Severe damage
Hailstorms leave a trail of devastation
They were announced and they came. Another storm front passed over Upper Austria on Wednesday evening. A hailstorm hit the Innviertel region shortly before 7 pm, destroying fields and damaging houses. Dozens of firefighters are in action.
Dark clouds, thunder and lightning, enormous amounts of rain and, above all, hailstones the size of two-euro coins fell in large parts of the Innviertel region from around 6 pm. The area around Feldkirchen near Mattighofen was particularly affected. The ground there was covered in hailstones and farmers' fields in the area were affected.
Enormous damage
It is not yet possible to say how much damage was caused. The storm moved on towards the central region and Mühlviertel in the evening. The emergency services were on heightened alert. The provincial warning center's summary: "In total, 220 fire departments were deployed in 324 operations. The operations were carried out by 3300 firefighters. The storm operations mainly occurred in the districts of Braunau am Inn, Ried im Innkreis and Rohrbach. According to current information, no persons were injured."
The weather situation should only calm down in the night to Thursday. But only briefly, as the next thunderstorms are expected on Friday.
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