1 dead in Romania in a powerful storm after intense heatwave
Flooding damaged buildings and vehicles in Bucharest as storms followed a heatwave that the World Health Organization said caused more than 1,300 excess deaths in Europe.
- A powerful storm struck Romania's capital overnight into Wednesday, killing one person when a tree fell on a car in Ganeasa and causing flooding across 20 counties.
- Following an intense heatwave gripping Europe, the National Meteorological Administration warned of 'atmospheric instability' that would bring torrential rains and thunderstorms. Temperatures were forecast to exceed 40 degrees Celsius .
- The storm impacted 60 localities, uprooting 988 trees and damaging 495 cars, according to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations . Emergency services pumped water from more than 350 houses and 100 streets.
- Rescuers deployed trucks, water pumps, and chainsaws from other counties to assist local crews after emergency services received more than 2,200 requests for help.
- Two people died in Austria and Romania following the storms and heatwave. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that high temperatures are a 'silent killer,' highlighting the broader European infrastructure challenge.
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1 dead in Romania in a powerful storm after intense heatwave
A powerful storm has struck Romania’s capital, killing one person and causing flooding in 20 counties.
The Inspector General for Emergency Situations (IGSU) arranged for a new additional force to intervene in Bucharest and Ilfov, in the context of the high number of missions generated by severe weather phenomena from Tuesday night to Wednesday.
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n1info.rsOne person was killed in a strong storm that hit Bucharest today, and dozens of houses and vehicles were damaged, local emergency services announced.
On Tuesday night towards Wednesday in the capital it rained in a few hours more than in a normal month, shows the ANM data. The most mute rained at the weather station Băneasa: more than 88 l/m. The storm affected road traffic, including public transport, fell trees, and the circulation at the subway is interrupted on Magistrala 1, ...
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