Borrasca Gloria: The Catalan Generalitat warns that "increases the risk of floods and overflows"

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The Director of Civil Protection of the Generalitat, Isabel Ferrer , has warned that as of the morning of this Wednesday "the risk of flooding and overflowing of some rivers increases", so they have activated the Inuncat plan in an emergency phase .

At a press conference at the Ministry of Interior after the meeting of the technical committee for monitoring the storm, Ferrer said that the "greatest concern" is the growth of rivers .

La borrasca, which started last Sunday and has left five dead and four missing, has left records of wind, waves and rains in Catalonia and Valencia, at least 211 affected roads on the peninsula, power and transport cuts, closures of health and school centers and large economic losses. The last of the dead is a 55-year-old man of Ukrainian nationality.

"We will have a few hours of truce, but from the afternoon and night we will have another storm front , which will leave water again, and rain over wet", and has asked not to lower our guard for the next few hours and continue to protect themselves from what It is temporary.

The deputy director of Civil Protection, Sergio Delgado, has warned of the risk in the basins of the Baix Empordà , the Gironès , La Selva and points of the Pla de l'Estany (Girona), and has indicated that the Onyar river has marked a peak again in quantity of water the dawn of this Wednesday.

"The Onyar, Daró, Ter, basins are in a complicated situation , " he warned, and explained that according to the forecasts of the Catalan Agency of L'Aigua (ACA) there will be a new risk situation in the early morning of the Thursday, when new rains are expected.

The deputy director of Civil Protection, Sergio Delgado, explained in a press conference after the meeting of the technical committee for monitoring the storm that there have been overflows in the Tordera river at the height of Hostalric (Girona), where Tuesday night was preventively evicted About 40 neighbors .

"We have important infrastructure affected, both road and rail, " and has described it as a symptom of mobility risk in the area.

The deputy director of the Servei Català de Trànsit (SCT), Lourdes Puigbarraca, stressed the important impact on Catalan roads on Wednesday: "Yesterday afternoon we were only 19, now we have 71" .

He has detailed that, of the affected roads, 28 are cut by floods or fall of trees, stones or landslides on the road, including main roads such as the C-12 in Tortosa (Tarragona), the C-32 in Castelldefels (Barcelona) and the AP-7 in Hostalric (Girona).

Second rain front

The head of the prediction area of ​​the Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya (Meteocat), Santi Segalà, explained that "very significant rainfall" has been recorded, such as 280 liters per square meter in Horta de Sant Joan and 251 in Ulldecona (Tarragona).

He has detailed that the rain front is weakening and foresees that in the next few hours it will be restricted to the north zone, and has warned that it will snow again after 700 meters above sea level .

Even so, a second rain front will affect Catalonia from the afternoon of Wednesday and the first hours of Thursday, "intensely and even extensively," Segalà has detailed.

Meteocat also expects to reduce the wind and estimates that it will be able to deactivate the emergency of the Ventcat plan during this Wednesday, while the maritime storm "will also go down . "

Firefighters serve 5,900 services

The Fire Brigade of the Generalitat found on Wednesday the 80-year-old man disappeared in Begues (Barcelona) on Tuesday, who were looking for next to the Mossos d'Esquadra, and the head of the Operational Division of Firefighters of the Generalitat, José Luís López , He explained that they also work in the search for a missing person in the port of Palamós (Girona) with the help of Maritime Rescue.

It has detailed that the body works with more than 500 troops among professionals firefighters, volunteers and managers, and stressed that have been able to solve all the incidents of the last few hours with the exception of the two disappearances.

Since the beginning of the storm, the Bombers have served around 5,900 services, and on Wednesday morning they maintain a total of 900 assets simultaneously.

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