“We have had much, much worse storm nights” – the fire brigades in Upper Austria are breathing a sigh of relief. ‘Charly’ got through it and couldn’t get most of the firefighters out of bed. Some trees were blown down, but all the roofs of the houses are still in place and no one was injured.
Wind gusts of over 100 km/h, specifically 107 km/h were measured in Wolfsegg, were present after “Charly” moved from Bavaria into Upper Austria late in the evening, as announced. The fire brigade’s first storm operation took place at 8:14 p.m.: a fallen tree blocked a road in Mattighofen. And 58 minutes later, Florianis had to move to Laakirchen to secure a roof, but after just over an hour they were back in action.
Operations in 14 rural communities
A chimney fire in Niederthalheim in the Vöcklabruck district can also be caused indirectly by “Charly”. The wind blew hard, but left all the roofs of the houses behind. In Lammachen, Haag/H., Wolfern, Kallham, Sierning, Ried im Innkreis, St. Florian near Linz, Luftenberg, Kirchberg ob der Donau, Eberstalzell and finally Steyregg, sirens sounded to wake up helpers so that traffic routes could be cleared. Trees littered the streets. If you add up all the storm operations, alarms were raised in 14 rural communities by morning.
Many missions in Linz
The Florianijüngers were also busy traveling in the capital. The most important thing here was to hang or secure building grilles that had been blown off or knocked over billboards. No injuries were reported from Linz either. Fortunately, ‘Charly’ was not on the list of the worst storms, while ‘Kyrill’, ‘Paula’, ‘Zoltan’ and ‘Paula’ are still a bad memory for many Upper Austrians.
Source: Krone
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