Tarragona, on red alert due to the new DANA: classes are suspended, mobility is restricted and teleworking is recommended

The province of Tarragona woke up this Wednesday on red alert due to the forecast of heavy rains and the possibility of flooding, as a water accumulation of up to 180 liters per square meter in some points. The Government has restricted the non-essential circulation of vehicles on Catalan roads and suspended classes in five regions. The Government has also recalled that under red alert you can not go to work “if there is a risk to the health of workers”, which is why it has recommended that companies “adopt appropriate measures”.

The Minister of the Interior and Public Security, Núria Parlon, announced the exceptional measures this Tuesday afternoon after meeting with the DANA Monitoring Committee to analyze the latest forecast from Meteocat and Aemet. In this way, from 6 a.m. to midnight this Wednesday, in the Baix Camp, Baix Ebre, Montsià, Ribera d’Ebre and TarragonèsOnly essential services and those due to force majeure will be able to circulate.

To guarantee that this is fulfilled, the Servei Català de Trànsit (SCT) has reported that the Mossos d’Esquadra have installed regulation points on AP-7, C-14, N-340, T-11, N-420, TV-3141, A-7, N-240 and C-37 throughout the affected regions. In a note in

For its part, the Confederació Hidrogràfica de l’Ebre (CHE), following data from the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), has also raised the red alert due to the persistence of rain in the Baix Ebre sub-basin, specifically in the final area of ​​the Ebro river that goes from Mequinensa (Zaragoza) to the mouth. They do not rule out “extraordinary local floods in ravines and minor slopes.”