Malaga: mini-tornado causes damage on coast
Winds of over 100 miles per hour left a trail of destruction in the Andalusian city of Malaga and nearby Torremolinos on Thursday.
A small tornado with winds of between 140 and 180 kilometres per hour (86 and 111 miles per hour) struck the Churriana distict of Malaga and Playamar in nearby Torremolinos on Thursday, causing considerable damage to properties and vehicles, according to the Spanish edition of the Huffington Post.
Tornado en el mar captado por mi hijo Jesús Rubio en Málaga esta mañana @robertobracero pic.twitter.com/OhpQ1czC3H
— Jesus Garcia (@batiralibex35) November 27, 2014
Fortunately for residents of the coastal area, another storm which caused a spectacular sea spout to form offshore did not make landfall.
http://t.co/YMeC5o4WHL Afectados por el #tornadoMLG relatan a @DiarioSUR cómo lo vivieron y los daños sufridos pic.twitter.com/wUBJoMwLLI
— Diario SUR (@DiarioSUR) November 28, 2014
No human casualties were reported.
The tornado lasted ten minutes and was provisionally classified as a low-intensity F1 on the Fujita scale which measures tornado intensity, with more data to be analysed by meteorologists. Tornadoes are rare in Spain although sea spouts are relatively common off the southern Mediterranean coast.
Más destrozos en la zona del aeropuerto. #tornadoMLG pic.twitter.com/8MRIFzwTJJ
— Álvaro Frías (@alvaro_frias) November 27, 2014
Tornado en #Churriana #Torremolinos y #LosÁlamos http://t.co/rrKSvPiVEj Via @opiniondemalaga pic.twitter.com/i4AZnpczJx
— José Cebrián (@21joose) November 27, 2014
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A small tornado with winds of between 140 and 180 kilometres per hour (86 and 111 miles per hour) struck the Churriana distict of Malaga and Playamar in nearby Torremolinos on Thursday, causing considerable damage to properties and vehicles, according to the Spanish edition of the Huffington Post.
Tornado en el mar captado por mi hijo Jesús Rubio en Málaga esta mañana @robertobracero pic.twitter.com/OhpQ1czC3H
— Jesus Garcia (@batiralibex35) November 27, 2014 Fortunately for residents of the coastal area, another storm which caused a spectacular sea spout to form offshore did not make landfall.
http://t.co/YMeC5o4WHL Afectados por el #tornadoMLG relatan a @DiarioSUR cómo lo vivieron y los daños sufridos pic.twitter.com/wUBJoMwLLI
— Diario SUR (@DiarioSUR) November 28, 2014 No human casualties were reported.
The tornado lasted ten minutes and was provisionally classified as a low-intensity F1 on the Fujita scale which measures tornado intensity, with more data to be analysed by meteorologists. Tornadoes are rare in Spain although sea spouts are relatively common off the southern Mediterranean coast.
Más destrozos en la zona del aeropuerto. #tornadoMLG pic.twitter.com/8MRIFzwTJJ
— Álvaro Frías (@alvaro_frias) November 27, 2014 Tornado en #Churriana #Torremolinos y #LosÁlamos http://t.co/rrKSvPiVEj Via @opiniondemalaga pic.twitter.com/i4AZnpczJx
— José Cebrián (@21joose) November 27, 2014
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