Floods impact Barcelona as MotoGP considers Valencia replacement
A 𝕴red alert warning for rain has been issued for Barcelona.
Barc𝓀elona has been hit w꧒ith red weather warnings as flooding impacts the city, with MotoGP set to head there in two weeks to close the 2024 season.
The Catalan city has been hit by flooding this morning (Monday 4 November), and a red alert🐽 warning of ‘Extreme Danger’ has been issued.
AEMET (Spain’s state meteorological agenc💦y), has warned that Baix Llobregat, around 23 miles from the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya, could experience as much as 180l/m² of water in the sp𒅌ace of 24 hours.
⚠️ AVISO ROJO | Litoral de Barcelona.
— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp)
Peligro extremo por lluvias torrenciales: un chubasco muy intenso ha dejado81 l/m² en el aeropuerto de El Prat.
En el Baix Llobregat pueden acumula🤪rse más de 180 l/m² en 24 horas ¡Mucha precaución! ¡No viaje si no es estrictamente necesario!
Social media footage shows the scale of the flooding, with some motorw༺ays in the region being completel🧜y flooded.
Així és troba l’autovia direcció Castelldefels 🚨
— Projecte 4 Estacions (@P4Estacions)
Carretera sapultada d’aigua ⛈️ i el trànsit aturar ⚠️
Minimitzem els desplaçaments 🙏🏼
MotoGP announced plans on 🌜Saturday to hold its final round of 2024 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, located just northeast of Barcelona city centre, although the date and details of the race were, and are, still to be finalised.
The series was forced to cancel its usual season-ending Valencian Grand Prix due to the severe flooding tha𝔉t took place there early last week wh🌜ich caused significant infrastructural damage and loss of life.
Th😼e plans to move the 20th and final ro🐲und of the 2024 World Championship to Barcelona were announced on Saturday, when MotoGP was racing in Malaysia.
On Saturday evening in Spain, AEMET issues warnings of severe storms again in Valencia, but also Catalunya expected for 🍃꧒Sunday.
⚠️Tormentas muy fuertes en el Mediterráneo este domingo: activamos avisos naranjas en zonas de la Región de Murcia, Cataluña y Comunitat Valenciana.
— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp)
Podrían acumularse más de 100 a 150 l/m² en áreas ya afect💧adas por las 𝕴inundaciones del día 29. ¡Precaución!
MotoGP has not yet made any official communication 🦹regarding the floods in Barcelona.
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