Landslide At Montserrat Monastery Due To Heavy Rain: A Road Closed And The Hotel Evacuated

(L-R) The Minister of Interior of the Parliament of Catalonia, Joan Ignasi Elena; the President of the Generalitat, Pere Aragones and the Minister of Enterprise and Labor and former President of the Parliament, Roger Torrent, on his arrival at the mine where three workers died from a landslide, on March 9, 2023, in Suria, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Amid recent heavy rainfall, the monastery on the mountain of Montserrat was been hit a landslide from the rugged mountains peaks above, with substantial rock and debris falls that have left a road closed and the hotel evacuated. PHOTO BY LORENA SOPENA/GETTY IMAGES

Amid heavy rain, the monastery on the mountain of Montserrat was been hit a landslide from the rugged mountains peaks above, with substantial rock and debris falls that have left a road closed and the hotel evacuated. 

The alert was given at 1:57pm this Friday, and two fire units were dispatched to the building – where they did not detect any structural damage, in their first assessment. There were no injuries either, but it was decided to evacuate the hotel at the emblematic Catalan religious landmark and tourist location as a precaution. The road cut by the landslide was local road BP-1103.