The woman swept away by the water in Cabrera brings the death toll from the storm to five in 15 days

This is likely to be the fall when many become convinced that climate change is not just a reality; It is also a danger and a threat. In the last 15 days, the tropical storms that have hit Catalonia with sky-high sea temperatures have claimed the lives of five people. The last one, a 35-year-old woman, a resident of Malgrat de Mar, who on Saturday tried to cross the Cabrera de Mar stream and was swept away by the water. His body was found on Sunday morning in the port of Premià de Mar.

The Firefighters of the Generalitat of Catalonia confirmed the discovery at 12:19 p.m. after a long night in which they had the support of Maritime Rescue and Mossos d'Esquadra. The body appeared more than six kilometers away after traveling the entire river to the sea and ending up at the Premià breakwater. The teams, including the local Cabrera police, have divided the route of the stream into sections and since the warning was given, at 7:41 p.m., they have been combing every centimeter of the water course, first a street that runs between homes and then, a regular stream with some underground sections.

The storm has once again left rainfall with disturbing records. From midnight on Saturday until 10 a.m. this Sunday, 97.7 liters per square meter have been collected in Ciuret (Osona), 93.6 l/m2 in Sant Pere de Ribes (Garraf) and 91.8 l/m2 in Santa Maria de Palautordera (Vallès Oriental). Cabrils, not far from Cabrera, set the historical record for accumulated precipitation in just 10 minutes from the network of automatic stations managed by the Servei Meteorológic de Catalunya: it was 37.8 liters per square meter.

With this Sunday, five people have lost their lives due to the storms in Catalonia in the last 15 days. On October 4, a 75-year-old man, resident in Tordera, died after a wall fell on him at the Caravaning Internacional Costa Brava campsite while he was bailing out water accumulated in the area of ​​his bungalow. That same day, a resident of Montornès del Vallès died in a private garage that had been completely flooded.

During that same storm, Rami, an 11-year-old boy disappeared in Granollers. It appeared 11 days later, on October 15, in the waters of Sitges following an alert from a fisherman who called 112 after seeing the body in the water. On October 7, the body of another fatal victim was found, a man who was trapped inside his vehicle in an underpass that was completely flooded. It happened in Les Franqueses del Vallès, in the Ronda Nord of the municipality.