A 20-month-old girl died overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in northeastern Spain following being hit by hailstones during a storm of rare violence, local and health authorities said.
A hailstone”fell on his head” et “she did not survive“, explained to RAC1 radio Carme Vall, municipal councilor at the town hall of La Bisbal d’Empordà, a town near Girona in Catalonia which was affected by this storm.
“The hail only fell for ten minutes, but it was ten minutes of terror“, she added.
The Girona hospital, where the child had been transferred, specified that she was 20 months old and confirmed that she “died that night in our establishment”, without giving further details.
The hailstorm hit La Bisbal d’Empordà on Tuesday followingnoon, causing enormous damage due to the size of the hailstones, whose diameter reached up to 11 centimeters, according to Carme Vall.
The stained glass windows of the city’s church were notably shattered by the impact of hailstones, according to photos published by the city.
The rock-hard balls of ice also damaged scores of cars, some of which had sunken roofs or broken windows, or public benches, according to footage shown by public television.
