Tornado hits Malaga!!!

Yep you heard me right, there was a Tornado that hit Malaga on the 2nd February, 2009, what is happening to our weather? We had disasters across France and Northen Spain from the Hurricane, which killed numerous people and now a Tornado follows injuring 25!

Hurricane in Spain

We are a bit late blogging about this I have to be honest but I wanted to blog anyway as I was so shocked with all the strange weather we have been having, before we know it this blog will be about Spanish weather! LOL

The Tornado ripped through Malaga causing damage to property, trees and vehicles, the injured people were cut by flying glass from the 180 kilometres an hour winds!

The tornado also affected the area of Estepona where a circus tent and a number of trees were blown down by the winds, injuring 5 people.

The video below is taken from YouTube

Spain and France in mourning after hurricane

Spain and France were hit by the worst storm to hit since 1999. Winds were 172km/h. Trees were uprooted, roofs came down, rail services were disrupted and more than 1 million people without power!

100 mile an hour winds brought down a sports hall in Sant Boi de Llobregat, near Barcelona, 4 children were killed and 9 were injured, while they were sheltering during Saturday morning baseball practice.

A police officer was killed while directing traffic in Galicia, he was was killed by a falling tree, over in Barcelona a woman was crushed to death when a wall collapsed on her!

Many other people were killed by falling trees and flying debris from buildings, it is just horrific, we usually hear about this kind of thing happening across the pond, not in Spain and France!

The Basque country was heavily affected and had to be evacuated while the Alicante region also evacuated 14,000 people due to electricity cables that had come down, the Spanish were worried about a forest fire starting.

Record waves were recorded in Northen Spain, 70 feet high, flights were suspended across the region and all rail services suspended.

Spain's armed forces will now help restore all services to households. Spanish Ministry of Defence have announced that troops will help fire fighters contain the wild fire in the region of La Nucia, Alicante.

Campo Girls would like to send their best wishes to all families affected by the hurricane and wish you the best for the road to recovery.