Rescue teams found a third body on Wednesday inside a flooded section of the Ronda Nord tunnel on the C-352 in Franqueses del Vallès, Barcelona province. The discovery brought the storm's confirmed death toll to three; two people are still missing.
Emergency teams are continuing their search. Rain has also disrupted transport and electricity supplies, along with public services across Catalonia.
The victim was an unidentified man found near a vehicle, information from information obtained by RTVE and reported by EFE and Europa Press. The death does not appear to involve a criminal incident. Two other people died over the weekend in Tordera and Montornès del Vallès. By 4 October, authorities said the Tordera death followed the collapse of a campsite wall. The death in Montornès del Vallès was linked to a flooded car park.
By 4 October, Catalonia's emergency services had received 237 calls, and 51 people had been taken to hospitals. Firefighters in Catalonia had carried out 2,440 callouts and rescued 226 people trapped by water.
Two searches are still under way. In Pineda de Mar, witnesses saw floodwater sweep a man away. A child is also missing in Granollers, although authorities do not initially believe the disappearance is connected to the rainfall. The weather has hampered the search. By 4 October, rescue teams were already working through flooded areas around Pineda de Mar.
The storm has also strained Catalonia's transport network. Rodalies began the day without service after drivers refused to operate trains, saying parts of the infrastructure were unsafe. Renfe and Adif later certified the affected sections as safe, and services began returning in stages.
Earlier transport coverage had shown how closely Spain's infrastructure capacity is watched when major works and disruptions affect passenger movement. Read the earlier transport coverage.
Disruptions also affected high-speed service between Barcelona-Sants and La Sagrera, disrupting travel between Barcelona and Girona. Adif used three pumps to remove water that had accumulated in the tunnel at Plaça de Catalunya.
Emergency crews have carried out nearly 4,000 operations since the storm began. More than half took place in the northern metropolitan emergency region, which covers the two Vallès counties, Maresme and Barcelonès. The Bomberos de la Generalitat rescued 45 people in recent hours, most of them trapped inside cars.
The Sistema de Emergencias Médicas, known as SEM, treated 24 people during that period and took two to hospital. Across the storm, SEM has attended 431 people and transferred 79 to hospital with minor or less serious conditions.
Rainfall eased compared with previous days but continued to cause problems. All of Catalonia was under a yellow warning on Wednesday. Forecasts called for accumulations of 20 millimetres per hour, with hail possible in parts of Girona and Tarragona. Schools in Xerta and the Miami-Platja area of Tarragona could not open. Around 5,300 users remained without electricity, while telephone services were also affected.
Rail recovery was uneven. By 5 October, only some southern and regional routes were running normally. The R1, R2, R2 Nord, R3, R4, R7, R8, R11, R13 and R14 lines faced restrictions or replacement buses.
El País reported that the network remained unstable on 7 October. Reopening depended on inspections of damaged sections and test runs by empty trains. The drivers' union said some reopened sections lacked sufficient technical guarantees. Renfe and Adif said the required safety conditions had been met and verification runs completed before passenger services resumed.
Catalan president Salvador Illa said the safety of people and infrastructure had to come first. Trains should return only after the relevant checks, he said.
The danger is shifting, not disappearing. Orange warnings have moved to Asturias and Cantabria, where mountain areas could receive between 60 and 80 litres in 12 hours. Yellow warnings also cover Aragón, the Balearic Islands, Castilla y León, Navarra and the Basque Country.
Thursday is expected to bring strong, persistent rain across the northern third of the peninsula, as well as Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. Thunderstorms and hail are also possible.
Colder air will bring a sharp temperature drop in northern and inland Spain. Forecasts put Burgos at 14 degrees and Ávila, León, Pamplona and Vitoria at 16 degrees. Madrid is expected to reach 19 degrees.
On Friday, uncertainty will focus on southern Spain, Ceuta and the Canary Islands, where a dana could bring intense showers and storms. El País and transport operators said recovery is likely to be gradual. Repairs and flooding, as well as further infrastructure inspections, may keep some routes closed even after the weather improves.
