The Catalan government will restrict mobility in nine regions of Terres de l’Ebre, Camp de Tarragona and Penedès from midnight and throughout Monday due to the warning of heavy rain in the coming hours, as the announced the Minister of the Interior and Public Security. Nuria Parlon.
Furthermore, in these regions, classes and university will be suspended and it is recommended to resort to teleworking. The affected regions are Baix Ebre, Montsià, Terra Alta, Ribera d’Ebre, Baix Camp, Priorat, Tarragonès, Alt Camp and Baix Penedès. Civil Protection will send an alert to the cell phones of people in these areas to inform them of the restrictions adopted.
Torrential rain warning
The Meteorological Service of Catalonia (Meteocat) updated this Sunday morning the warning of a dangerous situation due to precipitation. It could exceed 20 liters per square meter in 30 minutes in the south of the country this Sunday and 40 liters per square meter on Monday in Terres de l’Ebre, Priorat and Baix Camp. Rain is also expected, although less intense, on the rest of the Catalan coast.
Currently, the Generalitat firefighters have registered 14 warnings for incidents caused by the storms between 8:00 p.m. Saturday and 10:00 a.m. Sunday. However, Civil Protection has reported that the rain intensity threshold has not been exceeded and there have been no incidents, although the special emergency plan for flood risk in Catalonia (Inuncat ) remains on alert.