The demonstration for housing in Barcelona is suspended due to a storm
The organizing entities postpone the protest to October 5 due to the alert of a Mediterranean hurricane in Catalonia.
Quick Look
- An extreme storm, classified as a Mediterranean hurricane, has forced the suspension of the demonstration due to the housing crisis in Barcelona and L'Hospitalet.
- The protest is rescheduled for October 5 while Civil Protection asks to reduce mobility.
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Why It Matters
There has been an active camp in Plaza Catalunya since last Tuesday in protest of the housing crisis. The organizing entities planned a demonstration with various columns towards L'Hospitalet.
The arrival of a mini Mediterranean hurricane on the Catalan coast has disrupted plans for the protest against the housing crisis that was going to take place this Saturday afternoon in Barcelona and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. The entities organizing the demonstration have decided to suspend the protest due to adverse weather conditions.
The Llogateres Union has assured in a message on its social networks that it changes the date of the demonstration to next Monday, October 5, which will take place in Plaza Urquinaona in Barcelona.
Civil Protection and the Meteorological Service of Catalonia (Meteocat) have warned this Saturday that the rain situation that Catalonia is already experiencing "can become very complicated" in the coming hours, until reaching "an exceptional episode."
Thus, a Mediterranean hurricane could occur, with rain accumulation of more than two hundred liters per square meter in about six hours and strong winds, with tornadoes and sea storms in some parts of the territory.
Faced with this situation, Civil Protection has recommended that citizens reduce their mobility as much as possible and be guided by the principle of prudence.
The housing defense entities had called together different columns of protesters who had to come from different towns around Barcelona to converge on Pius XII Square in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.
Before these latest recommendations were known, the activists camping in Plaza Catalunya were preparing to carry out the protest despite the announced heavy rains.
"We will continue in the fight rain or shine," Arteko, one of the campers, explained to EFE, who has called on the protesters to get tarps, tents and raincoats to resist the next few hours.
The camp has been growing since it began last Tuesday and this morning the tent count already reached 370.
Arteko has assured that the general feeling of the campers is in favor of maintaining the protest and "escalating" the mobilizations until the call of "a general work and rent strike."
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Demonstration rescheduled for October 5 in Plaza Urquinaona.
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Open Questions
- What will be the real impact of the storm on urban infrastructure?
- Will the camping in Plaza Catalunya continue during the storm?
