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A downpour, forecasted by the orange alert, has paralyzed Valencia. The magnitude of the deluge has forced the closure of the airport in Manises due to the flooding that has occurred in the facilities. The railway network has also been affected with cuts in some sections of the metro, and the sixth round La Liga match between Levante and Athletic Bilbao, which was scheduled to be played at 9:30 p.m., has been suspended.

The rains that water the afternoon of this Wednesday over much of Catalonia have left more than 40 liters per square meter in half an hour in the Gironès, according to the records of the Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya (Meteocat). The agency has issued an orange warning for observed heavy rains exceeding this threshold in the area and has alerted that the showers are very stationary. In some cases, they have been accompanied by intense hail in Girona that has left stones up to two centimeters in diameter.

Six men were injured this Wednesday in Lleida, some by stabbing and others with severe bruises in a fight in which all the people identified by the Mossos d’Esquadra are Pakistani. The Catalan police have not identified the attackers.

On March 24, 2025, four months after the death of Isak Andic in the Montserrat mountain, his son Jonathan made a 48-hour trip to Ecuador. A brief round trip to Quito during which he spent more hours flying than in the capital. So far, it has only been revealed that the visit was related to a new editorial project that required his presence and that while there his phone was stolen. A loss that the judge in Martorell questioned and that the Mossos d’Esquadra now resolve by proving that the device did indeed travel to the Ecuadorian capital and was used.

The widespread decline in property crimes in Catalonia, and particularly in the city of Barcelona, which in the absence of official data has been maintained during the summer months, does not hide the worrying evolution of some types of crimes, mostly linked to drug trafficking. This is evidenced by the data corresponding to the first half of this year, during which 68 shootings with live fire were recorded, 21 more than in the same period of 2025. An increase of 45%.

A worker has died and another has been injured this Tuesday while cleaning a septic tank located in the premises of the Central Market of Tarragona, according to sources familiar with the facts confirmed to La Vanguardia.

A matter of priorities. This is how emphatic Deputy Mayor Laia Bonet was when asked this Tuesday by the Vox municipal group about the state of the Columbus monument, at the lower part of La Rambla. The far-right bench came to the Mobility and Urban Planning commission with a request for the City Council to “immediately” tidy up the statue dedicated to the navigator. But no. There is a reform project that costs 6.3 million euros, the PSC councilor reported, but it is not planned to be undertaken in this term.

The Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis has been the author of an extraordinary discovery in the world of paleontology. Specifically, the researchers have found fossils of a sauropod dinosaur from the La Tejería site in the municipality of El Castellar. After the corresponding analysis, it has been possible to identify the remains as belonging to the genus Diplodocus.

The Ministry has called on Manolito Gafotas, the literary character created by Elvira Lindo, for the campaign of the second phase of the Veo Plan, coinciding with the start of the school year.

The Community of Madrid lifted the suspension of the Vallecas Stadium this Tuesday after analyzing the second audit commissioned by the regional Government to check the condition of the facilities, so it will be able to play again.