A thunderstorm causes heavy losses in Austria

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A wave of bad weather hit all of Austria, and a thunderstorm accompanied by heavy rain, amounting to 50 liters per square meter within half an hour, and strong winds of 140 kilometers per hour, caused huge material losses, and hailstones caused extensive damage to more than 7,500 hectares Of agricultural land in many states of Austria, especially the state of Upper Austria.

Civil Defense reports revealed today that Austria was exposed to an air depression "Maya", which caused the fall of hand-sized balls of hail that led to heavy losses in property, agricultural crops and fruits, trees and electricity poles, and floods that submerged basements of houses and streets, and caused mudslides and cut lines. Electricity, which led to the use of firefighting forces and civil defense.

The storm began on Sunday afternoon in the state of "Vorarlberg", located in western Austria on the German border, and moved during the night at great speed through the states of Austria, and swept through the cities: Salzburg, Tyrol, and Innsbruck, and left behind fallen trees, floors of buildings and flooded streets. rain and flood

The storm reached states including Upper Austria, Burgenland and Steyrmark, and more than 500 electrical discharges were reported in the capital, Vienna, due to lightning, and the thunderstorm caused fires and power outages for about 30,000 homes. In Upper Austria, about 800 homes still suffer from power outages today.

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