Five people died and several roads and houses were damaged due to a strong storm. This occurred in the south of Poland, where the wind reached a speed of 155 kilometers per hour.
By the Observator editorial team on 01.04.2024, 22:12
Five people died after being hit by wind-blown trees, according to Reuters. In the town of Rabka-Zdroj, two adults and a child died after a tree crushed them, the fire department said. In Zakopane, a popular resort in the Tatra Mountains, a 23-year-old woman and a nine-year-old boy died in similar circumstances.
Strong wind in Poland
Firefighters had 140 interventions on Monday morning to remove the trees blocking the roads and to help the owners of houses with destroyed roofs, reported the local press, according to news.ro.
The gusts followed three days of unseasonably warm weather. On March 30, temperatures reached a new historical record for the month, reaching 26.4 degrees Celsius in the southern city of Tarnow, according to state news agency PAP.
Similar weather conditions – strong wind that follows unusually warm days – are also forecast for Romania in the following days.
Foreign News Observer
A storm that could also form in Romania wreaked havoc in Poland: 5 dead, after the wind tore trees from the ground
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