One death and serious flooding due to a 'mini-hurricane' on the coast of Barcelona

The torrential rains and flooding caused by what the Generalitat has called a 'mini-hurricane', which has devastated the coast of Barcelona since Saturday afternoon, has left the first fatality. A man has died when a wall fell on him at a campsite in Tordera, in Maresme, on the border of the province of Barcelona and Girona, where the storm is now heading.

The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, has lamented the loss and has sent his "deepest condolences" to the victim's relatives in a note on social networks, in which he has asked to maintain "maximum caution", since the situation continues to be complicated, especially from the middle of Catalonia to the north.