Environment/Nature news & information for Catalonia

The heavy rains that have fallen across Catalunya have flooded low-lying areas of Barcelona, with many roads cut off by the floodwater, and filled rivers and reservoirs in Girona to the brim.

Around 1,500 visitors to Montserrat monastery had to be evacuated by cable car yesterday after a landslide in the Els Degotalls zone blocked road and rail access to the emblematic tourist attraction.

A tornado, which struck the town of Mollet del Vallés at 9.30am this morning and lasted for ten minutes, caused substantial material damage although nobody was injured.

A fisherman from the village of L´Ampolla (Tarragona) found the body of one of the three people who went missing after their 4x4 was swept away by floods as they were returning to their holiday home in Cambrils on...