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☆ Madrid bans rental e-scooters, saying operators didn’t meet requirements
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Authorities in Madrid have announced that they will revoke the operating licenses of e-scooter rental companies Lime, Dott and Tier – a move that will see rented e-scooters banished from the streets of the Spanish capital. Lime, Dott and Tier were the companies selected to offer e-scooter rental in Madrid, with permits granted for 2,000 scooters each. The council’s decision means “rental scooters will disappear from the city from October,” it said. A spokesman for Dott told CNN on Monday that the company had received an official notification from Madrid city hall on Thursday. Madrid is not the first city to take action against e-scooter rentals, which have become increasingly divisive.

Persons: José Luis Martínez, Almeida, ”, Dott, “, Lime, Mayor Martínez, Nicholas Reece, CNN’s Maggie Hiufu Wong, Pierre Bairin, Joseph Ataman Organizations: CNN, City, Council, Mayor, Melbourne Locations: Madrid, Australian, Melbourne, Paris

[1/4] People leave with goods from a supermarket that had been broken into in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis, in the outskirts of Acapulco, Mexico, October 26, 2023. Hurricane Otis last week hit Acapulco with winds of 165 miles per hour (266 km per hour), flooding the city, flipping roofs from homes and businesses, submerging vehicles, and severing communications as well as road and air connections. Mexico has sent thousands of armed forces members to keep order and help distribute tons of food and supplies. Acapulco residents are still searching for missing loved ones since the Category 5 hurricane hit with unexpected ferocity, far exceeding meteorologists' initial forecasts. State power utility CFE said on Tuesday morning one in four users in Guerrero hit by Otis was still without power.

Persons: Hurricane Otis, Alexandre Meneghini, Jose Luis Martinez, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Abraham Moises Cano, Cano, Lopez Obrador, Guerrero, Otis, Jose Cortes, Josue, Casssandra Garrison Stefanie Eschenbacher, Dave Graham, Alistair Bell, Jonathan Oatis, Grant McCool Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, National Guard, Senate, Tuesday, Thomson Locations: Hurricane, Acapulco, Mexico, Rights ACAPULCO, del Sol, overpaid, Guerrero, Mexico City

☆ Madrid residents advised to stay indoors as capital braces for torrential weather
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Claudia Rebaza | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Residents in Madrid were instructed by city authorities to stay indoors Sunday with Storm Dana set to lash the Spanish capital. The state meteorological agency, AEMET, issued a warning for Madrid, Toledo and Cadiz, where Dana is expected to bring strong rains. According to AEMET, up to 120 liters per square meter of rain could fall over Madrid in 12 hours. Madrid’s emergency services sent texts to residents warning them of flood risks and advising them against using vehicles. Atletico Madrid wrote on X that Sunday’s LaLiga football match against Sevilla had also been postponed due to the storm.

Persons: Storm Dana, AEMET, Dana, AEMAT, José Luis Martínez, Almeida, ” Martinez Organizations: CNN, Residents, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla Locations: Madrid, Toledo, Cadiz, Valencia

☆ Madrid residents told to stay at home as torrential rain sweeps across Spain
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

@anastasia.flidlider_watercolor via Instagram/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Madrid's mayor on Sunday advised all residents to stay at home as the capital braced itself for torrential rain and storms affecting parts of Spain. It said up to 120 litres per square metre of rain could fall over 12 hours in Madrid. "Due to the exceptional and abnormal situation, in which rainfall records will be broken, I ask the people of Madrid to stay at home today," Madrid Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida wrote on X, formerly Twitter. LaLiga suspended an evening match between Atletico Madrid and Sevilla at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid due to the alert. In Alcanar, Tarragona, on Spain's east coast, emergency services have also confined residents to their homes due to flooding after 215 litres per square metre of rain in the past 24 hours.

Persons: AEMET, Jose Luis Martinez, Almeida, Manuel Loro, Elena Rodriguez, Guillermo Martinez, Jessica Jones, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Sunday, Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Wanda Metropolitano, Thomson Locations: Alcanar, Spain, Instagram, Rights MADRID, National, Madrid, Toledo province, Cadiz, Tarragona, Spain's

☆ Spain's conservative PP party lead narrows one month ahead of national election - poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The survey, carried out between June 16 and 23, showed the PP would get 140 seats in the 350-member lower house, down from 141 a week earlier. The poll, commissioned by El Mundo newspaper, showed far-right party Vox, the PP's likeliest post-election ally, would get 35 seats, down from 36 a week earlier, Sigma-Dos said. A likely coalition between Vox and PP would be one seat short of the 176 outright majority. Sanchez on May 29 called a surprise snap election after his party and its junior coalition partner Podemos were routed in regional and municipal ballots. Following the May municipal and regional elections, local negotiations between PP and Vox resulted in bickering in some cases.

Persons: Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, Jose Luis Martinez, Read, Pedro Sanchez's, pollster, Vox, Sanchez, Podemos, Yolanda Diaz, Inti Landauro, Angus MacSwan Organizations: People's Party, of, Almeida, El Mundo, Pedro Sanchez's Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party, PSOE, pollster Sigma, Sigma, Vox, Labour, Thomson Locations: of Madrid, Madrid, Retiro, Spain, MADRID, Pedro Sanchez's Spanish

☆ Flambéed pizza thought to have sparked deadly Madrid restaurant fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Al Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Madrid CNN —A fire believed to have been started by a flambéed pizza has killed two people and injured 12 others at a restaurant in the Spanish capital Madrid, city officials said Saturday. “It appears the fire started when a flambéed pizza was being served, which set fire to the decorations in the restaurant,” Madrid Mayor Jose Luis Martinez Almeida told Spain’s state television TVE at the scene on Saturday, hours after the late Friday night blaze. Spanish media reported that a specialty of the restaurant was a pizza in the flambé style - a cooking procedure where spirits are poured on the food and briefly set alight. That was in addition to the two fatalities, said Montse Marcos, a supervisor with the Madrid city ambulance services. The fire was in the Plaza de Manuel Becerra, on the edge of the Spanish capital’s upscale Salamanca neighborhood.

„Gândurile noastre sunt la rudele persoanelor decedate sau rănite”, a declarat, la rândul său, premierul Spaniei, Pedro Sanchez. Pompierii sunt rezervați cu privire la motivul deflagrației, potrivit El Pais. Primarul Madridului, însă, José Luis Martínez Almeida, a făcut o „evaluare preliminară” în zona exploziei și a spus că explozia ar avea drept cauză o scurgere de gaz. Explozia a aruncat în aer cele patru etaje superioare ale clădirii.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, El, José Luis Martínez Almeida Locations: Spaniei

☆ Pagube de 1,4 miliarde de euro după ninsorile istorice din Madrid. Autoritățile vor ca orașul să fie declarat zonă de dezastru natural
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Ninsorile puternice care au lovit săptămâna trecută capitala Spaniei au provocat pagube de aproape un miliard și jumătate de euro, așa că autoritățile madrilene vor ca orașul să fie declarat zonă de dezastru natural, pentru a putea primi fonduri de urgență. "Filomena, cea mai gravă furtună de iarnă înregistrată în Spania în ultimele decenii, a provocat daune de aproximativ 1,4 miliarde de euro în capitala Madrid. Până acum zăpadă a fost curățată doar de pe 15% din străzile capitalei, în timp ce școlile și grădinițele rămân închise până luni. Furtuna de zăpadă care a lovit statul iberic a blocat sute de drumuri în întreaga țară, iar echipele de intervenție au ajuns abia acum la oamenii izolați din regiunea Madrid. Temperaturile din zona Madridului au scăzut din nou miercuri noaptea până la minus 12 grade Celsius la periferia oraşului.

Persons: Jose Luis Martinez Almeida, Reuters Organizations: Europa Press, Madrid . Le Locations: Spaniei, Spania, Madrid, Europa, iberic, Madrid ., Madridului

Filomena, cea mai gravă furtună de iarnă înregistrată în Spania în ultimele decenii, a provocat daune de aproximativ 1,4 miliarde de euro (1,7 miliarde de dolari) în capitala Madrid, potrivit primarului Jose Luis Martinez Almeida, informează joi DPA. Cifra include pierderile de venituri pentru economie şi pagubele la nivelul infrastructurii din capitală, a indicat edilul. Madridul a continuat să lupte joi cu urmările ninsorilor abundente de la sfârşitul săptămânii trecute, urmate de un val de ger, a relatat Europa Press. Până acum zăpadă a fost curățată doar de pe 15% din străzile capitalei, în timp ce școlile și grădinițele rămân închise până luni. Furtuna de zăpadă care a lovit statul iberic a blocat sute de drumuri în întreaga țară, iar echipele de intervenție au ajuns abia acum la oamenii izolați din regiunea Madrid.

Persons: Jose Luis Martinez Almeida, Reuters Organizations: Europa Press, Madrid . Le Locations: Spania, Madrid, Europa, iberic, Madrid ., Madridului

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