The effects of the storm in Catalonia early in the morning have been felt on the central coast with impacts on transport, although the impact of the rains has spread to other regions. The danger has decreased, although the alert now shifts to seven inland and northeastern regions such as Ripollès, Berguedà, Garrotxa, Alt Empordà, and Pla de l’Estany, where Civil Protection keeps warnings active for severe weather. In some of these areas, it has started to rain heavily and hail has fallen earlier than expected.
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The storms have left more than 50 liters between Baix Berguedà and southern Ripollès. In La Quar (Berguedà) 62 liters fell, in Sant Joan de les Abadesses (Ripollès), 50, and in Olot (Garrotxa), 34. The rest of the records are already below 30 liters. In the area where greater intensity was expected, 21 liters were collected (Cunit).
According to the latest forecasts from the Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya (Meteocat), after the front passes through the central coast, showers with thunderstorms in Ripollès, Berguedà, and Garrotxa will spread to other points of Central Catalonia and may bring heavy or locally torrential precipitation.
Parlon points out that no significant incidents have been recorded, so she considers the warnings “accurate”
In these areas, Civil Protection keeps the INUNCAT plan alert and a severe weather warning active, with the possibility of hail larger than 2 centimeters, wind gusts over 90 km/h, dry downbursts, and even tornadoes in the inland regions.
Although the rain has poured heavily since dawn, the Interior Minister, Núria Parlon, has pointed out that no significant incidents have been recorded, so she has considered the preventive warnings “accurate.” “When we have reasonable technical criteria on the table that lead us to a critical situation of torrential rains, our obligation as a public administration is to protect the citizens,” she stated.
The Generalitat agreed at midday to resume all healthcare services and lift mobility restrictions in the Baix Llobregat, Vallès Occidental, Garraf, and Alt and Baix Penedès regions, where these activities had been limited since seven in the morning.
112 has received 186 calls today for 173 incidents related to this weather episode, mostly to request information and made from the Vallès Occidental, Barcelonès, and Garraf regions.
Regarding transport, heavy rains in Barcelona and Tarragona regions and other incidents are causing delays from early morning on numerous Rodalies lines and on the Barcelona-Madrid high-speed line. The Ministry of Transport has reported that it will cut railway traffic for two hours, starting at 11 a.m. this morning, on the Madrid-Barcelona high-speed corridor to repair the catenary in Sant Vicenç dels Horts and avoid further delays.
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According to the latest updates from Renfe, the R2 Sud service between Sant Vicenç de Calders (Tarragona) and Estació de França is now operated through Regional Sud trains, which stop at all stations on this stretch with average delays exceeding 30 minutes due to an infrastructure incident.
Added to this are speed restrictions due to bad weather on regional lines R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, RT1, and RT2, cable theft between Vila-seca and Reus (Tarragona), and an infrastructure failure between Castellbisbal and Martorell (Barcelona) that forces single-track operation on lines R4 and R8, with delays of more than 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airport is now working to progressively recover its operations after the early storms, according to Aena via social media. According to the operator, of the 1,036 operations scheduled for today, about 30 cancellations are counted due to weather and 2 diversions to Madrid airport.
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