The Meteorological Service described the storm as representing a change in the climate scenario in the region.
The exceptional episode of torrential rains affecting Catalonia, in northeastern Spain, has so far left two people dead and another missing, with firefighters searching for the person after a night of record rainfall in Barcelona and other cities.
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On Sunday, firefighters confirmed the first two fatalities from the storm that has battered Catalonia since Saturday afternoon and is moving from the coastal and pre-coastal areas of Barcelona province toward southern Girona province.
Catalan regional government President Salvador Illa said the first person who died was in Tordera, Barcelona, and expressed his condolences to the victim’s family. The person was at a campsite and was reportedly struck by a wall that collapsed on them.
The second fatality was a person who had been missing for several hours in Montornès del Vallès, also in Barcelona province. The man went down to the parking area of his home and became trapped there.
Meanwhile, Catalan firefighters are searching for a person who went missing in the Pineda stream in Pineda de Mar, Barcelona. Illa stressed that the situation remains difficult, particularly in the northern half of Catalonia, and urged people to exercise extreme caution and follow the authorities’ instructions.
🇪🇸 At least two people have died due to heavy rains in the Spanish region of Catalonia, the local fire service reported.
According to the EFE news agency, the downpours left a total of more than 17,600 customers without electricity in the Barcelona area. pic.twitter.com/AXozFRSqLG
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Twelve Catalan counties are no longer subject to the mobility restrictions imposed Saturday by the regional government because of the rainstorm, while eight others remain under restrictions.
Sarai Sarroca, director of the Meteorological Service of Catalonia, said the episode of torrential rains “will go down in the history of the region’s climate records.” In fact, records were broken at several weather stations in the city of Barcelona, including one in the Raval neighborhood, which recorded 193 liters per square meter, and another at Can Bruixa, in the Les Corts neighborhood, which recorded 213.
“We have records for the city of Barcelona dating back to 1883, from different stations across the city, but the Can Bruixa reading is the highest figure ever recorded since then. It is the record for the rainiest day,” Sarroca explained.
The director of the Meteorological Service described the storm as a tropical-origin disturbance, representing a “change in the climate scenario” in Catalonia.
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Source: EFE
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