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01 Jul 2024
Research article |  | 01 Jul 2024

Hydrometeorological controls of and social response to the 22 October 2019 catastrophic flash flood in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain

Arnau Amengual, Romu Romero, María Carmen Llasat, Alejandro Hermoso, and Montserrat Llasat-Botija

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Alpert, P. and Sholokhman, T. (Eds.): Factor Separation in the atmosphere: applications and future prospects, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521191739, 2011. 
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Amengual, A., Homar, V., and Jaume, O.: Potential of a probabilistic hydrometeorological forecasting approach for the 28 September 2012 extreme flash flood in Murcia, Spain, Atmos. Res., 166, 10–23, 2015. 
Amengual, A., Carrió, D. S., Ravazzani, G., and Homar, V.: A comparison of ensemble strategies for flash flood forecasting: The 12 october 2007 case study in Valencia, Spain, J. Hydrometeorol., 18, 1143–1166, 2017. 
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On 22 October 2019, the Francolí River basin experienced a heavy precipitation event, resulting in a catastrophic flash flood. Few studies comprehensively address both the physical and human dimensions and their interrelations during extreme flash flooding. This research takes a step forward towards filling this gap in knowledge by examining the alignment among all these factors.
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