The torrential rains that have fallen since this Sunday in Tarragona and Barcelona, of up to 115 liters per square meter, this Monday left Catalonia, in the northeast of Spain, without commuter trains, with high-speed cuts and canceled flights, They have flooded roads and caused flooding in some riversabout to overflow.
The regions of the province of Tarragona were already on red alert since yesterdaywhich led to the suspension of classes in schools, as well as non-urgent health visits and trials, while workers were asked to stay at home, so activity in large factories and companies in the area has operated below minimums this morning.
After a night of torrential rains that has left a trail of flooding in the province of Tarragona, The storm has moved towards Barcelona: the citizens of the regions of Baix Llobregat, Barcelonès, Garraf, Maresme, Vallès Occidental and Vallès Oriental, and also of the Selva (Girona), have received notices on their devices urging them to avoid any unnecessary travel, and to exercise extreme caution in flood-prone areas.
In a matter of two hours, the intense rainfall, which has left up to 131 liters per square meter, has flooded roads, streets and ground floors in municipalities of Baix Llobregat, including El Prat airport, where water has begun to accumulate not only on the runways but also in the terminals and Fifty flights have had to be canceled and another 17 diverted.
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As a result of the downpour, which has not caused any personal injury, Renfe has suspended the circulation of trains in the entire suburban network -except for RL3 between Lleida and Cervera-, with the expectation of restoring it in the afternoon, while the passage of high-speed trains between Barcelona and Tarragona has been interrupted due to the water accumulated in a tunnel in El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona) .
The service of this line, the main railway artery in Catalonia, since high-speed trains circulate between Barcelona and Madrid, has been reestablished on a single track shortly after, which is causing delays in this itineraryoperated by the Renfe, Iryo and Ouigo companies.
The Barcelona tram service has also been interrupted and access to several partially flooded metro stations has been closed.
Road mobility has also been affected by the downpourwith half a dozen roads closed, including the C-32 highway as it passes through Castelldefels -reopened around 2:00 pm-, where the intense rains They have trapped several vehicles that have ended up floating in the waterand the AP-7 -between Altafulla and L’Aldea-, with traffic restrictions that have caused kilometer-long delays.
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In addition, The intensity of the rains has caused flooding in several rivers, to the point that the Catalan Water Agency (ACA) has issued an alert for possible overflow in the Francolí basins – with an unusual flow as it passes through Tarragona -, Besòs and Llobregat, which flows with 115 cubic meters per second.
The unusual downpour this morning has been caused by up to four storms unleashed onlineone of them over the sea, which have discharged more than 81 liters per square meter in the regions of Baix Llobregat and Barcelona – with the record of 115 registered in Viladecans – and more than 50 in Tarragona.
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