One dead and one missing due to the storm of rain and floods in Catalonia

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. In fact, a search is underway for a man who was trapped in a private parking lot in Montornès del Vallès. For all these reasons, the president has asked for extreme caution, especially from the middle of Catalonia to the north.

This is where the storm is heading after an early morning that has left flooding in Barcelona and the surrounding towns. Throughout the afternoon, early morning and early morning of this Sunday, alerts were sent to cell phones in the affected areas. The last one in reference to the municipalities through which the Besòs River passes.

Risk of overflowing of the Besòs river

Specifically, the Es-Alert has been launched asking not to approach the Besòs river "due to the risk of overflowing" in the municipalities of Barcelona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Sant Adrià del Besòs and Montcada i Reixac. Precisely, in this municipality you could see images in which the rising flow reached the edge of the railway bridge over which the Rodalies trains travel.

Although there is less and less rain in the Barcelona area, the rivers and streams continue to discharge towards their mouths the enormous amounts of water that have fallen and continue to fall due to the storm.

The floods have left images of devastation in municipalities such as Granollers, where the Renfe slope on Esteve de Tarrades street, at the Granollers roundabout, has collapsed.

Incidents in the electrical network