Darwin says, "Accepted into the Archive."

An story on Spanish news in 2007,

high storm force winds swept southern Spain causing wide spread flooding and damage to buildings along the Costa Blanca. "COOL" thought one intrepid kite surfer who decided to ignore the state of emergency declared by the government and hit the beach. The high winds picked him up and smashed him into buildings almost a kilometer inland. giving him the ride of a lifetime and us one more nominee for Darwin

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http://www.neurope.eu/articles/79084.php

One dead, two missing after heavy rainstorms

One person was reported dead and two were reported missing after heavy rainstorms recently caused havoc across Spain. A 40-year-old kite-surfer on the holiday island of Ibiza was caught by a squall and thrown against the facade of a hotel some 50 metres off the beach.

The Spanish victim suffered fatal injuries. According to the authorities, the man had gone into the water defying a bathing ban. Only a week ago a thunderstorm had already caused damage worth millions on neighbouring island Mallorca. Heavy rainstorms caused flooding in Valencia and the area around Alicante by the eastern Spanish Costa Blanca, where two people were reportedly missing after being caught in the floods.

The storms also hit holiday destinations such as Javea, Calpe, Altea and Denia, the authorities said. Certain areas in the region saw rainfalls of up to 210 litres per square metre. Cars were floating in the floods and flats were under water, while the flooding also caused landslides, but nobody was injured, according to the authorities.

A number of houses in Denia were evacuated because a river had burst its banks, and several streets had to be cordoned off for traffic. Several ferry connections to the Balearic Islands were cancelled.

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One dead, two missing after heavy rainstorms in Spain
Oct 12, 2007, 15:41 GMT

Madrid - One person was reported dead and two were still missing Friday after heavy rainstorms caused havoc across Spain, Spanish authorities said.

A 40-year-old kite-surfer on the holiday island of Ibiza was caught by a squall and thrown against the facade of a hotel some 50 metres off the beach. The Spanish victim suffered fatal injuries.

According to the authorities, the man had gone into the water defying a bathing ban. Only a week ago a thunderstorm had already caused damage worth millions on neighbouring island Mallorca.

Heavy rainstorms on Friday caused flooding in Valencia and the area around Alicante by the eastern Spanish Costa Blanca, where two people were still missing after being caught in the floods. Costa Blanca

The storms also hit holiday destinations such as Javea, Calpe, Altea and Denia, the authorities said. Certain areas in the region saw rainfalls of up to 210 litres per square metre.

Cars were floating in the floods and flats were under water, while the flooding also caused landslides, but nobody was injured, according to the authorities.

A number of houses in Denia were evacuated because a river had burst its banks, and several streets had to be cordoned off for traffic.

Several ferry connections to the Balearic Islands were cancelled.

2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Submitted on 05/07/2008

Submitted by: George Kiernan
Reference: late 2007 spain RTVE

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Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Some garbanzo brain ignores obvious storm conditions AND a government warning!?! Could use a better write up, tho.

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
This could most certainly use a much better writeup, and without more details for a reference we can really only give this a PA. If you can dig up any actual news articles on this please let us know and we can give this a full DA.

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