Four killed as storm strikes Iberian peninsula

Madrid/Lisbon - Four people were killed overnight Sunday when a storm packing 200-kilometer-per-hour winds struck the Iberian Peninsula, officials in Spain and Portugal reported. The storm also caused major damage, downing power lines in both countries, toppling trees and causing landslides which interrupted road and railway connections.

Near Burgos in northern Spain, two men were killed when their car smashed into a tree which was lying across the road.

At Ourense in north-western Spain, an 82-year-old woman was killed by a collapsing wall.

In northern Portugal, a 10-year-old boy was struck dead by a falling tree branch.

The fatalities came after authorities on Saturday sounded the alarm as the storm approached. Officials had declared the highest state of alert for areas of northern Spain after the storm had first struck the Canary Islands.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/311724,four-killed-as-storm-strikes-iberian-peninsula.html.