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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Oriol Gracià]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA["With the right investments, we can get out of this."]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/economy/with-the-right-investments-we-can-get-out-of-this_1_5548109.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/9ba2f2dd-7e06-4c98-bb37-6baa0fb38d4d_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Three weeks after the torrential rains that devastated the Baix Ebre and Montsià regions, Lluís Baiges still vividly remembers his farm transformed into a mud pit, littered with plant debris, greenhouse plastic sheeting, and collapsed metal structures. "We need two weeks of continuous work and more than forty people to try to recover the quarry that the water didn't wash away," he explains. In the greenhouses of Cultidelta—the family business he co-manages with his brother, specializing in the cultivation of native Mediterranean plants and horticultural and vegetable production—the mud marks are still visible. "The water came in like a tide and flooded some 60,000 square meters of greenhouses to a height of 80 cm. A week later, there was still stagnant water and trays of seedlings floating," he adds. The current swept away a significant portion of the crops. Among the plants they've been able to salvage, very few are usable for sale. "Most have been damaged by the mud itself, and those that haven't rotted from the excess moisture," he laments. "We're still in the process of assessing the damage, which is difficult to quantify, but I think we can estimate losses of around half a million euros, if we take into account the additional costs of repairing the damage, the loss of product, and the temporary halt in sales," he says. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Oriol Gracià]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:01:17 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Flooded fields in La Galera after the passage of storm Alice]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Despite the effects of the torrential rains, farmers in the Ebro region believe the sector can survive if it adapts to climate change.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Farmers are concerned about the appearance of fungi and crop losses in the Ebro.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/farmers-are-concerned-about-the-appearance-of-fungi-and-crop-losses-in-the-ebro_1_5527978.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/d2375dee-4c63-4e33-b028-bfdb8e58e5f1_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>"Today, concern for agricultural lands is taking a backseat, because the evil is inside our homes," explains Elda Roda, a resident of Godall, a town that was a bustle of people carrying tools to remove mud from the ground, clean warehouses, remove furniture, and assess the ravine. But this doesn't stop those who make their living from agriculture from also being on alert. Most farmers in the area have been unable to access their farms to conduct a precise assessment of the damage, but they already sense that the rains have destroyed large areas.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Oriol Gracià]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:02:33 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Effects of the downpours in the south of Terres de l'Ebre.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The difficulty of accessing damaged farms makes it difficult to make a clear assessment of the storm's damage.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Baix Ebre fire remains active and lockdowns remain in place.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/8e1511b2-ed1a-4297-b515-226fc6cf27b2_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>He<a href="https://www.ara.cat/societat/incendi-forestal-baix-ebre-bombers-treballen-impedir-avanci-cap-als-ports_1_5435692.html">Baix Ebre fire</a>, which has already burned some 3,200 hectares of mostly forested land, remains active and maintains the lockdown of 18,000 people. Strong winds during Monday night, <a href="https://en.ara.cat/weather/lying-down-until-tonight-in-some-places-and-heat-at-bay-for-several-days_1_5435939.html">with sustained gusts of 90 kilometers per hour</a>, complicated attempts to contain the fire, but throughout Tuesday, the flames were prevented from spreading further into the Els Ports Natural Park. With some optimism given an improved weather forecast, firefighters worked intensely last night to try to stabilize the fire, something that has not yet been achieved.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Toro]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:02:17 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Nighttime images of the firefighters' efforts to extinguish the Baix Ebre fire.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Weather conditions will be more favorable today for stabilizing the fire, which has already burned 3,200 hectares.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Festivals with DO, rice fields and tradition: what you'll only find in the Delta]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/sunday/festivals-with-do-rice-fields-and-tradition-what-you-ll-only-find-in-the-delta_130_5427071.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/948a72f3-94fc-49b1-9df7-5372b233957d_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Deltebre Danza is the fruit of an unconscious mindset. We were younger, we had enthusiasm, and above all, we were crazy. Around 800 artists, almost 300 shows, 100,000 spectators, 2,500 dance students, and a hundred teachers. The citizens of Deltebre have finally embraced it," explains Tortosa dancer and choreographer Roberto Olivan, director of the festival.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Oriol Gracià]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 29 Jun 2025 15:00:37 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[One of the dance performances at a previous edition of the festival]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[We travel to the Ebro Delta now that the Deltebre Dansa festival is celebrating its twentieth anniversary and allows us to discover this often forgotten territory.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[No land for the new Ebro hospital: the Government halts the planned plan due to flood risk]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/no-land-for-the-new-ebro-hospital-the-government-halts-the-planned-plan-due-to-flood-risk_1_5300872.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/d8514e21-537e-4d0c-a093-72010193d2ef_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x2210y1775.jpg" /></p><p>The story of the new reference hospital in Terres de l'Ebre continues to accumulate chapters. In 2006, the Minister of Health, Marina Geli, announced the construction of a complex on the outskirts of Tortosa, a reference hospital for 180,000 people from Baix Ebre, Montsià, Terra Alta and Ribera d'Ebre. Three months later, the Generalitat stated this on an information board located on land in the Partial Plan of La Farinera, where the centre was planned. But almost twenty years later there is no hospital, nor land to build it. This Friday, the Generalitat has recognised that after delays and a thousand vicissitudes - economic crisis, budget cuts and a bureaucratic and technical labyrinth, old territorial and neighbourhood political grievances - the plots that the Tortosa City Council had acquired in the previous term to definitively house the new health complex are not valid due to their nature. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Oriol Gracià]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 01 Mar 2025 08:00:15 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Some healthcare professionals were already demonstrating on Tuesday with banners in front of the Tortosa Hospital to demand the expansion of the centre.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Generalitat assures that it is working on a plan B while professionals denounce that healthcare in the south of the country is "third world"]]></subtitle>
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