Heavy Rain Within 15 Minutes Caused Havoc in Dalešice in the Jablonec Region. The Mayor Talks About the Massacre

Before 3 p.m., a band of storms passed through Dalešice in the Jablonec nad Nisou district in the Liberec region. In a short time, they left behind flooded gardens and several houses. Nine fire brigade units were on the scene. The mayor of the village, Hana Vélová (unemployed), speaks of a massacre. Strong gusts kept firefighters busy in the Hradec Králové region, where the wind broke trees. Firefighters were also pumping water from flooded cell…

Water from heavy torrential rain flooded several houses on Saturday afternoon, especially in the village of Dalešice near Jablonec nad Nisou. According to regional fire department spokeswoman Monika Tóthová, six houses were initially reported affected, but their number later increased to an estimated twenty to thirty. Nine fire departments are working on the scene to pump out the water. Firefighters also intervened in the Hradec Králové region. …

Hradec Králové - Strong storms that swept through the Hradec Králové region this afternoon broke trees and caused traffic problems in some places. Water from the torrential rain reached several houses. Firefighters had around 20 trips between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. due to the weather. This was told to ČTK by the spokesman for the regional firefighters, Radek Mencl. The most trips in the region were made by firefighters in the Jičín and Hradec K…

The storms that meteorologists warned about on Friday have arrived in Bohemia. Mud from the fields with two-centimeter hail flooded a part of Dalešice near Jablonec nad Nisou on Saturday afternoon. 20 to 30 houses were affected. In the Hradec Králové region, the storms broke trees and caused traffic problems in some places. Strong storms are also threatening the entire territory of the republic on Sunday, according to the current warning from me…

Natural hazards due to floods or storm damage occurred last year in Lower Saxony with the insurers. The amount of damage increased.

Hannover/Bremen (dpa/lni) – The insurance companies in Lower Saxony last year had to regulate more damage caused by storms, hail and floods than in the previous year. This is shown by an overview of the German Insurance Association (GDV), which the dpa has received in advance. The total insured natural hazard damage in the property and motor insurance in Lower Saxony amounted to 313 million euros, Jörg Asmussen, GDV's Chief Executive Officer. Ac…