Barcelona, Nov 4 (EFE).- The Catalan Water Agency (ACA) has issued this Monday a warning of hydrological risk and possible flooding due to the rain that has fallen in recent hours in the Vallès Oriental (Barcelona), and in the basins of the Francolí, Besòs and Llobregat rivers.
The ACA has reported that, due to the weather situation, the rains can also cause the rivers and streams that cross municipalities in other adjacent regions to suddenly rise in Vallès.
The Agency calls for “a lot of caution” in the lower section of the Llobregat River. The Sant Joan Despí gauging station recorded a flow of 115 cubic meters per second this morning, which is why it asks that access to channels, low points or river crossings be avoided.
It has launched a hydrological risk warning for the Llobregat river basin, which has exceeded the “alert” threshold in Sant Vicenç dels Horts (Barcelona).
The flow of the Llobregat between Martorell and its mouth in El Prat, he points out, “is much higher than usual and low points and channel crossings in the river may be affected,” which is why he calls for “maximum caution.”
The Agency points out that the Foix reservoir, in the Barcelona municipality of Castellet i la Gornal, continues to evacuate water having reached its maximum capacity, so it also requests caution downstream.
Regarding the Francolí River, in the south of Catalonia, it has also reached a flow much higher than usual, which is why it also calls for caution throughout its basin. EFE
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