Four people died this Thursday in Spain following the strong waves caused by Storm Nelson, which caused damage in several parts of the country, due to rain and wind gusts of up to 90 kilometers per hour.
Near Milagre beach, in Tarragona, Catalonia, the deaths occurred after a 16-year-old minor fell into the sea and a 32-year-old adult jumped into the water to try to rescue him, at a time of strong waves.
Sources from the Civil Guard told Efe that the minor, of Moroccan origin, was part of a group of four boys between 15 and 17 years old who were playing in a stone area next to Milagre beach. According to the first indications, the young man accidentally fell into the water.
A German citizen who was passing through the area with his wife jumped into the sea to try to rescue him, but both ended up drowning, swept away by the strong waves.
The events occurred around 2:30 pm this Thursday (1:30 pm in Lisbon) and led to a large rescue device being set up by the Maritime Service of the Civil Guard, Maritime Rescue, the Generalitat Fire Department and Mossos d’ Squad.
On a day marked by rain, strong wind and rough seas in Spain, in Asturias, a tourist in San Esteban de Pravia and a woman from Cudillero died after falling into the sea and being swept away by the waves, which reached up to 8 meters high on the coast. Cantabrian.
The incidents in Asturias occurred around 1:00 pm (12:00 pm in Lisbon), the first of which was a tourist of English nationality who traveled with his wife to enjoy a few days of vacation in this municipality of Bajo Nalón, according to the president of the Câmara de Muros, Celestino Novo, who went to the breakwater to monitor the rescue work.
The woman, who was being thrown against the rocks, was rescued unconscious by a fishing boat and, although the medical team tried to revive her for more than an hour, her death was confirmed at the scene.
Storm Nelson caused meteorological instability this Thursday with intense rain in several parts of Spain, with very strong winds in large areas of the country, with gusts of up to 90 kilometers per hour, and waves of up to 8 meters in some parts of the coast.
The provinces most affected by the wind were Lleida, Girona, Huesca, Navarra, Cáceres, Badajoz, Toledo, Guadalajara, Cantabria, Zaragoza, Teruel, Córdoba, Seville, Huelva, Pontevedra, Ourense, Álava, La Rioja, Murcia, and all of Castile and León, with very strong gusts between 70 and 90 kilometers per hour.
The entire coast of Galicia is under yellow alert this Friday due to waves, which will reach four meters. In addition, there will also be a yellow alert for force 7 sea winds on the northwest coast and Costa da Morte. No more active warnings are expected for Saturday, reported the Europa Press agency.
Railway circulation on the Mérida-Los Rosales line between the stations of Cazalla-Constantina, in the province of Seville, and Llerena (Badajoz) was interrupted due to the landslide and was restored at 15:15 (14:15 in Lisbon).
Civil Protection issued recommendations for the population to stay away from the beach and other low-lying places that could be affected by high tides and waves, which are normally generated by the intensity of strong winds, and not put themselves at risk by wanting to take photos of the waves. .
The Spanish meteorological agency predicts that widespread instability will continue in most of the country with the passage of successive Atlantic fronts, a circumstance that coincided with the start of the second phase of the operation from Easter onwards, in which 9.6 million trips were made .
