Hail from a storm in Spain A 20-month-old dies in the head, injuring 50 more.
31 Aug. BBC A 20-month-old girl was reported to have died in Spain following a hail hit her head and left regarding 50 others injured, from bruises to broken bones. from unusually severe storms that devastated the province of Girona Catalonia Autonomous Region in the northeast of the country for 10 minutes on Tuesday evening Aug. 30
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Specifically, our XOM observer in Bisbal d’Empordà (Baix Empordà) recorded a maximum stone diameter of up to 10 cm. pic.twitter.com/oCpUQlRKfL
— Meteocat (@meteocat) August 30, 2022
The storm destroyed the roofs of houses. This caused the power cable to fall and the window glass to shatter. While the Catalan Meteorological Department said The large hailstone, measuring 10 centimeters in diameter, was the largest hailstone to hit the region since 2002.
Firefighters received more than 40 calls from residents of the storm damage on Tuesday, Aug. 30, mostly from Bisbal demporda.
Television station 324, local media, reported that a hailstone hit a 20-month-old girl who was taken to a hospital in the nearby city of Girona. but later died from injuries
Carme Ball, a Catalan councilor, told local radio: “The hail fell in just 10 minutes, but 10 minutes of terror,” while Catalan President Pere Aragones called the accident a tragedy.
Some of the humongous hail that pounded Catalonia, Spain on Tuesday. Twitter / @meteocat
Local officials have issued another severe weather warning. It warned residents that large hailstones might land on the coast.
The Catalunya Meteorological Department advises that Hailstorms can occur year-round. But the most frequent recordings were between March and September.
Residents in Girona, Spain take cover as a hotel deck is pounded by hail. Sicus Carbonell via REUTERS
An unusually hot summer has caused the nearby Mediterranean Sea. Warmer than usual at this time of year causing more severe tropical storms
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