Since the early hours of the morning, a violent storm with speeds of up to 134 km/h has triggered hundreds of firefighting operations in Vienna. In the city center, for example, emergency services had to re-secure popular Christmas decorations due to the risk of falling.
In addition, several federal gardens were closed for security reasons. According to Geosphere Austria, the Semmering/Sonnwendstein weather station recorded the highest wind peak in Austria on Thursday at 134 km/h. The Viennese professional fire brigade speaks of an “extraordinary” number of operations. So far we have had to move 180 times. Increasing trend.
Smaller missions
The majority of the incidents mainly involved loose parts, fallen objects or trees.
Several federal gardens were closed in advance
Augarten, Volksgarten and Burggarten were already closed on Thursday due to the storm warning, as was the southern part of Schönbrunn Palace Park. The Meiereitor and the Maria-Thérèsien-Tor were closed. The Wiener Linien also warned in advance about the storm.
Storm subsides
The heavy storm will subside considerably on Friday evening. Yet a maximum of seven degrees is expected in the capital.
Source: Krone
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