Last updated at 9 pm

Since the start of the wind event, the Barcelona Fire Service has handled a total of 1,104 incidents, including assistance and a review of damage to façades, roofs and scaffolding.

The Guàrdia Urbana city police has managed over 761 incidents, including work with the Fire Service, the Medical Emergency System (SEM) and the Mossos d’Esquadra, mainly due to traffic disruptions on various roads due to fallen objects and other elements.

Since 3 pm, nearly 600 people from the afternoon cleaning shift have been mobilised to start cleaning and restoring the worst-hit areas.

The special accommodation service for people experiencing homelessness, which opened at the Pavelló Itàlia on Wednesday night and will remain open until Friday 13 February at 9 am, has taken in around 150 people so far.

As for the city’s trees, the urban services have addressed a total of 522 incidents, collected around a hundred bins that had been knocked over or moved by the wind, and have also dealt with several cases of fallen streetlights and 31 traffic light incidents.

The Parks and Gardens teams will begin inspecting the areas that had been closed, prioritising those that house schools or other facilities, and city life will gradually return to normal.

The use of private vehicles has dropped by 30% across the city, and metro journeys have dropped by 42% compared to a working day. The Bicing service resumed at 8 pm.

In order to minimise risks during the strong wind event, several measures and recommendations for city residents were established.