Girona has activated the Municipal Emergency Plan for wind in alert phase and has suspended all outdoor activities from midnight on Sunday given the forecast of strong gusts in the city. The City Council has also ordered the closure of parks and gardens and has launched the Emergency Committee to monitor the evolution of the episode throughout the day.
The municipal forecast places the risk at 2 out of 6 between two and eight in the morning, and at 3 out of 6 between eight in the morning and eight in the evening. In that interval, wind gusts can exceed 72 km/h in Girona, in a context of active wind warning that points to an especially complicated Sunday in the city.
Preventive measures throughout the city
Among the measures agreed upon by the council is the control of elements susceptible to detachment, such as cranes, scaffolding, and signs. Monitoring of basic services will also be carried out, with special attention to electricity supply and telephony, and the activation of brigades, cleaning teams, and alert services is foreseen to respond to possible incidents.
The City Council has asked for maximum caution from the public and demands that official instructions be followed at all times. The activation of the device comes after the storm of March 15, when in Girona about 70 trees fell and it was necessary to carry out 188 municipal actions.
A new episode after the March storm
That episode led the council to question that the preventive warnings were not adjusted enough to the real impact that the city suffered. With that recent precedent, the municipal government has now opted to reinforce prevention and advance restrictions in public space.
In parallel, the Civil Protection of the Generalitat maintains the VENTCAT plan alert activated this Sunday and forecasts gusts that can exceed 90 km/h, especially in the northern half of Catalonia. The agency recommends extreme caution in mobility and in outdoor activities, and avoiding areas where branches, trees or other unstable elements may fall.
The day will be closely followed from the municipal committee while the wind warning is maintained. The focus is on reducing risks on public roads and on ensuring a quick response if the episode ends up affecting streets, equipment or essential services of Girona.