Torrential rain in Barcelona and its metropolitan area exceeds 100 liters per square meter

The storm that has led the Catalan Generalitat to restrict mobility in 20 Catalan regions has hit hard in some parts of the city of Barcelona and in some cities in the metropolitan area, such as L'Hospitalet de Llobregat or Cornellà de Llobregat (Barcelona), with records exceeding 100 liters per square meter.

The torrential rain that fell since 8 p.m. has left images of flooded streets, especially in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), with cars having great difficulty moving and containers moved by water, among other incidents.

According to data from the map of automatic weather stations, at the Zona Universitaria station in Barcelona, ​​near Baix Llobregat, 102.8 liters per square meter have already been recorded in the last two hours.

87 liters per square meter have also been reached at the Raval station in Barcelona, ​​or 77.9 liters in El Prat de Llobregat.

An example of the torrential rain that has fallen in the Baix Llobregat region is that the Sant Joan Despí water treatment station (Barcelona) registered a water flow of 165 cubic meters per second in the Llobregat basin, fifteen times more than this Saturday morning.

An exceptional volume of water is also recorded in the Llobregat basin near Sant Quintí de Mediona (Barcelona), with 230 cubic meters per second.

At the Sants train station there have been images of waterfalls falling from the ceiling onto the platforms, and in some hospital centers there have also been leaks.