Around 2,000 homes in Tarragona continue without electricity due to the violent storm

BarcelonaTarragona suffered the worst consequences of the severe storm that affected the country on Monday, and some areas have not yet recovered. This is the case for about 2,000 homes subscribed to the company Endesa, which continue to be without electricity due to the heavy rainfall registered, which caused minor floods and falling trees. The strong winds caused them to fall on the wiring and electrical infrastructure, leaving thousands of subscribers without supply. The main affected areas are in the urbanizations in the Llevant area of the city, such as Monnars, Solimar, Bon Sol, and La Llevantina. However, the forecast is that the service will be fully restored during this Tuesday.

According to information provided by the company to the ACN, to mitigate the situation, several generator sets have been installed to provide provisional supply to the areas where power outages have occurred. The company has detected four incidents that have been ongoing since the events and is working with about fifteen teams of electrical operators on the ground, accompanied by five felling brigades. In parallel, company teams are touring the various affected areas to inspect the lines and detect any anomalies. Endesa has highlighted that the work is being carried out in coordination with the Tarragona Municipal Police and the Generalitat Firefighters.

The sending of ES-Alert

On the other hand, the Deputy Director General of Coordination and Management of Emergencies of Civil Protection, Imma Solé, justified that an ES-Alert message was not sent for the heavy rains, both on Saturday morning and Monday afternoon, because they were "sudden" and had "little predictability." In an interview with El matí de Catalunya Ràdio, she stated that there was no forecast that "a situation of this type could occur".

Solé stressed that when the downpours occurred, the margin for warning was "minimal." Therefore, the official pointed out that citizens could not be alerted as on other occasions, such as "the day before so that people can prepare." Solé recalled that this technology is used when there is a "high probability".

The Deputy Director General specified that messages are sent with levels from 5 out of 6 and 6 out of 6, as this means forecasts of heavy showers of 50% and "very high probability," respectively. However, she qualified that dispatches have been made with level 5 and "no rain has occurred," attributing it to "the probability component that meteorological prediction has." Along these lines, Solé remarked that there is a "climate emergency situation," in which "extreme phenomena are becoming more frequent." This, she pointed out, means that they "are not sufficiently detectable".