As reported, it was stormy in Austria on Tuesday. In Vienna, too, the gusts let off steam, so the professional fire brigade had their hands full. According to the balance sheet, the helpers had to move out for 70 storm missions by midnight.
From Tuesday noon the storm began to intensify, gusts of around 100 km / h (115 km / h were even at the Viennese anniversary waiting room) swept through the streets and made progress on foot a very difficult undertaking at times. Even some parked two-wheelers – whether motorized or not – could not withstand the force of the gusts and were knocked over. Danger also threatened from above, from branches, but also from loose roof shingles. “We had to go out for 70 additional missions in the course of the storm from noon to midnight,” a spokesman for the fire brigade told krone.at to summarize. Mostly it was a matter of “smaller missions”. The majority had to be worked off in the afternoon. Construction site parts, roof tiles, branches “We mostly had to move out to secure loose components on construction sites, as well as loose roof tiles that threatened to fall on the sidewalk and thus represented a possible danger for passers-by,” the spokesman continued. Even cracked branches often had to be removed. An operation that stood out had to be carried out at the courtyard in the city center. “The portal of a Christmas market offered the wind too much surface to attack and it overturned as a result. Fortunately, no visitors were in danger because the market is currently closed. ”The helpers were finally able to secure the portal.
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