Overview
- Authorities said a severe storm hit Albufeira, leaving one woman dead and 21 people injured.
- The fatality and one serious injury occurred at a campsite, and the other seriously injured person was a hotel guest.
- State broadcaster RTP showed shattered car windows, downed branches and notable damage to buildings in the tourist district.
- Officials consider a tornado the likely cause, with formal confirmation pending further meteorological checks.
- No information has been released on whether any victims were foreign visitors, and past events show tornadoes in the Algarve are rare but not unprecedented, including a damaging one in November 2012.