The predicted storms for the day of the dormouse became reality. Heavy rain, storms and golf-ball-sized hail in places have again damaged agriculture in Upper Austria on Monday evening. The districts of Kirchdorf, Steyr, Linz, Urfahr, Freistadt and Perg are particularly affected.
Arable crops, apples and grassland were massively damaged over an area of about 16,000 hectares. “Our farmers are having a harder time due to the increasing number of extreme weather events due to climate change!” Just a week ago, agriculture in Upper Austria was hit by severe storms.
6.5 million euros in damage
Now she is harmed again. According to the first investigations by experts from the Austrian hail insurance company, Tuesday evening’s event is expected to lead to a total damage of 6.5 million euros. “The damage assessment starts immediately to ensure that claims are handled quickly,” said Mario Winkler, spokesperson for the Austrian hail insurance company, in an initial summary.
Local flood
While the storms caused no damage in some parts of the country, in others, such as Kirchdorf, Steyr-Land, Perg and Freistadt districts, they were locally severe and caused some firefighting efforts. In the Klaus reservoir, 200 cubic meters of water was drained for safety reasons, in Niederneukirchen a tree fell on a car – but no one was injured.
In most cases, flooded basements had to be pumped out, mud cleared from traffic routes or garage entrances, and fallen trees removed. In isolated cases, people were also released from stuck elevators after a power outage. In just three hours, a total of 77 fire brigades with around 1,200 emergency services were on hand for nearly 200 operations in Upper Austria.
Source: Krone
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