The Generalitat of Catalonia has issued a notice of severe weather in the suburbs of Barcelona, more precisely in the regions of Baix Llobregat, Garraf, Barcelonès, Vallès Occidental and Alt Penedès, taking into account the forecasts of gusts of wind of more than 90 kilometers per hour and hail large size.
The Meteorological Service of Catalonia (Meteocat) has issued a warning of “maximum degree of danger” of six out of six due to the risk of hail with stones more than two centimeters in diameterwind gusts of more than 25 meters per second and tornadoes or sleeves.
Given this prediction, Civil Protection requested extreme cautionas the risk of severe weather, with hail and strong winds, is very high in parts of these regions, particularly around Barcelona.
Furthermore, Civil Protection has kept the special emergency plan alert activated since yesterday evening. flood riskl’Inuncat, taking into account the forecast of intense rains, reaching 20 liters per square meter in 30 minutes, this Wednesday in Tarragona, especially in Terres de l’Ebre, Barcelona and central Catalonia.
In turn, the Mossos d’Esquadra asked citizens to Avoid driving and traveling to flood areas given the severe weather warning in various parts of Catalonia, particularly in the Barcelona region of Baix Llobregat.
Closure of breakwaters in Barcelona
For its part, Barcelona City Hall has activated the Basic Municipal Emergency Plan in poor sea condition in alert phase and the Urban Guard hclosed the passage to the breakwaters to avoid risks to people.
This plan is activated in the alert phase due to the probability of waves over 2.5 meters and the city’s coastline suffers the effects of the sea, becoming a danger to people or damage to furniture. As a result of this activation and for the sake of prevention, the town hall recommends that citizens take extra care and avoid accessing the beaches.
Likewise, access to beach breakwaters and entry into the water is prohibited while the red flag is flying, hoisted on all beaches.
