blown over

On the morning the Mountain fire erupted, wind gusts were so strong in Somis that several of the sturdy wooden boxes that housed Eduardo Flores’s bee colonies had already blown over.

But then saw the flames get blown over by the wind.

It is spread by midges that are often blown over from mainland Europe during spells of warm weather.

Two deaths came from fallen trees and one from a crane blown over.

The government said there is a "very high probability" bluetongue virus will be more widely spread by infected midges blown over from northern Europe.