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Hippos who roam the streets of Murcia , evacuated hospitals or tap water that is no longer suitable for consumption due to the devastating effects of the cold drop that hits the east and southeast of Spain ...

The DANA phenomenon (isolated depression at high levels) has filled the social networks with messages, videos and photographs that have not always documented the real effects of this storm. These are some of the most viral hoaxes about the cold drop :

A HYPOPOTHE TO THE LEAK

" A hippo at the roundabout of Erosk i!" Exclaims the author of a video in which a hippo appears grazing in the garden area of ​​a city, on a rainy day, before fleeing. The video has been disseminated along with messages that have led many to think that the hippo was loose in the center of Murcia, taking advantage of the confusion caused by the storm.

But this has not happened in Murcia: the images were recorded last April in Roquetas de Mar (Almería), Civil Protection has warned on Twitter.

The original video is located by doing a reverse search of the images on Google. According to 112, the animal escaped from the enclosure where he was on the occasion of the presence of a circus in the municipality of Almeria.

SANTOMERA'S PANTANO IS GOING TO BREAK

" The swamp of Santomera is going to break , so that the first people who will receive the water from there are going to be us. Please, climb as much as possible, as high as possible, everything you can," asks a woman in a video recorded with the mobile and shared by users on social networks.

Despite the warnings that have circulated on the internet about the situation of the Segura river reservoirs throughout the morning, and especially of the Santomera dam (Murcia), there is no danger that the swamps overflow , according to the Segura Hydrographic Conference (CHS).

However, the CHS does not rule out "alleviating" the maximum capacity of the Santomera reservoir channel if it reaches the level of 98% of its capacity, which would cause " greater overflows " of the river flow, especially in the Alicante town of Orihuela, has affirmed later.

In fact, in a message posted at 3pm on Twitter, the agency says that "the contributions are decreasing very significantly."

INSURANCE OVERFLOWS IN MURCIA

One of the messages that has circulated most early this Friday on the networks stated that the Segura River had overflowed its way through Murcia , and it is false: although the flow has grown a lot in this urban section has not exceeded the speck , as it has happened in other locations.

"Despite the significant flow, the Segura river will not overflow in Murcia. CHS teams work to remove the bardomera that has formed in La Fica. In Orihuela the river has just overflowed," said the Segura Hydrographic Confederation ( CHS) at 8 hours.

EVACUATE THE REINA SOFÍA HOSPITAL

"They are going to evacuate the non-essential personnel of Queen Sofia. They have given orders to take all the cars off the banks of the river. They say that, by opening the dams, the river will almost certainly overflow." This and other similar messages that have circulated on WhatsApp and social networks, even in audio format, warned that the Murcia health center was being evacuated.

This is a false statement and related precisely to the hoax that the swamps of the Segura Basin would overflow.

The hospital itself has denied it in its official account: "It is not true. The Reina Sofía hospital is not going to be evacuated. There is no official information in this regard. We continue to work as normally as possible , thanks to the great number of professionals who are doubling efforts. "

YOU CANNOT DRINK WATER FROM THE TAP

During the morning messages have also proliferated that warned that water quality had been compromised by torrential rains.

However, the water in the main supply network is still suitable for consumption in all municipalities, except in the Murcian district of Lobosillo . This has been ensured by several Murcia consistories, including that of the capital, which has assured on Twitter: "It is not true that the tap water in the municipality is not potable."

The City of Molina de Segura has clarified in turn, through a statement, that "they have not received any statement from the Ministry of Health for water quality problems", and that the analyzes in the supply network have not detected "no incidence", so " water is suitable for consumption ".

AN IMPACT RAY ON A BALCONY IN ALICANTE, MURCIA ...

During the stormy night yesterday, a striking lightning strikes the balcony of a house in Elche ... or in Redován ... or in Aguilas. This is ensured by the messages that accompany a video uploaded to the networks to talk about the effects of the cold drop in different municipalities.

But it is false that it is related to the current episode of cold drop, since the video picks up a storm recorded in Greece last summer, as it is discovered when searching the images on Google.

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