At the entrance to the village, it was not known at all that something was happening. “The houses stood, a branch fell here and there, and I hesitated to see if I was in the wrong village,” he described the situation on the spot.
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“Then I saw torsos of trees in the moonlight and a church that didn’t have a roof. And behind her, it was as if an atomic bomb had exploded there, “he told Novinky.
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Disaster as after the war – a compilation of videos of a tornado from the Hodonín region
The houses in the area behind the church had no roofs, none of them. Those who didn’t just have a roof were still good, some didn’t even have trusses, others even had broken walls. They were rolling in the streets between cars and tree branches.
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“I’ve been walking here 300 meters, and so far I haven’t seen a single window left unbroken. The columns are without wires. There is complete silence, only interrupted by fire brigades, “he continued.
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Footage of a tornado from Lusatia in the Hodonín region
Video: Petra Zetochová
After midnight, he said, the entire affected area turned into a ghost town. Darkness, the remains of broken bags crunched underfoot. “Only in exceptional cases did someone pass by with the assistance of firefighters and the police to take the most necessary things that the element could not destroy. If someone were looking for the backdrop of an apocalyptic film, they would be in the right place, “he added.
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Tornado in Hodonín, Source: Juwa
After nineteen hours, an unusually strong storm swept over the southern part of the South Moravian Region and was accompanied by an unusual natural phenomenon – a tornado. Rescuers record 150-200 injured, at least one person died in the Hodonín hospital. Damage to property should not add up in the morning, under the lights.
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