111 km/h winds cause havoc in Campo

(Agencies/Photo: EuropaSur) Campo de Gibraltar residents were on an orange alert for high wind on Wednesday and Thursday. Not surprisingly, winds that reached up to 111 kms per hour, and  gusts well over that, caused all kinds of problems throughout the area nearest the coast.  Rain and water were also heavily present. Fire rescue units attended over 50 incidents, mostly after 9pm: 17 in La Línea, 12 in Algeciras, 11 in San Roque and 7 in Los Barrios. For example, in Algeciras, an ancient tree in the Reina Cristina Hotel came down onto the access road and a couple had to be rescued from their vehicle on Avenida Príncipes de España; damage to schools and other buildings was considerable. Trees and billboards came down in La Línea as well.>

La Línea streets were flooded. as usual and waves thundered onto the seafront there, too (photo).

A security guard was injured at the Paniagua entrance to Sotogrande when a large tree fell on his vehicle. He was taken to hospital and released after his cuts and bruises were seen to. The municipal sports pavilion in San Roque lost a good part of its roof and trees were reported down at several points in the municipality, including a cypress that had to be removed from the grounds at the primary school in Pueblo Nuevo and mud had to be removed from the streets at Estación, among other incidents.

(Note: This is not a repeat article of other recent ones reporting on storm damage ... good thing the sun is shining today!)