Flooded roads and landslides after storm hits Catalan coast
Firefighters respond to 46 calls overnight as heavy rain hit parts of Barcelona metropolitan area
The Fire Department responded to 46 calls about the storm that descended upon Catalonia overnight.
Most of the incidents came from the metropolitan area and coastal region around Barcelona.
The most notable incident was the flooding of the N-2 highway in Santa Susanna. Emergency services received warning at 3.46 am and activated four crews as the road was completely flooded.
Civil Protection reported that due to the flood, the road was closed and a detour was been activated, while other roads were cut for a brief period because of landslides, but the situations have since been solved.
Most of the calls to firefighters were because of flooding in homes or leaks.
According to the Fire Department, homes in Arenys de Mar, Premià de Mar, Cornellà, El Masnou, and Cabrera were attended to, but no injuries were reported.
The 112 emergency telephone has received a total of 75 calls, with the majority in the Barcelonès county.
The bulk of this morning's intense rains passed without any major incidents.
Some trees in the Catalan capital also fell, while there were reports of power outages in the city also.
Storms
During the night several storms hit the central coast and the Maresme county saw the most intense extreme weather.
According to data from Meteocat and Civil Protection, in Teià, 88.7 mm of rainfall was recorded.
Between 8 pm on Tuesday and the early hours of Wednesday, the Cabrils station accumulated 73.7 mm, the Prat de Llobregat station saw 58.1 mm, Barcelona's port station saw 42.2 mm, while Barcelona's Raval station recorded 33.4 mm.
On the contrary, there are stations, such as the Fabra Observatory in Barcelona, which did not record any rain.