Twister: Video footage catches powerful tornado in southern Spain
While in Spain's capital, Madrileños were dealing with storms that closed the metro, flooded roads and washed cars away, reisdents of a town in Malaga were dealing with their own unusual weather phenonomen: A tornado!
Here it is caught on camera heading towards Campillos, a town in the hills above the Costa del Sol to the northwest of Malaga.
#Málaga #Tornado ??? en #Campillos #España el 26 de Agosto #malagaconacento #spain
¡¡ Increible ??!! pic.twitter.com/HNlhl2O1gg
— Málaga con acento (@Malagaconacento) August 26, 2019
And here is the moment an electricity pylon was caught in the tornado..watch for the spark!
Me siguen llegando más vídeos del #tornado en #Campillos. Aquí se ve cómo destroza unas instalaciones eléctricas @guardiacivil @E112Andalucia @ManoloCastillo @DiarioSUR pic.twitter.com/mLl9V1ODBX
— José Luis Manjón (@joseluis_manjon) August 26, 2019
And from another angle:
Vista del tornado de esta tarde desde #Campillos (Málaga) pic.twitter.com/G40MV5v12B
— MeteoCampillos (@MeteoCampillos) August 26, 2019
The tornado brought down trees and electricty lines but no further damage was recorded.
Much of Spain was hit by electrical storms on Monday with more than 9,800 lightning strikes recorded across the country.
Las intensas #tormentas que se están registrando vienen acompañadas de una abundante actividad eléctrica. En las últimas seis horas, nuestra red ha detectado más de 9 300 rayos. ⛈⛈https://t.co/j1GzoihYbR pic.twitter.com/wB6zSN5bi4
— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) August 26, 2019
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Here it is caught on camera heading towards Campillos, a town in the hills above the Costa del Sol to the northwest of Malaga.
#Málaga #Tornado ??? en #Campillos #España el 26 de Agosto #malagaconacento #spain
— Málaga con acento (@Malagaconacento) August 26, 2019
¡¡ Increible ??!! pic.twitter.com/HNlhl2O1gg
And here is the moment an electricity pylon was caught in the tornado..watch for the spark!
Me siguen llegando más vídeos del #tornado en #Campillos. Aquí se ve cómo destroza unas instalaciones eléctricas @guardiacivil @E112Andalucia @ManoloCastillo @DiarioSUR pic.twitter.com/mLl9V1ODBX
— José Luis Manjón (@joseluis_manjon) August 26, 2019
And from another angle:
Vista del tornado de esta tarde desde #Campillos (Málaga) pic.twitter.com/G40MV5v12B
— MeteoCampillos (@MeteoCampillos) August 26, 2019
The tornado brought down trees and electricty lines but no further damage was recorded.
Much of Spain was hit by electrical storms on Monday with more than 9,800 lightning strikes recorded across the country.
Las intensas #tormentas que se están registrando vienen acompañadas de una abundante actividad eléctrica. En las últimas seis horas, nuestra red ha detectado más de 9 300 rayos. ⛈⛈https://t.co/j1GzoihYbR pic.twitter.com/wB6zSN5bi4
— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) August 26, 2019
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