Two Dead in Flooding in Spain’s Catalonia Region
- 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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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 …
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…
Two people died today in Barcelona due to the storm that makes itself felt in that Spanish region of Catalonia that has already left thousands of people without electricity and forced the cancellation of high-speed trains
The fire department of the Generalitat is looking for a missing person in Pineda's riera.
Two dead in flooding in Spain’s Catalonia region
Oct 4 (Reuters) - Two people have died and another was missing after heavy rains and flooding in Spain's Catalonia region, authorities said on Sunday. Catalan leader Salvador Illa confirmed the death of a man after a wall collapsed in Tordera, a town...
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welingelichtekringen.nlBARCELONA (ANP) - At least two people have died during exceptionally heavy rains in northeastern Spain, according to Catalan authorities. In Tordera, 55 kilometers northeast of Barcelona, a person lost their life at a campsite when a wall collapsed, according to local media...
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