US EditionBritish Pensioner Dead After 'Tornado' Strikes Popular Portugal Campsite
The probable tornado linked to Storm Claudia caused severe damage and injured 28 people at a campsite and hotel in Albufeira, including six children, authorities said.
- On November 15, 2025, a destructive tornado struck Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal at about 11:00 LT, killing an 85-year-old British woman and injuring more than 20 people.
- Meteorological agencies said the storm was linked to Storm Claudia; Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera and authorities described the extreme wind phenomenon as probably a tornado, noting radar data indicate high probability but final classification requires a field survey.
- Police later tallied injured people across both the Parque de Campismo de Albufeira and Eden Resort Hotel, confirming 28 injured including 19 at Hotel Eden and children aged two months to seven years.
- Local rescue teams and emergency services deployed multiple teams to search collapsed structures, four people were taken to Faro Hospital, and Rui Cristina, Albufeira's mayor, mobilised municipal resources.
- As a major holiday hotspot, Albufeira faced heavy tourist disruption with dozens of British tourists affected, officials called this Storm Claudia's most severe single-impact event amid hundreds of incidents nationwide, and IPMA warned tornadoes are difficult to predict.
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Extreme storms caused extensive damage in the Portuguese resort of Albufeira. An 85-year-old British woman was killed, and dozens of others were injured. Footage shows a campsite and a resort severely affected by a suspected tornado.
A violent storm killed a woman, and the weather service will see if a tornado is responsible for the damage.
A violent storm on the Algarve killed a woman, and the weather service is checking that a tornado is responsible for the damage in Albufeira.
In the popular tourist town of Albufeira on the south coast of Portugal, a woman was killed in a violent storm. Two more people were severely injured and 19 people were slightly injured. The state weather service firmly assumes that the storm on the Algarve was a tornado, Lusa reported. Video: The storm had hit a campsiteCovered car windows, torn branches, heavy building damageThe fatality and one of the seriously injured were found on a campsit…
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