Why Rain Opened a Hole in Catalonia Street
Meteocat says the storms could dump 40 mm in 30 minutes, and authorities are keeping flood plans in place as saturated ground raises risk.
- The Catalan regional government declared a torrential rain alert on Monday for Barcelona and its metropolitan area, home to more than five million people, triggering widespread transport disruptions.
- Granollers experienced severe ground collapse after soaking since Saturday took another 107 litres per square metre in a morning, creating two sinkholes and forcing evacuation of offices near the courthouse.
- Emergency services reported two deaths in Montorn and Vall, while crews continue searching for a person swept away on Sunday in Pineda and Mar, with at least 1,650 calls and about 46 rescues.
- Firefighters handled 2,711 calls since the storm began, while the Tenes river flow surged to 128 cubic metres per second, heightening flood risks at the Bes mouth between Santa Coloma and Badalona.
- Officials issued Orange alerts for Huesca and Lleida, while Yellow warnings cover Extremadura, Toledo, and Salamanca as heavy rainfall threatens Castilla-La Mancha and the Pyrenees.
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The weather agency of Spain explains that one of the reasons for the rains that hit the east of the country at the beginning of October was a phenomenon that shares similarities with a cyclone like those that usually exist in the Atlantic and, for this, the increase of the temperature of the sea is fundamental. To the torrential rains also was added a DANA that arrived from Portugal.
This Wednesday, October 7, 2026, the Pyrénées-Atlantiques are still in vigilance yellow thunderstorms and floods, with announced gusts of wind. Here are the forecasts in the Basque Country.
The National Weather Service warned of adverse conditions in different regions; in the City, the maximum will be 19°C
A new storm episode alerts the entire Catalan coastline and prelitoral at least until Thursday
The Mediterranean is leaving unusual images these days even for those who have been following their behavior for years. A stormy structure organized in front of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands has aroused the interest of several meteorologists in the way in which it is evolving and for some visual and dynamic similarities with the initial phases of tropical systems.
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