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Torrential rains fall in Catalonia – Spain: torrential rains fall catalonia
The Northeast Spanish was struck by precipitation exceeding 100 liters per square meter. Nevertheless, A hospital was flooded in Barcelona and rail traffic was completely interrupted.
Posted today at 10:13 p.m.
The little one of Sùria, in the Barcelona region, was flooded.
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Torrential rains fell on Northeast Spain on Saturday. In addition, including Catalonia, where rail traffic was completely interrupted for several hours and where punctual floods were reported by the authorities.
According to the meteorological agency AEMET. which had placed on a red alert a large part of Catalonia on spain: torrential rains fall catalonia Saturday afternoon, more than 100 millimeters of water (100 liters per square meter) fell in places in the space of a few hours.
Thousands of passengers had to be patient at Barcelona station, where traffic was interrupted.
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These heavy rains led to floods. especially in a hospital in Barcelona, which had spain: torrential rains fall catalonia to refuse the entry of new patients after being the victim of an electric cut. Roads have been cut.
At Barcelona airport. an airplane that had just taken off towards the United States had to turn back, the nose of the aircraft having been damaged by hail, according to air controllers.
The red alert was triggered
These bad weather pushed the railway company to suspend the traffic of trains for several hours throughout Catalonia. both for high -speed trains and for regional and suburban trains.
In this region. more than 70 people were taken care of by emergency services, but none in serious condition, depending on the emergency services. The red alert, which had been launched around 5:00 p.m., was lifted two hours later.
In addition to Catalonia. several regions of northern and eastern Spain were affected by these heavy rains, including Aragon, where soldiers of the military emergency unit (UME) were deployed, and the community of Valence.
This region had been affected at the end of October by an episode of tragic torrential rains which left 227 dead. The authorities, especially regional, had then been criticized for their lack of preparation and responsiveness.
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