Prevention mitigates the effects of the hurricane that has swept through the northeast of the country.

The floodwaters that swept across the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula in recent hours were worst hit in the regions of Aragon and Catalonia , although they were also felt in parts of the provinces of Burgos and Palencia, La Rioja, the Basque Country, Navarre, and the Valencian Community . No fatalities were reported, although two people were missing, swept away by the Foix River in Cubelles (Barcelona).

The Es-Alert system was activated on the mobile phones of Aragonese and Catalan citizens, a precautionary measure that, combined with weather information, helped mitigate the effects of the torrential rains. The Aemet (State Meteorological Agency) even activated a red alert in the Ribera del Ebro region , and Meteocat did the same for almost all of Catalonia. The storm hit some Catalan towns such as Suria, Igualada, Solsona, Vilafranca del Penedès, and towns on the Tarragona and Girona coasts, leaving material damage (mainly cars swept away by the floods and flooded lowlands) but no human injuries. For several hours, the Renfe commuter rail service and trains running on the high-speed lines connecting Barcelona with Madrid, Valencia, and France were suspended "for safety reasons."

As the hours progressed, the alert level was lowered, and by 7:00 p.m., only a few areas remained under orange warning. Regarding the impact on train tracks, something similar occurred: early in the afternoon, Barcelona suspended its AVE services due to the risk of track flooding, but Renfe eventually restored rail service when the Aemet (Mexico City Railways) lowered its rain warning.

Throughout the day, firefighters carried out " more than 900 operations throughout Catalonia," according to José Luis López, spokesperson for the Generalitat (Catalan government) firefighters. Above all, firefighters worked on emergency situations related to personal safety, damage to building basements, and technical assistance. "There's still a lot of work to be done," warned López, who noted that what was different about Saturday's day was the "accumulation of a large volume of services in a short period of time." 112 received 1,488 calls in Catalonia, primarily for flooded basements and fallen trees.

In Aragon, the rains mainly affected the northwest of the province of Zaragoza, in municipalities of the Ribera Alta del Ebro and Moncayo. On Friday afternoon, the prelude to what was to come in the final hours, Tarazona took the brunt. The lower part of the town was flooded by a downpour that left between 50 and 60 liters per square meter in just one hour, according to the City Council. According to ABC, the Councilor for Civil Protection and Citizen Security, Diego Cobos, the worst damage, despite up to 16 firefighters working all night to pump water out of basements, garages, and commercial premises, is going to be in the countryside. Hundreds of hectares of cereal crops were devastated in just twenty minutes by a hailstorm the size of "euro coins," says Cobos. The councilor explains that farmers are seeing adverse weather conditions once again ruin their situation: " They were expecting a historic year for wheat and barley harvests ; they were at 50% yield, after two very tough years of drought and scarcity. Now the hail has wiped out everything" in this area, where they were preparing to harvest their corn in just one week. Hundreds of fruit trees have also been devastated.

The urban cleanup caused by the torrent of water, which blocked all drains and left numerous tree branches and some fallen roof tiles, was almost complete yesterday, Saturday, at noon, when Jaray, along with the other mayors affected by the flood, participated in the meeting of the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi) convened by the Aragonese government. In addition, more than 600 users suffered power outages in municipalities such as Pradilla del Ebro and Boquiñeni; traffic on the A-122 highway was closed since early Friday morning due to the huge pools of water that had formed.

In Castellón, firefighters carried out a total of 34 interventions related to the effects of the storm. Of these, four were for blocked vehicles, while the rest were due to falling debris and pumping out water from garages. The Emergency Coordination Center there handled at least 134 storm-related incidents, especially in municipalities such as Castellón, Oropesa, Sagunto, and Canet d'en Berenguer . In the Basque Country, severe storms, accompanied by hail, were reported inland near Vitoria . In fact, several hundred young people had to be evacuated from the camps they were attending in the Merindades region. In Navarre, some thirty incidents were reported, and 200 passengers had to be rescued between Castejón and Caparroso when their train was stopped.