One of the two people missing in the Alt Penedès due to the storm has been found dead.

BarcelonaSummer ends with a storm of intense rain in Catalonia, which has caused the disappearance of two people in Sant Quintí de Mediona, in the Alt Penedès region. Just minutes before 10 p.m., the body of a minor was found in the Bitlles River, in Sant Pere de Riudebitlles. Now, the Generalitat Fire Department must determine whether it is one of the people linked to the disappearance in Sant Quintí, very close to where the body was found, or a victim of another accident.

The search began at 6:30 p.m., after a car was swept away by the water. A witness notified the emergency services and, according to his account, there were two people inside the vehicle that was being swept away by the water. The car was located a few minutes later by a helicopter, about a kilometer from where the call had been made. When the emergency team, made up of scuba divers, was able to access it, it was empty. More than twenty teams began searching for the two missing people, and almost three hours later, the body of a person was found in the Bitlles River. "This is what we wanted to avoid," acknowledged the Fire Brigade's on-duty chief, José Luís López, saying, "This is what we wanted to avoid," he said, adding that people would approach "streams" and "torrents," where the water levels rise suddenly. This stream in the Alt Penedès region where the two people went missing is one of those that registered a sudden rise this afternoon as a result of the severe storms in Catalonia.

This Sunday's rainfall has affected the entire country and caused problems at El Prat Airport, which has canceled several flights and caused delays on others, as well as on the commuter rail network and the country's roads. Furthermore, the disruption has fallen heavily on inland regions, such as Bages and Anoia: the storms have accumulated up to 126 l/m.²in Montserrat (Sant Dimes) and 115 l/m²In Rellinars, and in this last town, the rains have also been torrential, with 45 liters of rain falling in just half an hour. In Port del Comte, the figure reached 112 liters per month.², while in Sabadell there are more than 77.

In fact, the Generalitat Fire Department had to evacuate 27 people from the upper station of the Sant Joan funicular in Montserrat because the service was not operating due to obstacles on the track. Firefighters went to pick them up in vehicles along the road to the viewpoint, which is not accessible by private transport.

This Sunday afternoon's rain also caused several landslides, both in inland towns and along the coast. It also left vehicles trapped, such as a car that was flooded under a pass in Vilanova del Camí. In Sant Jaume de Enveja (Montsià), a school wall collapsed.

Civil Protection recommends avoiding roads and, above all, not parking or driving through streams or areas prone to flooding, especially in the Llobregat and Besòs basins. "More storms are coming, and we must ask the population to be responsible; the situation can change very quickly, and what seems safe can become complicated," said López. In fact, rainfall of 40 l/m2 in 30 minutes is expected in most of the country, especially in the northeastern third of Catalonia. The President of the Generalitat (Catalan government), Salvador Illa, also urged "caution": "It is very important to follow the instructions and recommendations of the emergency services."

In Barcelona, the storm also hit hard. Tibidabo Park was left without power at times, and many users had to take shelter in covered areas, unable to leave the facilities.

Railway lines have also been affected by the rain. For example, traffic on Ferrocarriles line R5 between Monistrol and Castellbell i el Vilar has been cut off due to trees falling on the overhead lines and another tree falling on a carriage. During the afternoon, there were also disruptions, with delays of more than half an hour, on lines R2Sud, R14, R15, R16, and R17. On line R11, trains are running on a single track due to a tree falling on the tracks between Maçanet-Massanes and Caldes de Malavella (Selva).

As for El Prat Airport, flights to Lisbon, Porto, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Milan, Rome, Basel, Nice, and Brussels have been canceled. In addition, according to Aena, there are flight delays to Amsterdam, Milan, Venice, Lisbon, Casablanca, Rabat, Copenhagen, Rome, Florence, Paris, London, Porto, Hamburg, Vienna, Istanbul, Geneva, and Zurich, among others.

The 112 emergency line has received more than 600 calls.