The Firefighters of the Generalitat, after receiving information that the water had dragged a vehicle with two people inside in the municipality of in an appearance before the media at midnight, the Interior Minister of the Generalitat, Núria Parlon, has said that the body is that of a minor of about 11-12 years, and during the night the one who believes is his father, also disappeared is sought. “The accident has passed very fast, a big misfortune that leads us to highlight the need for a lot of prudence,” said the counselor. Firefighters have displaced nineteen endowments of troops, who have located the car but with no one inside, and are still looking for the area.
Unfortunately, we must regret the death of a person as a result of the heavy rains throughout Catalonia. My condolences to their relatives and friendships.
Continues the search for a missing person.
Maximum precaution. Follow all the recommendations of.
– Salvador Illa Roca (@Salvadorilla)
The intense of this Sunday are causing mobility problems in various parts of Catalonia, where land and tree falls have forced to cut roads and suspend some train and rail lines. In Montserrat, a landslide on the road has forced 27 people to evacuate. The passage of a train stopped by the fall of trees in the R5 railway line between Monistrol de Montserrat and Castellbell and El Vilar has also evacuated. On the other hand, Aena has reported incidents in the Palma and Menorca, and recommends travelers to consult their flights before moving there for possible cancellations.
The weekend ends with the storms announced in the Catalan territory, especially strong this Sunday afternoon. He has launched a message on the networks in which he has asked for “much prudence” to citizens. “It is very important that the indications and recommendations of emergency services follow,” he said. The main problems have been around Montserrat, where water has fallen very strongly in a short time. When asking why no alerts have been sent this Sunday, Parlon has responded that ES-Alert does not always involve a better or worse to the population, and that the meteocat cannot always say total exactness of rain conditions, although this and other emergency services can give generalized information as they have done. “Throughout the day the population has been notified,” and also in previous days, Parlon has insisted.
The Generalitat Firefighters have had to work on the evacuation of about thirty hikers in the Montserrat area. They have rescued – using strings and harnesses, to help them cross a torrent of water – about 14 people located on the road of Sant Benet, five others located in the BRUC and about 21 hours are still waiting for the moment to evacuate nine other people in the area of the Holy Cova and another five located in the BRUC. Heavy rains have also complicated circulation on Catalan roads. In the AP-7 there have been retentions of up to 12 kilometers between Sant Sadurní d’Alcoia and Vilafranca del Penedès and there have also been queues in other points of that road; The C-58 has had to cut off between Terrassa and Manresa and a lane of that road between Terrassa and Barcelona has been cut.
Suspended flights
The strong water thrombus in the surroundings of Barcelona and on the sea has momentarily prevented the landing and takeoff of airplanes at El Prat airport, which has had to adjust its operating system to the storm. Air controllers have also indicated on social networks that the storms today in the Mediterranean have fundamentally affected the Barcelona airport, which at the end of the day accumulated “safety delays.”
This fact adds to the presence in the terminals of hundreds of travelers who have been affected by the decision of the airline with which they should travel to suspend their flights, so they now look for a new ticket or are waiting to be rearranged on other flights.
Danger flow in the Riudebitlles river
The Riudebitlles river has reached a danger flow, with 59 cubic meters per second, as it passes through the town of Sant Quintí de Mediona (Barcelona), as reported by the A in recent hours, heavy rains are making this river especially in the regions of Anoia and Alt Penedès. Given the situation, the ACA has asked citizens to “a lot of caution and avoid access” to the immediate vicinity of the rivers.
In the Llobregat River Basin, the Aca aguoros score 266 cubic meters per second in the Papiol and 60 cubic meters in Castellbisbal. The Ripoll River passes through Montcada I Reixac drags a flow of 30.3 cubic meters per second while Rubí Riera also experiences a significant increase in water.
Civil Protection has indicated that tonight will keep the Incat Plan alert for the important rise in the flow of Ríos and Renas. Given the arrival of heavy rains in the city of Barcelona, Civil Protection has also activated this afternoon the Municipal Emergency Action Plan due to the risk of draining insufficiency in alert phase.
