Two Dead in Flooding in Spain’s Catalonia Region
Authorities said the storm disrupted flights, trains and events as emergency crews searched for a missing person and inspected flood damage.
- On Sunday, authorities confirmed two people died and one remains missing after torrential rains struck Spain's Catalonia region, with Catalan leader Salvador Illa reporting a wall collapse fatality in Tordera.
- Spain's meteorological agency AEMET issued a red alert after Meteocat director Sarai Sarroca warned on Saturday of a potential 'mini-hurricane,' prompting authorities to urge residents to shelter indoors.
- Travel disruptions mounted as local trains stalled and flights were cancelled at Barcelona airport, while shops shut early and a performance of Verdi's Aida at the Liceu opera house was cancelled.
- Heavy flooding submerged cars and homes in Bellvitge and Cornella near Barcelona, while residents in Masnou inspected a collapsed wall near the Riera d'Alella and crews searched for a missing person in Pineda de Mar, 52 km north.
- Moving over land from the Mediterranean, the exceptional weather system continues to threaten Catalonia as authorities monitor forecasts for additional heavy rain in the coming hours.
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Diluvian rains have affected Catalonia since Saturday. The provisional balance is two dead and one disappeared. It fell 100 liters of water per square metre in the night. The Barcelona region is placed in a state of alert.
The violent wave of bad weather that is coming down on Catalonia has made two victims and there is a missing person. Meteorologists had announced a Mediterranean hurricane-mini-hurricane, but the violence and exceptionalness of precipitation are greater than expected. The Spanish weather agency speaks of a "Dana" , isolated depression at altitude, the same phenomenon that has [...] L'articolo Torrential rains and floods in Catalonia: two deaths …
Parts of Spain have been hit by heavy storms and downpours. The north-eastern region of Catalonia was particularly hard hit, with many streets flooded. Local authorities reported two deaths and warned of further flooding and river flooding. Firefighters were also rescuing drivers trapped in their vehicles.
"It seems that there are two fatal victims, as well as at least one missing person," said David Borrell, the head of firefighters in the Catalonian region (northeast). One of the victims died after the collapse of a wall in a campsite in Tordera, the other drowned in a flooded garage in Montornès del Vallès, two localities in the province of Barcelona. "It is necessary to exercise the utmost caution and follow the recommendations" of the emergen…
The exceptional episode of torrential rains that affects Catalonia has caused, for the moment, the death of two people, one in Tordera and another in Montornés del Vallés, in Barcelona, while the firefighters of the Generalitat are looking for a missing person in the Pineda river.The firefighters have confirmed this Sunday these first two ... Continue reading "The temporary fort in Catalonia leaves two dead already: today the overflow of the Bes…
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