The Generalitat of Catalonia sent an alert yesterday, Wednesday at ten o’clock at night, to all mobile phones on the coast and in the pre-coastal area, which could become torrential. The Department of the Interior asks that travel be minimized, and that people not go near rivers or ravines. The Generalitat has not imposed, however, restrictions on mobility. The UAB, UB, UPF and UdG universities have suspended classes. The fall of a wall has caused the interruption of the R15 between Mora and Ascó, and there are also damages on the R14 between Lleida and La Plana de Picamoixons due to a breakdown that interrupts circulation in Riu Milans.
The rains started this morning and are expected to last almost all of Thursday. The technical committee of Pla Inuncat has analyzed the evolution of the rains, led last night by the president of the Generalitat, the Minister of the Interior, Núria Parlon. The director of the Meteorological Service of Catalonia, Sarai Sarroca, assured that the rain “will be intense but will not last long”, with an intensity of 4 out of 6, with about 40 liters per square meter in half an hour.
The rains have begun to advance from the south of Tarragona towards the north of Catalonia. Starting at noon they will concentrate on the coastline and pre-coastal area of Girona and the Pyrenees. Until seven in the morning, the Generalitat Firefighters had received 21 notices, and 112 had received 117 calls.
Parlon stressed that the rain is expected not to be static, but to move, which in principle will make it more unlikely that large concentrations of water will occur that cause flooding. The city of Barcelona has activated its municipal emergency plan for drainage insufficiency in the alert phase due to heavy rains. The first snowfalls are also expected in the Pyrenees, although they will not be intense.
that throughout the night and early morning the Operational Coordination Center of Catalonia (cecat) will be reinforced. Parlon has asked citizens for “prudence” and above all to avoid unnecessary trips and moving the vehicle if it is near streams or flood zones.
