Chipiona activates the emergency plan for wind and rain

Chipiona prepares for a day of bad weather. The City Council has activated the Municipal Emergency Plan in operational situation 0, the pre-emergency phase, given the forecasts from the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) for this Wednesday, November 11: strong easterly winds between 12:00 and 00:00 hours, with gusts that could reach significant intensities, and an orange alert for rain. The activation aims to be prepared and coordinated in the face of any possible incident. Civil Protection, the Local Police and the various municipal services have already been alerted to reinforce surveillance and be able to act quickly if circumstances require it, as detailed by the mayor, Luis Mario Aparcero. The mayor has asked for the collaboration of all citizens to prevent risk situations and guarantee the safety of both residents and the people who visit the town. The goal, he said, is to remain attentive and organized in case intervention is necessary, although he has expressed his wish that no incident ultimately occurs. Operational situation 0 corresponds to the pre-emergency phase: the plan is launched preventively, before damage is recorded, to have the means coordinated and ready in case the storm makes intervention necessary. Chipiona is a municipality in Cádiz with about 20,000 registered inhabitants that in summer can multiply its population up to 200,000 people due to tourism, according to INE data collected in the encyclopedia. That population variation is relevant when organizing the municipal response to an episode of wind and rain.