As forecast by meteorologists, a severe storm swept across Upper Austria on Wednesday evening and into Thursday night. Heavy rain, hail and gusts of wind caused enormous damage.
- The OÖN reported in advance: Thunderstorm cells with heavy rain and hail are heading for Upper Austria: “It will be extremely uncomfortable”
The impact on the population was considerable. Hundreds of people were without electricity. According to Netz Oberösterreich, numerous communities in the Innviertel and Mühlviertel were affected. Large-scale outages occurred in the Districts Rohrbach and Urfahr area. Numerous households in Altenfelden, Kleinzell, St. Stefan-Afiesl, Haslach, Vorderweißenbach and Bad Leonfelden had no electricity at times.
The fire brigades were once again in constant use. According to the state fire brigade command, the first alarms came in around 6 p.m. It was only in the second half of the night into Thursday that things calmed down. “Trees on the streets, flooded buildings and flooded roadways were the main reasons for the operations,” they said.
A total of 324 operations were counted. 3300 personnel were on the move to help. The districts were particularly badly affected by the storm cells Braunau am Inn, Ried im Innkreis and Rohrbach.
- About the missions in detail: Thunderstorms with heavy rain and storms reached Upper Austria
In Aurolzmünster A tree fell on the railway line and the train service was temporarily cancelled. In Ried im Innkreis The fire brigade was called out after the roof of a boarding school was blown off by a gust of wind.
- Full details: Roof of the boarding school in Ried blown off by storm: “That could have ended badly”
Local hailstorms
In Micheldorf (Kirchdorf district) hailstones up to three centimetres in size were reported. In Aspach (Braunau district) more than 30 litres of water per square metre rained down on the earth within an hour. Numerous floods occurred. Storm peaks of 109 km/h were recorded in Wheat churches (Grieskirchen district) measured.
- Also read: What to do if you are caught in a thunderstorm outdoors
The extent of the damage cannot yet be quantified. According to initial information, no one was injured.
- Water masses: A video shows the extent of the heavy rain in Lambach
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