Tornado injuries 35 at fair in southern Spain, death toll from floods reaches 10

September 29, 2012 - 12:12 pm | Category: World

BARCELONA, Spain — A tornado swept through a fair ground in a Spanish town, knocking down a Ferris wheel and injuring 35 people, while the death toll from flooding in the same southern region of the country rose to 10, authorities said Saturday.

The Friday tornado damaged several rides and cut electricity in the temporary fair set up in the main square of Gandia, according to its town hall website. It said 15 of the injured were seriously hurt, all of whom were treated on site.

Local media reported the fair in Valencia province was closed to the public at the time of a thunderstorm and that all the injured were fair workers.

Just inland from the Mediterranean coastal town, five more victims of Friday’s flash floods southwest of Gandia were found overnight. They included a middle-aged woman in the town of Lorca.