also overflowed, flooding areas of the Orihuela orchard. | Segura and Guadalentín |
| 04/16/1967 | Rambla de Abanilla. | Rambla de Abanilla |
| 10/01/1969 | Riada del Segura in Murcia | Segura |
| 10/17/1972 | From 17 to 19, rains in Murcia that ruin 1,000 houses. | Segura |
| 10/18/1972 | Floods in Lorca, Murcia, Huerta Vega and Cartagena, with victims. | Segura |
| 10/19/1972 | Segura - Mula, Segura and Guadalentín rivers. Ramblas of the field of Cartagena. | Segura, Mula and Guadalentín |
| 10/19/1973 | The great floods cause very important damages in the provinces of Almería, Granada and Murcia. About 200 people lose their lives. The municipalities of La Rábita (Granada) and Puerto Lumbreras (Murcia) were devastated. | |
| 20/10/1973 |
(Avenida de Puerto Lumbreras). Rambla de Nogalte, Ríos Guadalentín, Mula and Segura. Ramblas of Cartagena. The Nogalte boulevard, which crosses the city of Puerto Lumbreras, had a flow on the 19th of about 2,000 cubic meters per second, of which about 800 were of solid materials. On his way through this city, he devastated part of it, producing 85 known victims and many others disappeared even with their vehicles, causing serious damage. The rivers that flow into the Puentes reservoir contributed to it a significant flow, pouring with a 1.14 meter plate above the crowning dam. A flow of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second was estimated in the Guadalentín river, once rolled by the Puentes dam, and as a consequence it flooded the fertile plain of Lorca and several urban neighborhoods, causing 13 deaths, major damage and causing the that more than 400 families had to be evacuated. The diversion channel of the Paretón dam was full towards the sea, and in Guadalentín a flow of more than 300 cubic meters per second was estimated which, when reaching the Reguerón channel, overflowed, causing the flooding of the orchard of Murcia, having to be evacuated hundreds of people. In the Mula river basin, it overflowed, flooding all the riverside areas along its channel, causing serious damage. At its confluence with the Segura river, it produced its overflow, flooding large areas of Alguazas and Molina. The Segura river continued to overflow between Santa Cruz and Beniel, causing extensive damage and hundreds of families having to be evacuated. Later, it continued to overflow in the Vega Baja, devastating the Orihuela orchard, where some 500 people were evacuated. |
Rambla de Nogalte, Guadalentín, Mula and Segura |
| 08/19/1974 | Río Segura and Ramblas of the Vega Alta del Segura. Argos Dam. Argos River. It fulfills the double mission of irrigation and defense. | Argos and boulevards of the Vega Alta |
| 10/19/1982 |
Sure. Segura River and Ramblas of the Vega Alta del Segura. Rambla de Minateda. Catastrophic and tragic floods, with victims, in the provinces of Valencia, Albacete and Murcia, which last until the 21st day. There are about 40 dead and 100,000 people are evacuated. The Tous dam collapses. |
Segura, Rambla de la Vega Alta, Rambla de Minateda |
| 02/20/1985 | Adverse weather episode | |
| 25/07/1986 | Segura - R. Judio and Minateda- The intense rainfall (averages of 100 l / m) during 5 hours produced in the north of the region mainly affected the Benamor river basins and the Ramblas del Judío and Minateda. One of the most affected areas was the municipality of Jumilla. Description: The flood, produced again on the day of Santiago, reached 6 meters under the Puente del Pollo, almost covering the eye. 145 l / m fell on Jumilla, between 20.30-9.00 hours the next day. The places affected were similar to those of the flood of June 18, 1913, and the nucleus of Pueblo Nuevo was also affected. | Segura - Mula - Pliego |
| 10/12/1986 | Segura - Mula - Pliego. The most affected areas were the coastal ones, since the boulevards that spilled into the sea devastated everything they found in their path: bridges, roads, houses, plantations. The pipes of the Tajo-Segura post-transfer were seriously damaged, especially in the irrigable sectors of the Cartagena countryside. The contributions of the Mula river to the Segura caused in its Vega Media the eviction of several hundred people, in fear of overflows. These occurred between the districts of the Rincón de Beniscornia and the Albatalía. Later, due to broken specks, it continued to overflow in the Raal and Alquerías areas. | Segura - Mula - Pliego |
| 03/11/1987 | Segura - Mula - Pliego. A strong rainstorm affected the entire basin, causing overflows in the Pliego and Mula rivers and having to evacuate the towns of Baños de Mula, which was destroyed, and part of Albudeite, whose bridge, which divides the city , was devastated by the impetus of the waters as well as the nursery school. The contributions of the Mula river to the Segura, caused it to overflow in the Ribera Molina and Torre Alta, and later in the Rincón de Beniscornia and Alquerías. As the rainy season increased, the Segura river continued to receive contributions from its two banks, and small boulevards became true rivers, devastating everything in their path. This caused the Segura river to cause general flooding in its Middle and Lower Vegas, with the towns closest to the channel being the most affected, where hundreds of people had to be evacuated. The tragedy spread to the coastal area and all the boulevards that spilled into the sea razed everything they found in their path. In the Mar Menor region about 490 liters per square meter fell. | Segura - Mula - Pliego |
| 11/10/1988 | Avenue and on-site precipitation of the Mula, Guadalentín and Segura rivers. Affected areas: El Palmar, Baños de Mula, Albudeite, Alguazas, Torres de Cotillas, Huerta de Murcia and Orihuela. Other information: maximum flow rate 300, 100 and 140 m3. | Segura - Mula - Guadalentín |
| 09/04/1989 | Segura - Mula - Guadalentín. The exceptional rainfall that was recorded throughout the basin for several days caused the Segura River, when receiving extraordinary contributions from its tributaries, to overflow in its three Vegas: High, Medium and Low, causing general floods and extensive damage. The Rambla de las Moreras, due to heavy rains in its basin, devastated a large part of the agricultural and tourist area of Mazarrón, including a campsite in the vicinity of Bolnuevo causing two deaths and major damage. In the coastal area, the boulevards that spill into the sea caused numerous damages in agriculture, infrastructures and urban centers. | Segura - Mula - Guadalentín |
| 09/05/1989 | A waterspout causes the disappearance of a person in the province of Valencia. Serious material damage occurs in Valencia, Murcia, Castellón, Almería and Toledo. | |
| 14/10/1989 | Ramblas de Aguilas and the coastal zone. | Rambla de Aguilas |
| 10/15/1989 | Heavy rains in Murcia. | |
| 18/06/1997 | Riada del rambla del judío. Jumilla municipal district and city. | Rambla of the Jew |
| 09/30/1997 | In Alicante 270 l / m2 fall in just 6 hours, killing five people. The waterspout also affects Murcia and Valencia. Rambla de la churra | Rambla de la churra |
| 00/10/1997 | Heavy precipitation | |
| 27/02/1999 | Heavy precipitation | |
| 23/10/2000 | Cartagena. Rambla de Benipila | Rambla de Benipila |
| 00/10/2003 | Flood. In which the Mula River flooded the towns of Albudeite and Campos del Río. | Mule |
| 09/17/2009 | Heavy rains in Murcia. Overflow in Rambla de la Maraña. Torrepacheco | Rambla de la Maraña |
| 08/13/2010 | In the Mar Menor region a ravine overflowed near the Peñas Huertanas park. | |
| 17/08/2010 | Floods produced at the mouth of the Ramblas of Las Culebras and El Charco (Águilas town) | |
| 28/09/2012 |
"Heavy rains with flooding in the municipalities of Lorca, Fuente Álamo, Beniaján, Blanca, Bullas, Campos del Río, Cehegín, Mazarrón, Molina de Segura, Murcia, Orihuela, Puerto Lumbreras, Pulpí and Totana, which generated significant flows in the channels of the Guadalentín, Nogalte and Canales headwaters. Rambla de Nogalte in Puerto Lumbreras (9/28/2012) |
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| 08/25/2013 | Floods occurred in the town of Crevillente due to storms from August 25 to 30. Traffic was cut due to the heavy hail and the intensity of the rains. | Rambla del Castellar, Barranco de San Cayetano, Barranco de Amorós |
| 09/22/2014 | The strong storm of rain and hail affected the province of Murcia. The waterspout falling on Cabezo de Torres (Murcia) caused the overflow of several boulevards in the town. Among the buildings affected were the swimming pool and sports center facilities that were damaged and had to be closed. | Ramblas del Carmen, Churra, la Higuera, Casa Blanca, Cañada Ancha |
| 11/01/2015 | The week of November 1, the province of Alicante was affected by the cold drop. The consequences were aggravated by strong gusts of wind that reached 85 kilometers per hour, causing numerous damages in the areas of Orihuela, Torrevieja and Rafal. | Rambla de la Glea, Cañada de las Estacas, Río Nacimiento, Rio Seco, Cañada Serrana, Rambla Fayona, Barranco del Garbanzuelo |
| 15-19 / 12/2016 | Overflow of the Segura river, mainly affecting three municipalities: Orihuela, due to overflow of the Segura river; Murcia for overflows of the boulevards of Espinardo and Churra, and Los Alcázares, where there was a deceased being dragged by the water. During this climatic event of general and locally strong rains in the southeast of the peninsula, values of 161 millimeters were recorded in Torre Pacheco and 150 millimeters in San Javier, with an average rainfall of 144 millimeters being recorded throughout the episode. The overflowing boulevards of La Maraña, Casas Blancas, La Sala and Cobatillas directed streams of water and mud towards the urban centers of Los Alcázares and San Javier. The Murcia region was one of the most affected, where the registered rainfall reached 100 liters per square meter in the municipalities of Murcia, Águilas or Mazarrón, where schools, institutes and universities were closed. In addition, dozens of people were evacuated and the Murcia-San Javier airport had to be closed due to flooding and the inaccessibility of the area. Due to the magnitude of the flood, the Military Emergency Unit had to intervene. The damage caused by the rains spread along the coast, specifically in the municipalities of Águilas, Lorca, Mazarrón, Cartagena, Los Alcázares, San Javier and San Pedro del Pinatar. As for the damage produced on the coast, there were losses of sand, damage to promenades, losses on walkways and landslides. | Segura, Ramblas de Churra, Espinardo, La Maraña, Cobatillas, Cañada del Espartal. |
| May-June 2018 | Several municipalities in the territory of the province of Albacete (Pétrola, Isso, Yeste, Riópar, Liétor, La Gineta ...) suffered floods due to strong rain and hail storms that hit the region. The municipality of Hellín was one of the most affected, accumulating up to 48 liters per square meter in the urban area and on the Rambla de la Villareara (Torre Uchea), with the southeast sector being the most damaged. In the first fortnight of June, torrential rains caused floods and collapses in the Albacete towns of Elche de la Sierra, Liétor and Socovos. The government of Castilla la Mancha activated the Special Plan for Civil Protection against the Risk of Floods (PRICAM) when it was informed by the Segura Hydrographic Confederation of the forecast for the overflow of the Segura river in the section between the Fuensanta and El Cenajo, at the height of El Gallego, and the closest municipalities to this area (Elche de la Sierra and Férez). In the El Gallego area, the Segura river carried the footbridge of the gauging station ahead. Up to 15 interventions had to be carried out by the Provincial Fire Prevention and Extinction Service (SEPEI) in a total of seven municipalities (as in Socovos) in the province, affected by the rains, reaching over 150 liters per square meter in some areas. | Río de la Vega, Mundo, Segura, Tus, Rambla de la Villareala, Arroyo del Cerezo, Ramblas de la Heruela, Talave, Piñonero, Derramadero, Ditar, Terrero, Cañada de Agra. |
| 15-18 / 11/2018 | Heavy rainfall occurred both in the southeastern third of the Segura basin and on the coast of the Murcia Region, where there were floods and road cuts. | Segura and Guadalentín, Ramblas de Labradorcico, Peñaranda, Las Moreras, Majada, Viznaga. |
| 19-20 / 04/2019 | In Molina de Segura, the roads of Huerta Abajo and Huerta Arriba were cut, because the Mayor and Subirana ditches were unable to collect all the water that came from the ramblas. The water also reached the Port of Mazarrón: the Axial road was closed to traffic and the water reached a height of half a meter. In Torrevieja the Generalitat's Emergency Coordination Center established Situation 1 due to the risk of flooding. | Segura, Rambla del Carrizalejo, Cañadas de Mendoza and Morcillo, Rambla de las Salinas. |
| 12-14/09/2019 | The DANA of September 2019 (called Riada de Santa María) was one of the most devastating and catastrophic floods that have occurred in Spain in recent years, with eight deaths and numerous material damages. This DANA, which devastated a large part of the peninsular southeast and gave rise to torrential rainfall in many regions of the Mediterranean slope (520.8 mm accumulated in Orihuela, 396.4 mm in Jacarilla or 308.7 mm in the Albujón area), It can be described as extraordinary, both for its life cycle, which lasted for five days, and for its trajectory, when traveling south and later returning north, resulting in some areas suffering its effects twice in a short span of time. In this case, all the elements that make a DANA dangerous were conjugated: an abnormally warm Mediterranean sea, a location of its center that directed the wind towards land after a long journey through this warm sea and an interaction with highly unstable subtropical air. The rains of this event began on September 11 and ended on the 17th of the same month. However, the highest rainfall intensities were recorded during the 12th and 13th days. Because the rains were persistent and concentrated, the overflowing of rivers and boulevards occurred, flooding streets, fields and urban centers. Among the recorded historical floods, this DANA event stands out for its virulence. Roads, schools and the airports of Murcia and Alicante closed. Historical maximums were exceeded at the meteorological stations of the airports of Almería and Murcia. There were 3,500 people evacuated and 1,100 deployed soldiers (Dartmouth Observatory, 2019). In Vega Alta, the Segura river overflowed as it passed through Cieza, Blanca (where the Rambla de San Roque also overflowed), Molina de Segura and Alguazas. Large-scale floods occurred in the Middle and Lower Vegas of the Segura River (more than 500 km2) where the water flowed at high speed in some areas (preferred flows), while in the vast majority they remained flooded for days due to the difficulty of drainage of the territory (both due to its geological characteristics and the occupation of the territory). The Segura river as it passed through Murcia was about to overflow, and downstream from this city, at the height of the municipality of El Raal, the channeling of the river was broken, after the record of the heaviest rains. There were other break points in the channeling specks. The municipality of Orihuela was also flooded due to the bottleneck formed by the San Miguel mountain and the lack of capacity of the Segura river as it passes through this municipality, with critical sections with a capacity of less than 350 m3 / s. The municipality of Orihuela was also seriously affected by the overflow of the Abanilla boulevard. | Segura, Ramblas de Labradorcico, Las Culebras, las Majadas, Charcón, Albujón, la Maraña, Salada, Salar Gordo, San Roque, Huete, Tinajón, la Torca, La Higuera, Barancos de Solis, Los Calderones, Cañada del Morcillo, Rambla de Abanilla. |
| 12/3/2019 | The intense rainfall registered in the Campo de Cartagena area caused destruction of agricultural facilities and crops. The hail fallen in San Javier caused destruction and losses of part of the harvest. Los Alcázares was also affected by this intensity, adding the contributions of the Ramblas of San Cayetano and La Maraña that caused flooding in urban roads. There was a voluntary eviction of 100 people due to the possibility that their homes could be affected. | Ramblas de San Cayetano, La Maraña, Casa Grande, del Albujón, Trujillo, Benipila, Peñas Blancas, Cañada del Espartal. |
| 12/20/2019 | In the province of Albacete, heavy rains occurred in the head of the Segura and in some tributaries such as the World, overflowing both channels. Rain was more abundant in Riópar, as well as in the town of Santiago de la Espada. | Cabecera del Segura, Mundo, Barranco Seco. |
| 21-22 / 01/2020 | The rainfall registered in the municipality of Los Alcázares was between 86 and 142 liters per square meter. | Ramblas de La Maraña, Albujón |
Fuentes consultadas:
- Archives of the Segura Hydrographic Confederation
- National Catalog of Historic Floods
- Floods in the Region of Murcia. Identification and location of vulnerable areas (INUAMA, University of Murcia and General Directorate of Civil Protection Region of Murcia). 2001
- Geographic Series Magazine Nº 9-2000 - "The Floods in the Segura Basin in the last two decades of the 20th century"
- Newspaper library. 1970-2012. Various newspapers.
- AEMET website
The book is also available for download "Hidrología histórica del Segura" de Rafael Couchoud Sebastiá (1969) which compiles episodes and events related to floods, prayers and droughts in the period 1,535 to 1,879.
