FREE COPY EXHIBITION THE NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHERN SPAIN Freedom in surrealism Official market leader Audited by PGD/OJD The Malaga Picasso Museum October 20th to 26th 2017 www.surinenglish.com pays tribute to women who used surrealism to fight News 2 Health & Beauty 46 against a Comment 26 My Home 53 Lifestyle 28 Sport 56 chauvinist society Food & Drink 40 Classified 61 P30&31 in English What To Do 41 Pastimes 70 A local Verdiales band performs More than a for Japanese guests at the forum. hundred fires :: ÁLVARO CABRERA cause desolation in Galicia Four people lost their lives in the northeastern Spanish region as flames threatened urban areas Galicia is recovering this week after more than a hundred forest fires dev- astated much of the region over last weekend and Monday. It is thought that most of the blazes, which at one point threatened the city of Vigo, were started deliberately. P22 Where the money is. Benahavís takes over from Rincón de la Victoria as the province’s JAPAN MEETS SPAIN IN MALAGA wealthiest town P3 The Costa hosts the Spain-Japan Forum to improve bilateral relations P12 One step closer to reality. Malaga port skyscraper hotel project passes environmental impact test P4 Government gets ready to apply Article 155 and rein in Catalonia :: SUR Cabinet meets on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has used to restrict a region’s powers. dependence, which has been ruled called a special cabinet meeting for The move enjoys the support of as unconstitutional. Míchel gets vote of Saturday as reply this Saturday for ministers to de- the PP, PSOE and Ciudadanos par- Once the Cabinet agrees on the confidence despite cide what measures to use to con- ties and comes after Catalan presi- measures to take, the Senate will from Puigdemont trol the increasing tension in dent Carles Puigdemont failed in debate the recommendations next Malaga CF’s two-nil defeat is rejected Catalonia. his reply on Thursday to a govern- week, as separatist parties in Cata- to Leganés leaving them It will be the first time Article ment ultimatum to say that he was lonia decide what their next move five points from safety P57 155 of the Constitution has been reversing his road map towards in- will be. P20-21 Autumn storm brings floods and power cuts to the Costa Wednesday morning’s downpours led to some road closures and smelly streets in Malaga P2 A waterlogged street in the city. :: F. G. 22222222 October 20th to 26th 2017 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH First autumn storm leaves its mark on the Costa del Sol with flash floods and lightning strikes Some 1,200 bolts of lightning were recorded in Malaga in just two hours on Wednesday morning :: SUR MALAGA. Heavy rain, thunder and lightning awoke much of the Costa del Sol and Malaga on Wednesday morning, as a cold front, following in the wake of Hurricane Ophelia, broke the high pressure cycle which had been over Spain for the best part of a month, bringing with it thunderstorms and flash floods. Aemet, the Spanish meteorologi- cal agency, put a amber weather warning in place until Thursday morning. According to figures from Aemet, 15 litres per square metre fell in just ten minutes in Malaga port, rising The rain slowed down traffic during morning rush hour. :: SALVADOR SALAS to 26 litres in 45 minutes, on Wednesday during an electrical storm which saw 1,200 bolts of lightning recorded between 6.30 and 8.30am in the Alboran Sea area, affecting much of the Costa del Sol and Axarquía. Power cuts The majority of Torremolinos had to go without electricity for several hours while four Cercanías trains on the Fuengirola-Malaga were brought to a standstill during morn- ing rush hour because of the lack of power. Power cuts were also registered in Marbella, Mijas, Fuengirola and Benalmádena on the Costa del Sol, as well as in inland areas such as Al- Flash flooding left its mark on Malaga on Wednesday morning. :: F. G. The Benaoján-Jimera de Líbar road was affected by falling rocks. :: J. T. B. haurín de la Torre and Alhaurín el Grande. another man had to be rescued from de Líbar in the Guadiaro valley. “Visitors who were unable to en- drainage are transported by the his vehicle which became trapped joy the experience today have two same network of piping. As a result, Two men rescued by the swelling of a stream. Caminito closed months to swap their tickets for an- some parts of the city experienced The emergency services responded The heavy rainfall also caused the other day,” he said on Wednesday. human excrement spilling into the to 70 incidents throughout the prov- Road closures temporary closure of the Caminito streets. ince, though the most serious oc- The timing of the storm meant that del Rey walkway in El Chorro. A foul stench curred in Malaga and Torrox. the school run was affected with According to a spokesman for the In Malaga city, many residents in The sun returns In the first case, a fisherman was flash floods, as well as fallen company running the attraction, the Bailén-Miraflores, Huelin and By Thursday morning, however, the rescued after slipping and falling branches, blocking roads and slow- Hermanos Campano, the decision El Palo districts noted bad smells cold front cleared the province with into the water at Malaga port. An ing traffic. was taken because “the safety of after the flash flooding forced the temperatures rising once more and eyewitness reported the incident In the municipality of Benaoján, visitors couldn’t be guaranteed”. sewerage systems to exceed capac- a return to the mild autumn expe- to the Guardia Civil who transferred the town hall urged caution after This is not unusual, however, as ity. rienced so far. him to hospital where he was given the heavy rain caused rocks, includ- the walk is also closed during peri- In these areas, the drainage is yet Between Friday and Sunday, the the all-clear. ing one large boulder, to fall onto ods of strong winds or high tem- to be updated to meet modern stan- highs will return to around 28 de- In the Axarquía town of Torrox, the road, blocking access to Jimera peratures. dards so raw sewage and water grees Celsius throughout the area. October 20th to 26th 2017 3 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS Relief for farmers Benahavís overtakes Rincón and is now and gardeners but no end to the wealthiest place in the province drought risk yet AVERAGE GROSS INCOME PER INHABITANT 2015 At the other end of the list, once :: SUR again Almáchar is the poorest mu- MALAGA. The heavy rain this Municipality Average gross income (€) Municipality Average gross income (€) nicipality in Malaga province, with week has been welcome news 1 Benahavís 28.428 39 Benaoján 15.443 an average gross income of 12,363 NURIA 2 Rincón de la Victoria 27.003 40 Ardales 15.385 for farmers and gardeners. TRIGUERO euros per inhabitant. That is less The local agricultural sector 3 Malaga 24.463 41 Gaucín 15.331 than half the figure for the weal- was particularly pleased as its per- [email protected] 4 Marbella 24.182 42 Cañete la Real 15.239 thiest village, Benahavís. Neverthe- mission to use irrigation water 5 Alhaurín de la Torre 24.066 43 Viñuela 15.152 less, the average gross income in this on parched crops in the dry sea- Malaga, Marbella and 6 Benalmádena 23.633 44 Teba 15.138 municipality in La Axarquía has ri- son was coming to an end soon. Torremolinos are also in 7 Torremolinos 23.399 45 Colmenar 15.098 sen by 12 per cent in a year, so it is Also, as much of the rain that fell 8 Antequera 21.988 46 Cómpeta 15.075 no longer one of the ten poorest vi- was moderate, it has given the the ‘top 5’ of highest 9 Fuengirola 21.787 47 Guaro 15.061 llages in Spain. In 2014 it had the water time to enter the ground. incomes,and Almáchar 10 Ronda 21.281 48 Alcaucín 15.015 third lowest income in the country. Before the storms local reser- is once again the 11 Estepona 20.949 49 Villanueva del Rosario 14.910 Almáchar is accompanied on the voirs were just a third full, with 12 Manilva 20.934 50 Sierra de Yeguas 14.746 lower part of the list by other rural some, like La Viñuela, lower and poorest village 13 Mijas 20.734 51 Almogía 14.726 villages in Malaga. In fact, there nearing critical. Marbella’s smaller 14 Vélez-Malaga 19.888 52 Cortes de la Frontera 14.651 appears to be a correlation between La Concepción reservoir was at MALAGA. Rincón de la Victoria is 15 Ojén 19.806 53 Villanueva de la Concepción 14.643 the size of population and the level 57 per cent capacity earlier this no longer the wealthiest municipa- 16 Casares 19.707 54 Villanueva del Trabuco 14.524 of income. The high rate of unem- week and so far the rain has had lity in the province. It has been bea- 17 Istán 18.555 55 Cuevas del Becerro 14.498 ployment in these villages, their little affect. ten on that score by Benahavís, 18 Cártama 18.486 56 Riogordo 14.388 ageing population and their depen- The Acosol water company on which put on a real sprint, increa- 19 Frigiliana 18.462 57 Cuevas Bajas 14.317 dence on agriculture - which is the the western Costa has started a sing its gross average income by 20 Campillos 18.241 58 Tolox 14.266 economic activity with the lowest campaign to urge people to use about 10 per cent to 28,428 euros 21 Nerja 18.084 59 Cuevas de San Marcos 14.168 incomes declared for tax - explain water sparingly.