British woman, 85, killed after storm at Portuguese campsite

An 85-year-old British woman has died after an extreme wind storm struck a campsite in Portugal.

Two others were seriously injured and three slightly injured at Albufeira Camping Park in the Algarve, Faro's district commander for rescue operations told a press conference.

At a hotel in Albufeira, which was also hit by the storm at the end of the morning, 23 people were slightly injured, and four were taken to Faro Hospital, he added.

National meteorological office IPMA said it was assessing whether there had been a tornado in the area, with radar images indicating the likelihood was very high.

It is difficult to predict when or where tornadoes might occur, the IPMA added.

The storm hit the area around 11:00 GMT on Saturday and lasted until 15:00, it said.

Among the 28 injured across both sites in Albufeira there are six children, aged between two months and seven years, who were all lightly injured, and 23 adults, aged between 24 and 70, Portugal's National Medical Emergency Institute said.

Faro, Setúbal and Beja - also in southern Portugal - remain under an orange warning for persistent rain today, sometimes heavy and accompanied by thunderstorms, according to the IPMA website.

On Friday, the Faro area was affected by very intense and localised gusts of wind, bringing down trees.