Killer Storm in Poland

[kaima]

Heftige Stürme haben in Polen mindestens fünf Menschenleben gekostet und auch in Tschechien große Schäden angerichtet. In Polen wurden nach TV-Berichten vom Samstag zudem mindestens 34 Menschen verletzt und 340.000 Haushalte blieben vorerst ohne Strom. Im Osten Tschechiens wurden nach Angaben der Nachrichtenagentur CTK seit Freitagabend mindestens 80 Häuser beschädigt, viele wurden abgedeckt.



Drei Todesopfer gab es nach Informationen des TV-Senders TVP Info an Orten nahe der nordpolnischen Stadt Chojnice. Dabei fiel ein Baum auf ein Zelt und erschlug einen darin liegenden 30-jährigen Mann. Ein anderer Baum traf in einem Pfadfinderlager zwei Mädchen im Alter von 13 und 14 Jahren tödlich. Die Pfadfinder seien im Schlaf überrascht worden, teilte die Feuerwehr am Samstag mit.

Nach Informationen des Senders TVN24 wurde außerdem eine 48-jährige Frau im ebenfalls nahe bei Chojnice gelegenen Dorf Zapora von einem umgestürzten Baum erdrückt. In der benachbarten Stadt Konarzyny starb eine 56-Jährige, als ein Baum auf ihr Haus fiel und dadurch der Schornstein einstürzte.

Die Feuerwehren schlossen am Samstagnachmittag nicht aus, dass die Zahl der Todesopfer noch steigen könnte. Die Lage sei wegen des hohen Ausmaßes an Zerstörungen noch unübersichtlich.

A few hours older story::
Four killed, 36 injured in storms in Poland
12.08.2017 08:25
Four people have been killed and 36 injured in storms that swept across Poland on the night between Friday and Saturday, according to the Government Centre for Security (RCB).



Two of the dead were at a scout camp where 150 people have been cut off and emergency services are unable to get in.
According to RCB spokeswoman Bożena Wysocka, all four fatalities and 25 of the injuries happened in the pomorskie province in Poland's north.
Electric supply has been cut to nearly 340,000 people, down from nearly half a million at the peak of the storm in which fierce winds knocked trees onto power lines and electrical substations.
Bad weather is expected to continue with storm warnings issued to five provinces: the warmińsko-mazurskie province in Poland's northeast, łódzkie, in the centre, małopolskie and śląskie in Poland's south, and świętokrzyskie in the southeast. (vb)
Source: IAR

[kaima]

Two teenagers among five dead in storms in Poland
Updated / Saturday, 12 Aug 2017 12:46



Five people, including two Girl Guides, have died in freak accidents as violent storms hit Poland amid a heatwave.

The two girls, aged 13 and 14, were crushed by falling trees while sleeping in a tent when a storm hit the campground for Girl Guides and Boy Scouts in the northern village of Suszek.

Another 20 children were said to have been injured.

A woman died when a tree hit her house in the northern village of Konarzyny.

In a nearby village, a man sleeping in a tent also perished after being hit by a tree brought down by high winds.

Authorities in the same region also confirmed the death of a fifth victim, a 48-year-old man, crushed by a tree.

A total of 28 people were reported injured.

Power was cut to around half a million homes and businesses as violent winds downed trees and ripped off roofs in northern and southern regions.

An unusual heatwave saw peak temperatures soar to the high-30s Celsius across Poland in recent days.

However, milder weather is expected this weekend when the mercury is forecast to dip to the mid-20s in most regions.

[Jaga]

Kai, I saw info about girl scouts at night but instead of posting I went to sleep. It had to be really a terrible sport since so many people suffered. Maybe there should be a rule not to camp under big trees.

[karl]

Kai

A terrible horrific storm to say the least. With so many dead and injured with this, the 340.000 house wholes cut off with no Electricity. This is indeed a killer storm to say the least..

Karl

[kaima]

Aug 12, 2017 12:42:24 GMT -7 Jaga said:

Kai, I saw info about girl scouts at night but instead of posting I went to sleep. It had to be really a terrible sport since so many people suffered. Maybe there should be a rule not to camp under big trees.

One never knows, Jaga. The old trees have withstood many a storm in the past, but you never know when the most powerful storm will come through. However, even big trees will shed branches often enough that such trees became known as "widow makers" in early America; a random branch would fall and kill a forest worker often enough to gain that nick name.

Kai

[Jaga]

Karl and Kai,

here is a video from the middle of the destruction. You can see how many trees are broken. It was hard to avoid the tragedy:

[karl]

Jaga

What an incredible devastating storm of such dimensions as to be unbelievable until to actually see the effects as recorded or in person. With this, and now the cleanup.

Thank you for sharing and presenting

Karl

[kaima]

Aug 13, 2017 5:20:35 GMT -7 Jaga said:

Karl and Kai,

here is a video from the middle of the destruction. You can see how many trees are broken. It was hard to avoid the tragedy:

WOW !