Civil defense of the Generalitat warned that the precipitation would affect the Southern Catalonianotably in Terres de l’Ebre (Tarragona), and requested avoid unnecessary travel. Catalonia maintains the alert of the special emergency plan against flooding (Inuncat) due to the forecast of rain throughout this day in this area south of Tarragona.
The storms will put seven provinces on alert this Friday, the day when four of them will reach the orange level due to precipitation, according to forecasts from the National Meteorological Agency (AEMET). In addition to Tarragonaalso Huelva (Andalusia), Majorca and Menorca.
⚠️ Compare the precipitation which returns to the south of Catalonia and which will affect Terres de l’Ebre
Unnecessary travel in high-intensity areas should be avoided.#inuncat https://t.co/RU6Fns0QH0
– Civil Protection (@emergenciescat) November 1, 2024
Until eight o’clock this morning, the emergency telephone number 112 received up to 740 calls which generated 615 incidents. By region, Barcelonès (Barcelona) is the one that has received the most warnings with 164 alerts, followed by Vallès Occidental with 102 and Baix Ebre (Tarragona) with 75.
In addition, Rodalies guard this Friday morning restrictions on regional services in southern Tarragona due to the rain warning forecast in the region. Traffic is interrupted on the R15 between Reus and Riba-roja d’Ebre, on the R16 between Tarragona and Tortosa and on the R17 between Tarragona and Salou-Port Aventura.
In this way, the trains of the Lines R16 and R17 start and end in Tarragona; In addition, the Avant Exprés Tortosa-Camp-Barcelona will not run in both directions.
More rain
The average value of accumulated precipitation from October 1 to 29 in Spain is estimated at 134 liters per square meter (l/m2), or 89 percent more than the normal value corresponding to this period, i.e. 71 l/m2. As indicated in the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), the accumulated quantities are higher than their normal values throughout the peninsula, except in the coast of Catalonia.
During the period from October 23 to 29, precipitation was very abundant and distributed throughout the territory. The most affected part, thanks to DANA which was located in the Gulf of Cádiz, constituted the eastern part of the peninsula with the south of Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia.
In the interior of Valencia and Castellón, precipitation “well exceeded” 200 l/m2, accumulating even more in certain points, according to Aemet. In the south of Albacete, the quantities were around 150 l/m2, as in the interior of Málaga and Granada.
