Cash of the Firefighters of the Generalitat They rescued two people who had been left behind on Saturday morning. trapped inside your carwhich was being washed away to consequences of strong rains falls in the Lleida municipality of Olius. The intense rainfall that fell this past night and early in the morning in the center of Catalonia, Lleida and the southern pre-coastal regions have meant that the firefighters attended between 10 pm on Friday and 10 am on Saturday a total of 27 warnings for the effects of storms. Most of the notices have been received in the area of Lleida (7) and the center of Catalonia (7), as well as in the metropolitan areas of Barcelona (8), Girona (3), and Tarragona (2).
Around seven in the morning, the Firefighters have been alerted that two people were trapped in a car that was being dragged by the water in the Molí dels Cups area, in the municipality of Olius, who have finally been rescued in good condition. The firefighters have also worked this morning to remove in Albiol (Lleida) a fallen tree on the road TV-7046. The intense rains of the last few hours have probably been the cause of a rockslide on the LV-5118 highway, in the Lleida municipality of Peramola, which has been cut off in both directions of the march, sources from the Servei Català de Trànsit have informed Efe.
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During the night and early morning hours, Civil Protection The INUNCAT plan has been activated in the pre-alert phase as the storm swept through the territory and the Meteocat service issued warnings for violent weather, especially for the Lleida and center regions. Catalonia, according to Meteocat, has woken up this Saturday with heavy showers and hail in Lleida regions, with temperatures ranging between 22 and 24 degrees on the coast, between 16 and 20 in the interior, and between 12 and 15 in the Pyrenees valleys. The rainfall has been locally strong in Alt Urgell and Solsonès. In Oliana, 28 liters per square meter have been accumulated in 30 minutes, while in Orís (Osona) 26.2 have been recorded in half an hour, although 5.3 have been collected in one minute, according to Meteocat.
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The data collected by this meteorological service between noon yesterday and eleven o’clock today indicate that the storms have unloaded especially in counties of the northern half, with very irregular amounts, which have occasionally been above 50 liters per square meter. The most outstanding quantities have been in Planoles, in the Ripollès region, where 67 liters per square meter have been accumulated, and in Navès, in the Solsonès region, where 60 have been collected. The torrential rains have forced this morning to Civil Protection has placed the red flag on the beaches of Cubelles, in Garraf, due to the presence of residual water from torrents, and to prohibit bathing in the area.