The heavy rains in Andalucia have made it the wettest December since 1950, but it does mean that most of the region now has a supply of water, both for drinking and for agricultural purposes, for at least two years.
Fifteen days of continuous rain in some areas has seen many of the reservoirs double their capacity. This has been particularly welcome after one of the driest October’s on record.
The rain has not, of course, been uniform over the whole region. In Almeria, supplies are now sufficient to cover one year, but in Cádiz province, where there has been much flooding, they are covered for the next four years.
The levels of the reservoirs are expected to be further augmented by rain forecast for the early part of January.