Torrential rains in Barcelona leave more than 17,000 homes without electricity and break historical records

The torrential rains that fell tonight in the metropolitan area of ​​Barcelona have left a total of 17,654 customers without electricity supply in Barcelona and some municipalities in its metropolitan area.

According to Civil Protection data until 9:30 a.m. this Sunday, the storm has caused around 220 incidents in the electrical network.

The most affected municipalities are Barcelona, ​​with 4,299 customers without service; Badalona, ​​with 3,056 affected, and Santa Coloma de Gramenet, with 1,141. Currently, work is being done to restore electrical service in the affected areas.

Red Cross reinforces its operation in the face of the storm

According to the Red Cross of Catalonia, 51 volunteers and 15 logistics vehicles were deployed throughout the night and early morning to assist those affected by the storm in different parts of the autonomous community.

The organization served around 3,000 people at the Sants and Tarragona stations and 800 at El Prat airport, in addition to housing 107 people and evacuating another 33 in Figueres.

The Red Cross distributed 1,788 bottles of water, 100 coffees, 180 hygiene kits, 105 mattresses, 70 beds and 2,260 blankets, and activated support teams on the streets in Cornellà de Llobregat and Montcada i Reixac.

Throughout the night, the emergency telephone number 112 has responded to 5,904 calls, while the Generalitat Fire Department, until 9:45 a.m. this Sunday, had accumulated 1,423 services, especially due to floods, rescues, evacuations and rescues, as well as leaks in floors or falling walls.

The Firefighters have also intervened in the Blanes Hospital (Girona), whose lower part had been completely flooded. The Medical Emergency System (SEM) has reported that it has treated 237 people affected by the storm, with no serious cases.

The director of the Meteorological Service of Catalonia, Sarai Sarroca, has assured that this episode of torrential rains "goes down in the history of the climate records of Catalonia." In fact, in the city of Barcelona the record has been broken at several weather stations, such as the one in the Raval neighborhood, with 193 liters per square meter, or the Can Bruixa one, in the Les Corts neighborhood, with 213 mm.