A driver had a lucky escape this morning when a billboard crashed onto her car as she was about to get into it.

The incident was one of several reported across Malta as strong winds lash the islands.

In Valley Road, Birkirkara a mature tree crashed into a parked car blocking the busy road while a wall collapsed in Tal-Barrani Road Zejtun. Another wall collapsed near the Junior College in Msida. Several farmers also reported damage to grenehouses. No one was injured.

The strong westerly wind over the Maltese islands may possibly reach severe gale force in exposed areas, the Meteorological Office has warned.

It said that wind will veer to north northwest by late evening. The warning remains in effect until 9 p.m.

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