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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

Toddler dies in Catalonia after being struck by large hailstone

A 10cm diameter hailstone
The Catalan meteorological office, MeteoCat, said that a hailstone with a 10cm diameter was found in the town where the girl died. Photograph: MeteoCat

A 20-month-old girl has died in Catalonia after being struck by a large hailstone as fierce storms raged across parts of the north-eastern Spanish region, raining down the largest stones seen in two decades and injuring dozens of people.

The girl, who has not been named, was hit by the hailstone during a storm on Tuesday night in the town of La Bisbal d’Empordà in Girona province. She was taken to a hospital in the provincial capital, but died of her injuries in the early hours of Wednesday.

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