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August 31, 2022
9:30 AM

Storm from hail hit her yesterday Spainas a result a one-year-old baby to die after being hit on the head by a huge ball of hail.

The storm hit the Catalan town of La Bisbal de l’Emporda and left behind, in addition to the dead baby, 30 people injured.

As stated by Sunmost of the injured were hit on the head or cut by the ice and either had broken bones or needed stitches.

A spectacular pedregada has caused damage to car windows and roofs this evening in the Baix Empordà. La tempesta ha estat curta pero molt intensa. Imatges de Vulpellac i La Bisbal 👇 pic.twitter.com/OPuHF0q7uJ

— Ràdio Girona – SER Catalunya (@SERGirona) August 30, 2022

The Consell Comarcal is identifying the damages caused by the pedregada in different municipalities of the comarca.

A les 13 ha la seu del Consell, el Vicepresident Puigneró i la Consellera Vilagrà, es reuniran amb els ajuntaments afectats per la pedregada, per fer-ne balanç. pic.twitter.com/75w3FAQM3Q

— Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà (@ccbaixemporda) August 31, 2022

Competent officials in Catalonia said that the hailstorm that fell was the heaviest in 20 years.

En concret, el nostre observador de la XOM a la Bisbal d’Empordà (el Baix Empordà) has registered a maximum diameter of pedra de fins a uns 10 cm. pic.twitter.com/oCpUQlRKfL

— Meteocat (@meteocat) August 30, 2022

As for the baby who died, it is not yet known where he was when he was hit by the deadly hail.

Source: News Beast

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