The victim, 46 years old, was admitted to the Vall d’Hebron hospital in Barcelona.
which yesterday affected Catalonia with great intensity and especially the metropolitan area of Barcelona, has claimed one fatality. A 46-year-old woman on whom part of the roof of an industrial warehouse in Barcelona fell on her died this morning in Barcelona, where she was admitted in critical condition.
Yesterday, Thursday, it forced schools to close and non-urgent health activities to be suspended, as well as all sporting events. The strong gusts caused delays and outages in , and the cancellation of a hundred flights in . The movement of trucks was also restricted in La Jonquera until two in the afternoon, and nine people were hospitalized (including the one who died today) due to accidents linked to falling walls, trees and objects. The telephone number received more than 4,500 calls, the highest number ever recorded in a wind episode, which has left maximum gusts of 166 kilometers per hour in Puig Sesolles (Vallès Oriental), 105 in the port of Barcelona or 87 in the Raval neighborhood of Barcelona. At four in the afternoon, by sending an ES Alert, the Generalitat downgraded the emergency situation and stopped recommending not traveling.
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