Post by pigeonpie on Jan 25, 2009 22:39:32 GMT
The scourge of wind left a trail of fallen trees and damage
F. F. Saborit Maó
The strong westerly winds, which reached gusts of 110 kilometers per hour, forced to close Saturday at the port of Mao at 11.15 hours and caused the suspension of the routes between Alcúdia Citadel and making the shipping Baleària. The closure of Mao, which was ordered when the wind exceeds the maximum allowed by Maritime, 30 knots, caused no incidents since yesterday Saturday was not provided any vessel traffic in the port Mahon.
Unlike Eivissa, who saw their disrupted air links with Barcelona, Menorca Airport yesterday remained operational throughout the day, according to Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA).
In all populations of the island wind left in its wake a trail of fallen trees, lampposts twisted, broken bus shelters, billboards works on the floor, rubbish bins and dumps a myriad of obstacles in the streets and damaged the furniture, although the closure of this issue, and no personal injury. Some of the trees uprooted by the storm fell on networks of electrical lines and caused outages, as occurred in early morning in the urbanization of Es Castell Trebalúger.
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F. F. Saborit Maó
The strong westerly winds, which reached gusts of 110 kilometers per hour, forced to close Saturday at the port of Mao at 11.15 hours and caused the suspension of the routes between Alcúdia Citadel and making the shipping Baleària. The closure of Mao, which was ordered when the wind exceeds the maximum allowed by Maritime, 30 knots, caused no incidents since yesterday Saturday was not provided any vessel traffic in the port Mahon.
Unlike Eivissa, who saw their disrupted air links with Barcelona, Menorca Airport yesterday remained operational throughout the day, according to Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA).
In all populations of the island wind left in its wake a trail of fallen trees, lampposts twisted, broken bus shelters, billboards works on the floor, rubbish bins and dumps a myriad of obstacles in the streets and damaged the furniture, although the closure of this issue, and no personal injury. Some of the trees uprooted by the storm fell on networks of electrical lines and caused outages, as occurred in early morning in the urbanization of Es Castell Trebalúger.
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