Watch: ‘Supercell’ tornado tears through Spain following week of extreme weather

THIS is the moment a ‘supercell’ tornado tore through eastern Spain over the weekend.

Video shared online shows the weather phenomenon passing through Castellon, in the small town of El Toro.

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Mayor Jose Arenes said the tornado ‘surprised us all’, but assured it had caused ‘no major damage’.

The supercell tornado followed a week of extreme weather across Spain, with hail storms in the north and east of the country and a heatwave in the south bringing highs over 44C.

A supercell tornado is caused by intense thunderstorms with a rotating updraft.