The Generalitat has agreed to restrict mobility tomorrow, implement teleworking, and suspend outdoor educational and sports activities between 07h and 17h in the Baix Llobregat, Vallès Occidental, Garraf, and Alt and Baix Penedès regions due to the forecast of heavy rains.
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This was announced by the Minister of the Interior, Núria Parlon, at a press conference where she justified these restrictive measures, which also include suspending non-urgent healthcare activity and day care centers for the elderly and people with mental disabilities, due to a red alert of five out of six for the risk of heavy rains in these five regions.
In this situation, Civil Protection will send an Es-Alert message this afternoon to the residents of the affected towns to inform them about these measures.
The Meteorological Service of Catalonia (Meteocat) has updated the warnings for heavy rain, strong wind, and rough seas for this Wednesday, which will affect all of Catalonia except parts of Alt Pirineu, Lleida, and the Terres de l’Ebre.
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Locally, 40 liters per square meter may accumulate in 30 minutes, with very high danger during the morning in the Baix Llobregat, Vallès Occidental, Garraf, Alt Penedès (Barcelona), and Baix Penedès (Tarragona) regions.
Showers will be accompanied by thunderstorms and violent weather phenomena may occur.
Alt Empordà (Girona) may locally record wind gusts of more than 108 kilometers per hour with moderate danger. The coast of this region and that of Baix Empordà (Girona) may locally record waves of more than 2.5 meters with moderate danger.
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