Storms hit Catalan coast: ‘It was like a hurricane’

A fierce storm swept through parts of coastal Catalonia during the night, bringing strong winds, hailstones and torrential rain and leaving felled trees and flooding in its wake.
Les ? es desplacen cap al nord i l'est. A Cunit s'han recollit 54,5 mm en 30 minuts. Vols veure el seu desenvolupament al satèl·lit? pic.twitter.com/HtKjN1tvI3
— Meteocat (@meteocat) August 12, 2019
Emergency services said they received a total of 432 emergency calls reporting incidents as a result of the storm which hit the coast south of Barcelona between 4 and 6am.
#ProteccioCivil Civil activa l'Alerta del Pla #INUNCAT per les precipitacions intenses al Baix Penedès i al Garraf
(Nota de premsa) https://t.co/Mfs8XaR02m pic.twitter.com/bjiepWRgX2
— Protecció civil (@emergenciescat) August 12, 2019
The seaside towns of Sitges, Garraf, Casteldefells and Gava Mar were among the worst hit.
#sitges #meteocat #vamosalaplaya pic.twitter.com/uhT1TSPWPL
— juanma (@juanmafudi) August 12, 2019
Matinada complicada a #Sitges
Moltes incidències ateses per @policiaSitges i @BombersSitges
Però cap desgràcia personal.
Presteu atenció. Encara hi ha vies tallades i façanes amb perill de despreniment.
Cas d'emergència truqueu al @112#seguim pic.twitter.com/zk4lHhRTXu
— POLICIA LOCAL SITGES (@policiaSitges) August 12, 2019
In some places, the roads were turned into rivers.
#324eltemps #meteocat @TomasMolinaB @AEMET_Cat @meteocat @eltempsTV3 @Cat_Meteo @meteorac1 @naciodigital pic.twitter.com/cA7T0lQlCL
— Xavi Matas (@xavitumatas) August 12, 2019
First thing on Monday morning roads were closed around Casteldefells due to flooding and Renfe warned that there would be disruptions on the trains servicing the R13, R14, R15 and R16 routes due to flooding on the tracks.
Clean up teams were seen removing fallen trees and clearing up beach areas around Gava Mar.
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Local reports said that some 40 litres of water had fallen per meter in half an hour in the Garraf and Penedes area.
Fins a les 10h, el telèfon @112 ha rebut 432 trucades per 313 incidències a causa de les pluges. La majoria s'han fet des de la comarca del Garraf (178), des del municipi de Vilanova i la Geltrú (131).
Alerta #INUNCAT #ProteccioCivil pic.twitter.com/MZXWKLfsFW
— Protecció civil (@emergenciescat) August 12, 2019
British holidaymaker Julie Henry, her husband and two children were staying in an apartment in Gava Mar when they were woken by the storm around 4.30am.
“I've never seen anything like it, it was like a hurricane!” she told The Local. "Thank God we weren't camping!"
Tremolant estic encara. Quina passada, un espectacle! Espero que no hi hagués ningú al carrer. "Pedres" de la mida de pilotes de tennis a #Sitges. #meteocat @meteocat pic.twitter.com/oQJ2hMqyxv
— MarcOlivella (@MarcOlivella96) August 12, 2019
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Les ? es desplacen cap al nord i l'est. A Cunit s'han recollit 54,5 mm en 30 minuts. Vols veure el seu desenvolupament al satèl·lit? pic.twitter.com/HtKjN1tvI3
— Meteocat (@meteocat) August 12, 2019
Emergency services said they received a total of 432 emergency calls reporting incidents as a result of the storm which hit the coast south of Barcelona between 4 and 6am.
#ProteccioCivil Civil activa l'Alerta del Pla #INUNCAT per les precipitacions intenses al Baix Penedès i al Garraf
— Protecció civil (@emergenciescat) August 12, 2019
(Nota de premsa) https://t.co/Mfs8XaR02m pic.twitter.com/bjiepWRgX2
The seaside towns of Sitges, Garraf, Casteldefells and Gava Mar were among the worst hit.
#sitges #meteocat #vamosalaplaya pic.twitter.com/uhT1TSPWPL
— juanma (@juanmafudi) August 12, 2019
Matinada complicada a #Sitges
— POLICIA LOCAL SITGES (@policiaSitges) August 12, 2019
Moltes incidències ateses per @policiaSitges i @BombersSitges
Però cap desgràcia personal.
Presteu atenció. Encara hi ha vies tallades i façanes amb perill de despreniment.
Cas d'emergència truqueu al @112#seguim pic.twitter.com/zk4lHhRTXu
In some places, the roads were turned into rivers.
#324eltemps #meteocat @TomasMolinaB @AEMET_Cat @meteocat @eltempsTV3 @Cat_Meteo @meteorac1 @naciodigital pic.twitter.com/cA7T0lQlCL
— Xavi Matas (@xavitumatas) August 12, 2019
First thing on Monday morning roads were closed around Casteldefells due to flooding and Renfe warned that there would be disruptions on the trains servicing the R13, R14, R15 and R16 routes due to flooding on the tracks.
Clean up teams were seen removing fallen trees and clearing up beach areas around Gava Mar.
Local reports said that some 40 litres of water had fallen per meter in half an hour in the Garraf and Penedes area.
Fins a les 10h, el telèfon @112 ha rebut 432 trucades per 313 incidències a causa de les pluges. La majoria s'han fet des de la comarca del Garraf (178), des del municipi de Vilanova i la Geltrú (131).
— Protecció civil (@emergenciescat) August 12, 2019
Alerta #INUNCAT #ProteccioCivil pic.twitter.com/MZXWKLfsFW
British holidaymaker Julie Henry, her husband and two children were staying in an apartment in Gava Mar when they were woken by the storm around 4.30am.
“I've never seen anything like it, it was like a hurricane!” she told The Local. "Thank God we weren't camping!"
Tremolant estic encara. Quina passada, un espectacle! Espero que no hi hagués ningú al carrer. "Pedres" de la mida de pilotes de tennis a #Sitges. #meteocat @meteocat pic.twitter.com/oQJ2hMqyxv
— MarcOlivella (@MarcOlivella96) August 12, 2019
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