March 2023
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Vide et al. (2023) Large wood debris that clogged bridges followed by a sudden release. The 2019 flash flood in Catalonia.
This study reconstructs the catastrophic October 2019 flash flood in the Francolí River, Catalonia, focusing on the impact of large wood debris (LWD) at bridges. It demonstrates that the sudden release of an LWD jam at one bridge generated a destructive surge, leading to two fatalities and exacerbating downstream inundation.
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Monjo et al. (2023) Estimation of future extreme rainfall in Barcelona (Spain) under monofractal hypothesis
This study projects future extreme subdaily rainfall in Barcelona, Spain, by comparing two monofractal-based approaches using downscaled CMIP5 climate models, finding a consensual increase in both rainfall concentration (n-index) and absolute intensities for short-duration events by the end of the 21st century.