Barcelona activates maximum alert for the risk of tornadoes and hail

According to Meteocat, the risk of maximum rainfall is expected until 2:00 p.m. this Wednesday. In addition to extreme danger in Baix Llobregat, it is also high in the regions of Garraf, Alt Penedès, Barcelonès and Vallès Occidental. Wind gusts during this day may exceed 25 meters per second.

For its part, the City Council of the Catalan capital hThe pre-alert has been activated due to the bad state of the seagiven the probability of waves exceeding 2.5 meters. The council recommends that citizens increase caution and avoid approaching beaches and breakwater areas. The Urban Guard It has been deployed along the entire coastline to prevent anyone from having access to the sea, to avoid any risk.

DANA has had devastating effects in the Valencian Community, where the provisional balance is already 62 dead and dozens missing. It has also caused significant damage in Albacete and Malaga. Torrential rains and strong winds have caused flooding and several rivers overflowing. Emergency services are working to rescue people trapped by inclement weather.

The majority of regional parliaments and regional governments have suspended their activity and their institutional agenda to focus their efforts on the effects caused by the storm. Similarly, the Congress and the Senate have also suspended the plenary sessions that were being held and the rest of the parliamentary activity, although in the case of the Chamber chaired by Francina Armengol the point that has to do with the RTVE decree.