Protección Civil of Castilla y León has ordered this Tuesday the evacuation of Piedralaves, in the province of Ávila, in the event of a possible overflow of the Horcajo dam. The 112 emergency service has sent an ES-Alert to the mobile phones of the population to inform of the risk and communicate the points to which residents should go.
As the 112 of Castilla y León has reported through its social media, the places enabled to go during the evacuation are the municipal sports hall and the San Juan de la Cruz school.
🟧| Protección Civil Castilla y León | Envío de ES-ALERT a la población de Piedralaves #Ávila informando de la evacuación de la localidad por el posible rebosamiento de la presa del Horcajo. La población debe acudir al pabellón municipal y al colegio San Juan de la Cruz. pic.twitter.com/t6SdpPcoAh
— 112 Castilla y León (@112cyl) November 10, 2026
The notice has been distributed through the ES-Alert system, which allows Civil Protection to send emergency messages directly to mobile phones located in a specific area, without the need for its owners to be subscribed to any notification service.
For the moment, official communication does not state how many people are affected by the evacuation nor does it confirm that the dam has reached overtopping. The measure responds to the risk that the water will exceed the infrastructure. The authorities have asked the population to move to the points indicated in the alert.