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In Plaça Lesseps, near Park Guell in Barcelona they've recorded winds of 120 km/h. Hundreds of very old trees fell down in the wooden areas behind Tibidabo. A really severe storm.

by amanda2006 on Sat Jan 24th, 2009 at 11:40:21 AM EST
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Glad you're OK, Amanda. On the other side of the mountains, in Perpignan, there were gusts at 184 km/h this afternoon.

Apart from the 4 children killed in Barcelona, 4 people died on the French side. There are 1.7 million homes without electricity this evening. A lot of damage everywhere, and flooding.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Jan 24th, 2009 at 02:17:15 PM EST
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Thanks, afew. It's been worst in the southern and western periphery of Barcelona, along the Llobregat river, than here. Only in Catalonia, the emergency services have received 20.000 phone calls since midnight. Apart from the 4 children, three more people got killed by the falling of trees.

by amanda2006 on Sat Jan 24th, 2009 at 03:55:25 PM EST
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