Snow, wind, and flood warnings as Catalonia awaits weekend storm
Government calls for "extreme caution" and urges people to stay at home
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Pollution warning extended to all of Catalonia
PM10 particulate levels are moderate to high with situation expected to continue over weekend
Locals describe 'terrifying fear' during chemical plant blast
Witnesses of Tuesday's incident talk of "colossal" explosion, while union hits out at "failure" of emergency protection plan
Flood warning in Catalonia as storms set to hit in the afternoon
Authorities expect rain to be especially heavy in the north and south of the country and urge caution in large urban areas
Catalan Government receives Spanish Constitutional Court warning on penal consequences of holding a referendum
The Spanish Constitutional Court (TC) carried out this Wednesday its usual procedure and hand delivered the resolution notice which warns the Catalan executive of the criminal liability of launching the referendum plan. The document emphasised the magistrates’ duty to “impede or block” any initiative aimed at ignoring the TC suspension of the Government’s plan to call a referendum in Catalonia in September 2017. The notice warns Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, Catalan Vice President and Minister for Economy and Tax Office, Oriol Junqueras, along with the members in the Catalan executive of the “eventual charges” which they may face. On Tuesday, the Parliament’s President, Carme Forcadell, and the members of the Parliament’s Bureau also received the same notice, which was hand delivered by judicial secretaries from Catalonia’s Supreme Court.