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During the night from Sunday to Monday, November 4, torrential rains fell on Tarragona, in Catalonia.
FLOODS – The lull in Spain still does not arrive. During the night from Sunday to Monday, November 4, torrential rains fell on Tarragona, a city located in the south of Catalonia. Some 250km further south, in Valencia, where the red alert due to flooding has been lifted, pumping operations are also underway.
According to the local daily Newspaper of Tarragona100 mm of rain fell locally, or several weeks of precipitation in a few hours. As reported by a major television news show, The Sixth Newsthe local government advised residents to move to higher ground.
No report of potential victims in Catalonia has, for the moment, been communicated by the authorities.
Streets become rivers
As you can see in the images belowthe streets of the seaside town have turned into rivers, the parking lots are submerged, the cars are blocked…
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The emergency services are already on alert and are calling on the population on X (formerly Twitter) to protect themselves before their arrival: “Patience because Tarragona is very big, sooner or later we will reach all the streets. »
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On Sunday evening, Joanna Ivars, head of meteorology for the La Sexta channel, warned live on television: “It’s raining torrentially. Floods are caused by strong storms that arrive from the sea. There is a significant risk of flooding. »
According to local media, the Tarragona city council has issued an alert due to the torrential rains underway this Monday. The alert involves the restriction of car travel, with the exception of essential services, and the suspension of school, university and sporting activities.
In Valencia, hit by exceptional bad weather on Wednesday and Thursday, pumping operations are underway. While the human toll is already very heavy in the region, with more than 200 deaths recorded so far, the withdrawal of water could reveal new corpses and increase the sad total of victims.
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