Village evacuated and waves destroy port as freak wind and rain sweeps the western half of Spain
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 @ 12:04 PM
TIDAL waves of over 10 metres (32'6”) off the north coast of Spain have caused widespread destruction and torrential rain in the south has forced emergency services to evacuate an entire village.
Some 30 metres (97'6”) of the pier off the port in Cudillero, some 40 kilometres west of Oviedo (Asturias) have been ripped up and washed away, flooding the yacht marina.
Waves reached over the breakwater into the road along the seafront, forcing emergency services to cordon off the area to prevent members of the public from trying to get a closer look and putting their lives at risk.
Gale-force winds of over 110 kilometres per hour (66mph) and waves of nine metres (29'3”) in height have swept the coast of the province of A Coruña, in the north-western region of Galicia and pedestrians and cars have been banned from the seafront road.
Further down the coast in the province of Lugo, the A Pedra de Burela lighthouse was literally snapped in two by freak waves, and the remains of it have been likened to the Leaning Tower of Pisa due to its precarious position.
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