The intense rains that fell this Monday morning in Baix Llobregat have flooded streets and roads and have surprised some drivers who, despite the red alert issued by Civil Protection, were traveling at that time. The streets of towns like Castelldefels and Gavà have been flooded, according to what some of the neighbors who have seen how the water entered their premises tell us: ‘We have fear in our bodies.’ Fortunately, the damage in this Catalan town, which is located half an hour by car from Barcelona, has been “only material”, as the mayor, Manuel Reyes, also explained, after falling more than 125 liters per square meter of water in just 90 minutes.
In Gavà, the council highlights that the industrial area has been flooded and there have been cuts on several roads due to the amount of accumulated water. Many users have uploaded images of cars trying to move through flooded streets to social networks, while some have posted videos of the state of some cars that have been trapped on the C-32, near the Olympic Canal, in Castelldefels.
The mayor of Castelldefels He stated that the council’s priority is to pump the water in the flooded underground passages and plans to maintain the emergency measures and the closure of municipal facilities: “Depending on the forecast we will decide if we open them or they remain closed all day,” he said. added.
‘The sun has risen’
Ángel, a resident of Castelldefels, a coastal municipality of almost 70,000 inhabitants, known for its beaches and its gastronomic offer, It gives us peace of mind: ‘It seems that the worst is over and now the sun has risen.’ The Servei Català de Trànsit (SCT) reported this Monday at around 1:51 p.m. that traffic on the C-32 highway between Castelldefels and Sant Boi de Llobregat (Barcelona) had been reopened after flooding due to DANA.
This Monday at noon the C-31B continues to be closed in Salou (Tarragona); TV-3454 in Deltebre (Tarragona); the A-27 in Valls (Tarragona); the C-233 in Flix (Tarragona); the B-112 in Collbató (Barcelona), and the BV-2004 in Sant Boi de Llobregat.