The episode of torrential rains in Tarragona has left seven injured, one critical, and 400 evacuated in a difficult night on the Costa Dorada. The storm has caused the collapse of a wall, forced the evacuation of a campsite and a nightclub, and caused cuts on roads and several Rodalies lines.
The most serious incident occurred in Roda de Berà, a coastal municipality near Torredembarra. There, firefighters have rescued three people who had been injured by the fall of a wall in the marina area. One of the victims, a minor, has been trapped and is in critical condition at the Joan XXIII Hospital.
The incident occurred at number 8 Bèlgica Avenue around 2:00 a.m. Specifically, the wall of an adjacent house has given way until it collapses on top of the promenade. The other two affected people have been admitted, one in serious condition in Joan XXIII itself and another less serious in the Hospital of Santa Tecla. In statements to 3Cat, the mayor of Roda de Berà explained that the victims are a family that had a stall at the local market.
As for the campsite, a dozen fire crews have traveled to the site due to heavy flooding in its facilities. Once there, they evacuated about 300 people who were in the establishment to the municipal sports center. No one has been seriously injured, although there are some minor injuries.
In addition, a hundred people have been evicted from a nightclub in Coma-ruga, in El Vendrell (Tarragona), during the early hours of this Saturday due to torrential rains.
The local police have been in charge of this operation and those evicted have been transferred to a school in the municipality.
In fact, Vendrell has been the municipality with the most calls to 112 due to torrential rains in the last few hours, with a total of 205 until 9 this Saturday.
Torrential rains in the province of Tarragona have also forced road closures and affected several Rodalies lines during the early hours of this Saturday.
The station in Sant Vicenç de Calders (Tarragona) has been flooded, which has forced circulation to be cut off, affecting the R2 Sud, R4, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17 and RT2. Shortly after 10:00 a.m. this Saturday, the service had already been restored.
Given this situation, Civil Protection keeps the Inuncat plan alert activated, after quantities close to 200 mm have accumulated in the Baix Penedès in a few hours early in the morning, and more than 110 mm on the northern coast of Tarragonès.
During today's rains could once again exceed 200 liters per square meter in 24 hours in those two areas.
The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, has asked for "maximum caution" in the face of the intense rain episodes expected for this Saturday and which may exceed 200 liters per square meter.
In a message in 'X' collected by Europa Press, Illa has also expressed her support to the people affected by the rains this morning, which have been especially intense in the south of Tarragona, in the regions of Baix Penedès and Tarragonès.
"For the next few hours we continue to be on alert. I ask for maximum caution, avoid unnecessary movements, follow the instructions of the emergency service, do not approach rivers, streams and ravines and do not park in flood-prone areas," he recalled.
