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The rain has returned to the Osona region when the Sau reservoir is already at historical minimum levels of 5%, a very worrying situation that, however, has the solution, precisely, that rainfall is recorded to end the persistent drought in Catalonia.
In Torelló the rain was noticed this Wednesday, with records of 4 liters, but it remains to be known to what extent the rainfall will be persistent enough to alleviate the critical situation of the swamps, like Sau.
In La Vanguardia Readers' Photos we can see images of both today's rain in Torelló and the trace of the drought in the Sau reservoir.
The Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya reports the arrival of a disturbance that will lead to extensive precipitation. It began this Wednesday in a dispersed manner and throughout the day it will affect any point in Catalonia.
On Thursday, starting at noon, the precipitation will gradually disappear and will end up moving along the central coastal and pre-coastal area.
The accumulated precipitation will be a maximum of 50 mm. "The episode is very isolated and in order to reverse the current drought situation, continued episodes of precipitation would be needed," notes Meteocat.
Furthermore, the rains that fell on January 5 were insignificant and left 5 to 15 mm in many regions, but amounts of less than 5 mm in much of Ponent and in several stretches of the coast and pre-coast. And it did not rain in Camp de Tarragona, Penedès and the north of Alt Empordà. "These rains had no impact on the current state of the reservoirs," they lament from Meteocat.
The weather this Wednesday is conditioned by the Atlantic storm Irene and the passage of several associated fronts, which has forced the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) to activate warnings in 40 provinces spread across 15 autonomous communities due to wind, rain, storm or bad sea.
