Saturday, February 27, 2010
Three killed as storm lashes Spain, Portugal, France
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MADRID: A powerful storm packing hurricane-force winds lashed Spain, Portugal and France on Saturday, killing at least three people, leaving tens of thousands of homes without power and causing transport chaos.
A 10-year-old boy was killed by a falling tree as he played football in northern Portugal, the country's civil protection service said on its website.
It appealed to people in the country's northern and central coastal regions to stay home as winds gusted up to 140 kilometres (87 miles) an hour.
A man was also killed by a falling tree in the French town of Luchon, in the southern Pyrenees region, police said.
In Spain, an 82-year-old woman was killed when a wall collapsed on her in the town of Vilar de Barrio in the northwestern region of Galicia, regional authorities said.
The powerful winds and heavy rains hit Spain's Canary Islands archipelago late on Friday, with gusts of up to 128 kilometres an hour reported, forcing the cancellation of about 20 flights, leaving some 10,000 homes without power but causing no major damage or casualties.
The storm swept northeast into Galicia late on Saturday afternoon, where wind gusts reached 147 kph and some 27,000 households were without electricity, regional authorities said.
A 10-year-old boy was killed by a falling tree as he played football in northern Portugal, the country's civil protection service said on its website.
It appealed to people in the country's northern and central coastal regions to stay home as winds gusted up to 140 kilometres (87 miles) an hour.
A man was also killed by a falling tree in the French town of Luchon, in the southern Pyrenees region, police said.
In Spain, an 82-year-old woman was killed when a wall collapsed on her in the town of Vilar de Barrio in the northwestern region of Galicia, regional authorities said.
The powerful winds and heavy rains hit Spain's Canary Islands archipelago late on Friday, with gusts of up to 128 kilometres an hour reported, forcing the cancellation of about 20 flights, leaving some 10,000 homes without power but causing no major damage or casualties.
The storm swept northeast into Galicia late on Saturday afternoon, where wind gusts reached 147 kph and some 27,000 households were without electricity, regional authorities said.
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