Catalonia has returned to see showers after a few days of extreme heat where thermometers have exceeded 35 degrees in various areas of the community. After the rains that fell this Thursday, the Civil Protection of the Generalitat keeps the Special Emergency Plan for Floods on alert in view of the forecast that heavy rains are expected in the northeast quadrant on Friday afternoon.
The showers have caused flooding since early afternoon in various areas, especially in the regions of Bages and the Western Valley. The Catalan Water Agency (ACA) has warned that the flow of the river Llobregat in the Castellbell i el Vilar station it has exceeded the alert threshold, descending with more than 100m3/s.
Likewise, from the agency they have warned of the effects that the rain can imply: cut off the C-55 road as it passes through Castellgalí (Bages) due to the large accumulations of water on the road and have added retentions on the C-16 between Sant Vicenç de Castellet-Castellbell and the Vilar by the storm. The C-37 in Sant Salvador de Guardiola has also remained closed until the night in both directions due to landslides.
The circulation of trains of Ferrocarrils R5 and R50 (Manresa-Baixador) has worked with delays of 15 minutes for the same reason.
🌧️ We show images of some consequences of the pluja d’avui storm:
📹 1️⃣ Molta aigua at c. Santa Rosa, a l’Aire-Sol D
📹 2️⃣ Caiguda d’una branca de l’històric cedre de la pl. Master Gelonch. @ADF113Castellar s’ha encarregat de retire-la#CastellardelVallès#inuncat pic.twitter.com/RlhBFVBNVz
— Fem Castellar (@femcastellar) June 29, 2023
The locations that have accumulated the most rainfall up to 10 p.m. have been Sant Salvador de Guardiola (Bages)where 125.9 liters/m2 have fallen, followed by Vacarisses (Vallès Occidental) with 59.9 and Rellinars 46.9.
The Generalitat Fire Department has received a total of 60 notices for services related to the storm from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., the vast majority to Bages and mainly due to flooding in premises and homes. On the other hand, the emergency telephone number 112 Until 10:00 p.m., it has received a total of 121 calls due to strong storms. Most have been from Bages (57), Maresme (19) and Vallès Occidental (14).
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There have not been very serious services, reports the body in a note, however there has been a remarkable service at 4:10 p.m. in Sant Vicenç de Castellet, where the alert indicated that a stream was taking a car, probably with someone inside. Four fire departments have been activated, including the Grup d’Actuacions Especials Subaquàtic (GRAE Sub), and have confirmed that the vehicle that had come down pushed by the storm was empty.
Riera de Castellet at the point of flowing into the riu llobregat | Sant Vicenc de Castellet@alexmegapc @SVCastellet pic.twitter.com/AszBMiodSo
— Izzy.78 (@Isidre_Giralt) June 29, 2023
The rain arrived in the Catalan capital early at night, around 10 p.m., when a thunderstorm gradually approached the Catalan coast after having previously unloaded in the Vallès and Bages regions.