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Barcelona halts classes and activities because of an extreme windstorm
Wind exceeds 80 km/h in Barcelona and even stronger gusts are expected. The Govern suspends classes and recommends remote working. Residents will receive an official alert. Immediate changes to urban routines.
Wind is exceeding 80 km/h in Barcelona and even stronger gusts are expected. The Govern suspends classes and recommends remote working. Residents will receive an official alert. Immediate changes to urban routine.
Barcelona’s daily life is being disrupted by a windstorm that has already produced gusts above 80 km/h and threatens to exceed 100 km/h in the coming hours. Given the scale of the phenomenon, the Govern has decided to suspend all non-essential school, university and sporting activities this Thursday, as well as postpone non-urgent medical services.
The recommendation is clear: avoid travelling and choose remote working whenever possible. The authorities insist that safety is the priority and ask residents to limit their movements as much as possible. In addition, Civil Protection will send a mass alert today through the ES-Alert system to inform all residents about the situation and the measures to follow.
The impact can be felt in urban mobility, with less busy streets and a sense of uncertainty among those who have to reorganise their day. The wind, which has already caused incidents in different parts of the city, could intensify overnight and the following morning, making it necessary to take extra precautions in public and private spaces.
The decision to suspend activities and services responds to the need to reduce risks on a day marked by exceptional weather conditions. Barcelona is preparing for an atypical day, in which the priority will be protecting residents from a windstorm that offers no respite.
Windstorms such as the one affecting Barcelona today are not common, but when they occur they test the response capacity of the city and its institutions. The ES-Alert system, which makes it possible to send immediate warnings to the population, has become a key tool for managing emergencies and coordinating preventive action. Its use in situations of meteorological risk reinforces collective safety and speeds up real-time decision-making.