Violent thunderstorms in Linz-Land: 64 fire brigade operations and massive damage!
Violent thunderstorms in Linz-Land: 64 fire brigade operations and massive damage!
on Thursday evening, July 3, broke down violent thunderstorms with heavy rain over Upper Austria, especially across the Linz-Land district. According to extreme weather conditions, these meteorologists have led to about 64 missions of the fire brigade, reports meindezirk.at .
The thunderstorms moved out from the afternoon and, as the weather experts found, were combined with temperatures above 32 degrees. Shortly before 5 p.m., the first storm alarm reached the state fire brigade command. In municipalities such as Ansfelden, Leonding, Pasching, Piberbach and Traun, the fire brigades were challenged when liberating full cellars and underground garages.
damage and challenges
In Traun, numerous underpasses were flooded and blocked, which tightened the situation in the community. Mayor Karl-Heinz Koll confirmed over 200 flooded Keller, and the estimated damage in agriculture amounts to around 700,000 euros, as reported by the Austrian hail insurance.
The municipality of Dietach was also particularly affected, where more than a dozen missions were recorded due to flooded basement within an hour. Marie-Sophie Gahler from the state fire brigade command found around 7:45 p.m. that around 110 ongoing operations were registered. Despite the enormous efforts, the storm appeared "extremely selectively", which did not make the coordination of the missions easier.mountain rescuers in use
In the mountains, mountain rescuers had to deploy to help hikers who were in a thunderstorm. Two women in Obertraun searched for protection during the storm and put the emergency call. A mountain rescue accompanied them to the Schönbergalm, where they were cared for through and through wet and cold. The way back led them with the cable car so that they could surely get out of the danger zone.
A similar incident occurred on the Seespitz in Hospital am Pyhrn when two women alarmed the mountain rescue, but ultimately tried relegation independently. The police helicopter, which was sent to support, could not fulfill his mission and had to reverse.
The continuing challenges through such storm events raise questions about the future of the fire service. Fire brigade President Robert Mayer makes it clear that climate change can increase the number and intensity of such operations. It is all the more important to support the organization, such as DetailsOrt Traun, Österreich Quellen