Hydrometeorology event

City

Year

Damages

Torrential rain

Fuengirola, Spain

2003

Flood in the Mijas municipality and collapse of Pacos’s UCA

Intense rain

Fuengirola, Spain

2004

1000 houses affected. The flood dragged 700 cars.

Torrential rain and Manchágara River floods

Quito, Ecuador

2008

Collapsed Manchágara’s UCA and collapsed a piece the road distributor named “El Trebol”

Structural failure

Mexicali Baja California, México

2014

The Independence Avenue’s UCA collapsed by structural failure

Structural failure

Ambato, Ecuador

2014

A section of the UCA collapsed and caused the death of a person who had built their house over it.

Structural damages from erosion and sinkholes

Zacatecas, México

2014

In the city’s historic center there are several important buildings like the Government’s Palace and the Cathedral which are among the hundreds of constructions built over the UCA.

Intense rain

Toluca, México State

2015

A part Lerdo’s UCA collapsed (hundreds of people living in the federal areas of the river are at high risk).

Torrential rain

Caranavi, Bolivia

2016

A part of Caranavi’s UCA collapsed and the eventual destruction of 11 houses.

Torrential rain

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México

2016

An apart of the San Roque’s UCA collapsed and six houses were damaged. Collapsed a house over the San Roque’s UCA too.

Torrential rain

Granada, Spain

2018

The Darro river flooded the Correos building area, which provoked the slip of the emblematical building and generated erosion and sinkholes in the Darro’s UCA.

Torrential rain

Las Paz, Bolivia

2019

Collapsed Sokeri’s UCA. The overflowing waters also caused the fall of

a wall and the flooding of the parking lot in the Cumorah building.

Torrential rain

Las Paz, Bolivia

2019

The Apumalla’s UCA was collapsed. The collapse damaged 5 houses.