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We have arrested a man in Barcelona allegedly related to the violent death of a minor, in events that occurred on the night of July 2 in Barcelona. The investigation remains open and the proceedings are kept under wraps…
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🚨 We dismantle a criminal group specialized in violent assaults with firearms and robberies in inhabited homes. We arrested 7 people and made entries in the municipalities of Barcelona, Girona and l'Hospitalet de Llobregat. 🤝Joint…
Source: X @mossos
Follow the instructions of the emergency teams working in the area and do not move. #IFBisbaldempordà https://x.com/emergenciescat/status/2073335304769933565
Source: X @mossos
🌬️🔥 The north wind has caused the plume of smoke from the #IFBisbaldEmpordà to reach Mallorca. At night the wind has turned from north component to west component ↩️ and has loosened 💨. The relative humidity already exceeds 50% 💧…
Source: X @meteocat
The current weather conditions (05:30 h) at the Bisbal d'Empordà weather station (the closest to the Baix Empordà fire sector) #IFBisbaldemporda are: ➡️Average temperature: 20.5 °C ➡️Relative humidity: 74% ➡️Maximum speed: 8 km/h…
Source: X @meteocat
Good morning! We start the day with a slightly higher temperature. On the coast, the temperature has remained above 20 °C, while in the central sector and in the far north it has not fallen below 25 °C. https://t.co/1F1jfFa5KR
Source: X @meteocat
Saturday will be dominated by a sunny atmosphere, although there will be daytime clouds in parts of the Pyrenees and the Pre-Pyrenees. The temperature will tend to rise especially at points in the northern third and will be very similar to…
Source: X @meteocat
🗓️#Today in 1956 the world record for precipitation in 1 min was set with 31.2 mm in #Unionville (Maryland, USA) #70years ago. 👉More ℹ️: https://wmo.int/asu-map?map=Rain_031 (@WMO). 🧐In Catalonia, the maximum value is 7.8 mm in 1 min, on…
Source: X @meteocat
⚠️ The Meteorological Service of Catalonia updates the warning of a dangerous weather situation (#avisosSMP) due to heat ⚠️ 🗓️ Sunday, Monday and Tuesday 🟠 Maximum degree of danger: 3/6 The episode will last until at least Thursday and…
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Today starts the first stage of the #TDF2026 🚴♀️ @esportcat @gencat ☀️A sunny day awaits us, with a temperature 🌡️ that will be around 30ºC. https://t.co/WPiTmVfjzB
Source: X @meteocat
Saturday afternoon with a sunny and hot atmosphere, although there will be developing clouds in parts of the Pyrenees and the Pre-Pyrenees. The maximum temperature values will occur in Ponent, the interior of Terres de l'Ebre and…
Source: X @meteocat
Device update #bomberscat #IFBisbaldEmpordà 👩🚒440 cash 🚒110 (60 water) ✈️16 aerial means: 4🚁 bomber helicopters and 3 🚁command, 4 🛩️AVA and #MAER #bomberscat Unit Drones (RECORDED IMAGES🎥 + 2 🛫seaplanes and 3 🚁bomber helicopters…
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#IFBisbaldemporda Weather conditions (12 noon) at the Bisbal d'Empordà weather station (the closest to the Baix Empordà fire sector): ➡️Average temperature: 25.4 °C ➡️Relative humidity: 55% ➡️Maximum wind speed: 42.1 km/h ➡️Direction: 350º
Source: X @meteocat
🎥Night images #EEI #bomberscat #IFBisbaldEmpordà https://t.co/ByPH3G4aPr
Source: X @emergenciescat
We put the #PROCICAT plan on pre-alert for the fire at the recycling plant in Granollers. Smoke is very visible throughout the area. Confinement is recommended in the populations where the smoke reaches them
Source: X @emergenciescat
We continue to work on the extinction tasks of the #IFBisbaldEmpordà. The tasks are progressing favorably but there is still a lot of work to be done. The priority is the right flank, which is already 70% stabilized but the central part…
Source: X @emergenciescat
🔴 UPDATE (08.30 a.m.) - #IFBisbaldEmpordà (Baix Empordà) affects an area of about 2,200 hectares of mostly forest land, according to provisional data from #AgentsRurals. 97% of the fire affects the Gavarres massif. 📸 Aerial video #GSAcar…
Source: X @emergenciescat
📍 Today the risk of forest fire remains high in the extremes of the country, especially in the Empordà, due to the tramuntana and the entrance to the marina. 🔴 132 municipalities with very high danger 🟠 491 municipalities with high risk ⚠️…
Source: X @emergenciescat
In Granollers we maintain a device with 12 resources. A long-term service is planned where the main objective is to contain the pile of burning waste and scrap and prevent it from spreading. Heavy machinery and water monitors from the…
Source: X @emergenciescat
Since yesterday, we continue to support the device of the #IFBisbaldEmpordà in the hostels of Santa Cristina d'Aro and Calonge, and manage a supply point for the participants and the affected population. https://t.co/SqhDwJpI12
Source: X @emergenciescat
The @bomberscat continue to work on the #IFBisbaldemporda, which has already affected 2,200 ha. 🏠 The confinement is maintained. Self-evacuation is NOT a safe measure. ❌ Do not move in the area. 🚧 Access to Les Gavarres has been closed…
Source: X @emergenciescat
🔴 We activate level 3️⃣ of the #PlaAlfa due to very high fire danger in 1️⃣3️⃣3⃣ municipalities in 1️⃣2️⃣ counties of Catalonia; among them the Alt and Baix Empordà. ⚠️ In the natural environment, maximum caution. If you see a plume of…
Source: X @emergenciescat
‼️ The confidence of 7 municipalities is maintained by #IFBisbaldempordà: ✔️ Calonge and St Antoni ✔️ Aro Castle, Aro Beach and s'Agaró ✔️Cruïlles, Monells and St Sadurní de l'Heura ✔️Forallac ✔️ La Bisbal d'Empordà ✔️ Lobster ✔️ Santa…
Source: X @emergenciescat
➡️ The children from the Romanyà de la Selva homestay have spent the night at the Sta Cristina d'Aro pavilion and have already left. @CreuRojaCAT took care of it ➡️ About twenty residents of the Vall Repòs urbanization were accommodated…
Source: X @emergenciescat
➡️ The children who were confined to the Pou de Glaç residential home in Bisbal d'Empordà have now been able to leave. A first group left yesterday afternoon and the remaining children left today #IFBisbaldEmpordà
Source: X @emergenciescat
➡️ During the night and morning the Calonge pavilion was also opened, where about 130 people went who had left their homes on their own. At the moment there is no one left #INFOCAT
Source: X @emergenciescat
From the Advanced Command Center of the #IFlaBisbaldEmpordà, all the support to the affected neighbors and my thanks to the @bomberscat, to the rest of the bodies and services deployed, to the @UMEgob for their quick response, and also to…
Source: X @emergenciescat
#IFBisbaldEmpordà Tonight we served 76 people who stayed overnight at the Calonge Pavilion. Until midnight we served 65 people at the Sta. ristina d'Aro Distributed 80 personal hygiene kits, water, 140 beds and mobilized +42 volunteers and…
Source: X @emergenciescat
#ProteccióCivil we have put the #PROCICAT plan on pre-alert for the Tour de France in Catalonia on July 4, 5 and 6. A large concentration of people and affects on mobility are expected Follow the recommendations 👇
Source: X @emergenciescat
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