Laurence Dollimore
A TORNADO has stunned residents in Alicante after tearing through multiple neighbourhoods during the height of Storm Konrad.
The weather phenomenon struck the ‘barrios’ of Molino and Las Capitas in the Orihuela region of Torremendo on Thursday afternoon.
Witnesses said the column of swirling air suddenly appeared and that ‘within 10 seconds’ it had caused extensive property damage.
One video on X showed the moment it passed over an expat couple’s home.
The caption reads: “Tremendous… yesterday afternoon, as the storm passed, a tornado likely formed, particularly affecting Torremendo, a district of Orihuela.
“In these images sent to us by Cathy and Adrien Branders, we can see the effects it had in just a few seconds.”
Photos shared on X also show how several trees and an electrical tower had been knocked down by the tornado.
Fences, a roof top and even part of a building’s wall had also been destroyed.
The column of air was initially declared not to be a tornado because it had not made contact with the ground.
However, experts at Meteorihuela later said that ‘after a visual assessment of the incident, the vortex of condensed air and water vapor has touched land, and therefore it is believed to be a tornado.’
