The Ciarán storm has already caused relative havoc in different parts of Spain. During the day this Thursday, a total of 48 provinces are on alert for rain, strong winds and complicated wave conditions. Galicia is one of the areas where the force of the air has been most noticeable, with gusts approaching 170 kilometers per hour. These figures have made live connections difficult for the media.
Paula Filgueiras, a reporter for Spanish Radio Television, has witnessed first-hand the risk of being abroad during these last few hours. In the middle of an intervention from A Coruña for the 24 Hours channel, the journalist saw how her umbrella was damaged and the wind almost carried it away from her. All under the watchful eye of the presenter in the studio, who told him to place himself in a safe area.
The channel's cyclical news program has connected with Filgueiras to give the last hour of the storm Ciarán in Galicia, being the first of the areas drastically affected by the storm. Although the reporter has tried to maintain her composure, the strong wind threatened to blow her away at any moment, finally taking cover. Even so, both she and the cameraman Carlos Purriños have been able to complete the piece with a straight shot.
Different users have shared the images through X (Twitter), with a combined total of more than 130,000 views. Likewise, many have questioned the need to make a live connection next to the shipyard, in the middle of a gust of wind. “It should be prohibited and punishable to put a worker's life at risk to report a situation of something that is obvious if you look from a window,” said one user in response.
“Until the day something happens, and wait for the snow to come. I have not forgotten the connection of a journalist in some floods in the Southeast of the peninsula, LITERALLY in the middle of an overflowing stream that fell from a ravine. Maybe without seeing it, I don't believe the news,” read another of the responses. There were also several compliments for Carlos Purriños and his ability to hold the camera in the middle of the storm without sudden movements.
“The reporter, Paula Filgueiras, 10. The cameraman, who has obtained a shot that does not move even a millimeter, 100,” provided a comment. “The cameraman is Iron Man,” another even highlighted. Beyond these circumstances, Ciarán has already left his first fatality in Madrid: a 23-year-old woman died this morning at 1 Almagro Street, in the Salamanca neighborhood, after a tree fell on her. her body.
