With gusts of more than 200 kilometers per hour on Corsica, thousands of homes without power, at least 13 dead – it is the result of severe storms in the Mediterranean region and Austria.
At least 13 people died in severe storms in the Mediterranean region and Austria. Six people died on Thursday on the Mediterranean island of Corsica in France alone. A man and a woman were killed in Tuscany, near Lucca and in the coastal city of Carrara, media reported.
The storm also caused damage and flooding in other parts of France and Italy. The severe storm killed five people in Austria and brought traffic to a halt in the south of the country. For this Friday, the German weather service warns of continued heavy rain in the southeast of the country, with extremely heavy rain also possible along the border with Austria. Strong thunderstorms are likely at isolated places in north-east Germany.
On Thursday, winds gusted over Corsica at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour. 45,000 homes were temporarily without electricity. Other parts of France also had stormtroopers and flooded roads, such as in Marseille.
French Interior Minister Gerald Dormanin visited the island of Corsica on Thursday evening. 20 people injured, this is the initial balance sheet. French President Emmanuel Macron promised support for the island and its inhabitants. A crisis team was formed at Macron’s holiday resort on the Cote d’Azur in the evening with the participation of Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne.
Severe weather warnings were in place from northern Italy to South Tyrol and large parts of central Italy. Violent storms exceeding 100 kilometers per hour and with heavy rain resulted in injuries to some people, such as at a camp in Marina di Massa, Tuscany, when trees fell.
Tuscany’s regional president Eugenio Gianni shared a video on Twitter of the coastal city of Piombino, in which a Ferris wheel was spinning in strong winds. Other photos showed cars being crushed by trees and ravaged beaches. By noon in the northern coastal region of Liguria and Tuscany, which is popular for holidays, the fire brigade counted more than 150 operations.
A violent storm also struck the lagoon city of Venice in northern Italy, causing umbrellas and tables to fall on the streets. According to Ansa, fragments of the wall broke from the church tower in the famous St. Mark’s Basilica in the centre. Due to storms in central and northern Italy, civil defense called a crisis team in the afternoon.
As announced by police and the Red Cross in Austria, several trees fell in a small bathing lake in Saint Andra in the state of Carinthia on Thursday. Two girls aged four and eight were killed and eleven people were injured, some in critical condition. Further north, three others were killed by a tree in Geming, Lower Austria. According to the state meteorological service ZAMG, wind speeds of up to 139 km/h were measured on Thursday.
In Styria, Carinthia and East Tyrol, trains were at a standstill several times after power supplies for rail traffic failed due to a storm declared by the Austrian Federal Railways. Due to gusts of wind, dozens of trees fell on the southern Autobahn (A2) in Carinthia near Griffen. There was a power failure in the tunnel as well. Important transport links to Italy were closed in many places for cleaning and repair work.
In Styria, thousands of homes were cut from power supply as high voltage lines and 2,000 transformer stations were damaged. “In many cases, our partners have to cut their way to repair work with a chainsaw,” said a spokesperson for ORF broadcaster Energy Stearmark. It can take days if not weeks to repair all the damage.
After weeks of drought and severe wildfires, the German Weather Service (DWD) warned of locally strong, sometimes severe thunderstorms with heavy rain in the east and northeast on Friday. Occasional hailstorms and gusts of wind may also occur. More showers and thundershowers are very likely from the west and northwest in the evening. Storms are also possible here.
According to previous information, the rain in the south of the country was not as strong as was expected on Friday night. In Upper Bavaria, police and rescue workers have occasionally reported flooding in basements and flooding underpasses. A police spokesman said that after a prolonged drought, the soil in some places could not absorb water quickly, which is why the water could only flow superficially.
Night through Saturday should be very cloudy from the Alps to the eastern low mountain ranges to Lusatia – thunderstorms and heavy rain are also possible here.
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