Giant waves destroy coast of northern Spain and teenage boy swept out to sea
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 @ 11:16 AM
TIDAL waves sweeping the northern coast of Spain have caused widespread damage, including flooding 27 cars, and a teenage boy is missing and feared dead.
Streets in the historic quarter of San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, were left under five feet of water when huge waves crashed over the shores and the river burst its banks, and a 15-year-old who was riding his bike along the seafront esplanade near the Rapadoira lighthouse in Foz (Lugo province, Galicia region) was swept away at around 18.30hrs yesterday (Sunday) by high tides, and has not been seen since.
A friend who was cycling with him reported the incident and a search party has been combing the area all night.
Back in San Sebastián, three of the four main bridges in the city have been shut, and in nearby towns in the same province – that of Guipúzcoa – streets have flooded as waves of several metres in height bypassed the groins and the seafront promenades and parked cars floated away.
A solid concrete wave-break was smashed down in the town of Bermeo in the province of Bizkaia, also in the Basque Country, and in nearby Ondarroa, 27 cars in a car park were filled up with water.
Waves of over 10 metres (32'6”) hitting the coast of Cantabria, the region immediately to the west of the Basque Country, left streets, garages, ground floor flats and shops, and parks under water in Santander, Bareyo and San Vicente de la Barquera, among other towns.
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