12/07/2024 Up to date yesterday at 00:14|Supply: ČTK, ČT24
On the campsite in Vémyslice within the Znojmo area, fallen bushes injured one particular person in a tent
Very sturdy storms once more handed by way of the Czech Republic on Friday afternoon and night. The variety of journeys to the hearth division elevated considerably, primarily within the Vysočina, southern Moravia and central Bohemia. Fallen bushes triggered issues, water lagoons restricted site visitors on the roads. Two folks have been injured as a result of storm – one was a motorcyclist in Brno, the opposite particular person was tenting in a campsite in Znojmo. In Krahulčí within the Jihlav area, the pond overflowed because of torrential rain, and the water flooded household homes there. In South Moravia, Vysočín and Prostějovsk, 7,700 households have been with out electrical energy late Friday night.
Intense thunderstorms or supercells first affected southern Bohemia, primarily Strakonicko and Písecko. “About 20 millimeters of water rained in Strakonick in a brief time period. Apparently, smaller hailstones additionally fell someplace,” mentioned Markéta Augustinová from the České Budějovice department of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute.
Later, the storms moved to central, jap and northern Bohemia, the Highlands, Moravia and Silesia.
In Krahulčí in Jihlavsk, because of torrential rain, the pond overflowed, the water flooded cellars, garages and household homes there. Firefighters evacuated three folks from the flooded home. Some streets have been additionally flooded in Telč in Jihlavsk. A number of centimeters of water additionally flowed into the cellar of the Telč citadel. Meteorologists in Vysočina recorded probably the most precipitation round 17:00. At Kostelní Myslová station, about 4 kilometers from Telč, over 23 liters of rain fell per sq. meter in a single hour.
Occasions: The scenario in Krahulčí in Vysočín (supply: ČT24)
The Želetavka River in Jemnica within the Třebíč area rose to the best, third flood stage after 8:00 p.m. There’s a danger of flooding there, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ) issued a flood warning for this space within the night with an excessive diploma of hazard. Nevertheless, he identified that it’s now not raining within the space and the river is predicted to peak within the close to future. Firefighters have been already pumping out water in a number of locations in Jemnica within the afternoon.
Related information got here concerning the river Divoká Orlice in Orlické Záhoří, whose stage exceeded the best stage, the third stage, late within the night. The ČHMÚ has additionally issued a flood warning for this space with an excessive diploma of hazard. However it’s now not raining there and the scenario ought to regularly settle down. Shortly earlier than midnight, the water stage dropped to the second flood stage.
Prague firefighters on the X community they wrote, that on the D1 freeway within the route from the capital they interfered on the lagoon on the roadway. Based on them, site visitors within the space was severely restricted. Central Bohemian firefighters normally pumped water or eliminated fallen bushes after storms. Between 4:00 p.m. and seven:00 p.m., they intervened in roughly seventy circumstances associated to storms, most in Nymburk and within the Praha-západ district.
There have been issues on the railway throughout the republic, bushes that fell on the traction strains or on the tracks stopped trains within the night, for instance, between Obratání and Pacov in Vysočín, and within the south of Moravia within the Střelice–Silůvka part or close to Tišnov. Within the afternoon, trains didn’t run on the Prague–Čerčany line between Vraný nad Vltavou and Davlí and on the Čísovice–Měchenice part. Unfavorable climate additionally triggered issues on another strains, for instance close to Havlíčková Brod in Vysočín or close to Protivín in South Bohemia on the Pilsen – České Budějovice line. Firefighters and staff of the Railway Administration regularly eradicated the defects, however within the meantime others appeared elsewhere.
There are two accidents in Moravia
A band of sturdy thunderstorms crossed southern Moravia within the night, the place two folks have been injured. A motorcyclist was injured because of a tree that fell throughout the highway between Ořechov and Střelice in Brno, mentioned South Moravian police spokesman Petr Vala. “After remedy on the spot, we transferred the person to the emergency division of the Brno Normal Hospital with suspected severe accidents,” added Lukáš Dvořáček, spokesman for the rescuers.
The second injured particular person is a resident of a tent in a campsite in Vémyslice within the Znojmo area. “Bushes fell on two automobiles and a tent on the campsite, its resident was injured, the rescuers took him to the hospital for additional remedy,” added the spokesman of the hearth division, Petr Příkaský.
Within the night, South Moravian firefighters had 150 journeys, primarily to bushes that had fallen on roads, most in Brno.
There are 7,700 households with out electrical energy
Branches additionally broken energy strains, 7,700 households have been with out energy in South Moravia, Vysočín and Prostějovsk on Friday after 9 o’clock within the night. Initially, as much as 12,500 locations have been with out energy, however technicians have already eliminated among the faults.
Individuals have been primarily with out electrical energy in Blanensko and Hodonínsko, in addition to in Prostějovsk and Vysočín within the neighborhood of Bystřice nad Pernštejnem. “Our employees recognized quite a lot of malfunctions, in some circumstances they carried out distant manipulations, which allowed us to shortly restore the provision of electrical energy,” mentioned Lubomír Budný, a spokesperson for EG.D.
The harm was primarily brought on by gusty winds that broke bushes and branches. “In quite a lot of locations, there have been even a number of failures on one line,” the spokesman added.
CHMÚ alert
The ČHMÚ issued a warning with a excessive diploma of hazard already on Thursday night, it’s nonetheless in impact till two o’clock within the evening on Saturday. Meteorologists have introduced that the storms can be accompanied by torrential rain totaling round 50 millimeters, and in repeated storms as much as round 80 millimeters. Wind gusts of round 90 kilometers per hour and smaller hailstones as much as two centimeters in measurement might additionally happen in locations.
Torrential rainfall can flood smaller streams or domestically flood tunnels, underpasses or cellars in cities and cities. The riskiest areas are areas the place it has rained closely in current days, meteorologists warned. They added that the upswings might be very fast and important.
Occasions: Climate forecast (supply: ČT24)
