Gale alert deactivated

04/11/2023 - 09:56 h

Safety and prevention. The alert stage of the basic municipal emergency plan for rough seas remains in place.

Given the improvement in weather conditions and the drop in the number of call-outs by the Barcelona Fire Service in connection with gales in the city, the alert stage of the basic municipal emergency plans for gales, activated on Thursday, 2 November, has now been deactivated. The alert stage of the basic municipal emergency plan for rough seas remains in place.

Between 5 pm on Thursday, 2 November, and 11 pm on Friday, 3 November, the Barcelona Fire Service intervened in 109 gale-related incidents, mainly in relation to fallen branches, trees, awnings and urban furniture.

Cleaning services have given priority to the collection of fallen branches and the cleaning of drain scuppers.