The latest episode of rain on Tuesday night concluded with a balance of 24 litres of rain per square metre in the city as a whole, with Zona Franca getting the most rainfall at 36 litres. The city’s rainwater tanks worked properly, filling to 36%. These quantities come in addition to the 213 litres per square metre that fell between 3 and 5 October.

The Barcelona Fire Service made 232 callouts, 85% of them linked to the rain. Tasks mainly entailed the preventive inspection of walls and construction elements, leaks and flooding in ground floors and basements.

All schools under the Education Consortium opened this morning, even though 22 were affected in some way by the rainwater. Last night, the fire service installed barrier systems at the schools with the greatest risk, to prevent water from entering. Municipal nursery schools are also operating despite some persistent incidents.

A specific operation by the City Police is in place in the main local train stations to provide support for mobility, facilitate passenger flows and work on safety, the goal being to minimise the impact of incidents affecting services.

The libraries of Montbau, El Carmel, Vilapicina and Jaume Fuster remain closed on Thursday.

Special operation in the mountain neighbourhoods

The Mayor has signed a decree with special measures that will allow contracts to be processed urgently to handle the exceptional incidents in the city’s mountain neighbourhoods. Implementation of the decree has also made it possible to step up action in the districts of Horta-Guinardó and Sarrià-Sant Gervasi. Emergency teams have been deployed to areas such as Font del Gos, Mas Guimbau, Carretera de Vallvidrera and Plaça del Teix, and on Carrer de Cànoves and Carrer d'Antonio Machado, among others.

A specific operation made up of 13 municipal teams is in place in Torre Baró, strengthening the one in place since last Sunday to get things back to normal in this area. Some twenty incidents have been reported in the last few days, including the appearance of potholes in road surfaces, slopes with landslides and fallen walls, but the whole neighbourhood has generally been affected by water dragging along soil, vegetation and other materials.

Six municipal teams have been working in the area since Sunday 4 October, but owing to the area affected and the extent of the work a specific operation has been designed to be able to clean up the whole neighbourhood this week.