Torrential Rains in Catalonia: It Fell More than 100 Litres per Square Metre in a Few hours... Eleven Wounded, One of Them Serious, After Flooding and the Collapse of a Wall
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Catalonia was hit by torrential rains on Saturday, August 22, transforming streets and campsites into torrents. In the Baix Penedès and Tarragonès, more than 100 litres of water per square metre were...
Low flood houses, almost broken gutters and dirt-filled streets, the main impacts
The storm has affected the operation of the railway network. Water inlet forced to cut the circulation of trains of R2 Sud, R4, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17 and RT2 lines of Rodalies
The rains have left about 140 liters per square meter in El Vendrell and Torredembarra during the night, although in some points the 200 liters have been exceededAEMET warns of a weekend with very strong storms and possible hail in large areas of the north and east The intense rains recorded this morning in the Baix Penedès and the north of the Tarragonès have left at least three wounded, one of them in critical condition, when they were trapped…
The N-340 has been temporarily closed and there have been impacts on the southern commuter rail corridor.
Traffic cuts and damage to train traffic following heavy rains since this morning on the Costa Daurarada. The Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya issued a warning for accumulation of rain where on the coast of the Baix Penedès there have been recorded quantities close to 200 liters per square meter in a few hours and more than 110 liters per square meter in some points of the northern coast of Tarragonès.Continue reading...
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