To Madrid
Of course, it rained, but not enough.
Last weekend in Catalonia was marked by widespread precipitation, a common meteorological phenomenon, to which the inhabitants of the Spanish region have however lost the habit: it has been forty consecutive months that less water has fallen than normal. seasonal.
This is twice as long as the previous record, in 2008. Unheard of since these data began to be measured more than a century ago.
Enough to motivate, on February 1, the declaration of a state of drought emergency, accompanied by severe restrictions, in an attempt to replenish water reserves, which have today fallen below 16% of their capacity.
And the rains of the weekend will not be enough: according to the meteorologist of the television channel
La Sexta
, Marta Barbolla,
“it would have to rain at least for fifteen days what fell”
to get out of the crisis.
Also read: Desalinated seawater and tankers: how Barcelona is preparing for a future without rain
The restrictions taken by the regional government will not solve…
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