Balance of the storm
Thunderstorm covered roofs and snapped trees
Devastating results of the violent storm on Saturday evening: In Linz, the fire department was in constant action as trees were blown down and entire roofs were swept off houses. Two people were seriously injured at the knights' festival in the city center. And a tree fell onto a camper van at a festival in Kirchdorf an der Krems.
As predicted by experts, the thunderstorm front moved across Upper Austria on Saturday evening. Numerous trees were uprooted in the Innviertel region when the first storm gusts of over 100 km/h whipped through the country at around 7 pm, accompanied by heavy rain.
"We are in constant operation"
The storm also raged in Linz in the evening. At the big knights' festival in the city center, parts of a tree fell over at Tummelplatz. When the police arrived, there were two unconscious people in the area of the Georgbrunnen, a 41-year-old woman from the Kirchdorf district and her nine-year-old daughter. They were first treated by passers-by, including a doctor, until an emergency doctor took over.
Four other people were injured in the incident, including three children aged eight, ten and twelve.
The gusts of wind also covered at least two houses in Urfahr, with large parts of the roofs being flung onto the street. "We are in constant operation", said the professional fire department in Linz. The storm also tore the roof off a residential building in Altenberg.
Festival evacuated
In Kirchdorf an der Krems, the grounds of a festival were evacuated for safety reasons. Meanwhile, a tree fell onto the parking lot of the event due to the violent storm, severely damaging a minibus, among other things. Fortunately, no one was injured.
House on fire
Throughout the country, 175 fire departments with around 2550 firefighters were involved in 200 operations in the evening hours. The storm front moved on again just as quickly as it had arrived. But the clean-up work continues.
And as if that wasn't enough, 16 fire departments had to be called out in Herzogsdorf (Urfahr-Umgebung district) - a building was on fire.
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