- Title: 418 AT Storm damage
- Date: 28th July 2020
- Description:Storm hits southern Austria causing extensive damage, 1000 firefighters brought in for support Approximately 1,000 firefighters were on duty yesterday afternoon after a heavy storm hit Styria, Austria. In the high winds and rain, trees fell across roads, power lines were brought down, roofs were damaged and streams overflowed their banks. Once again, Graz and the surrounding area - as well as the Radkersbrug area next to the Slovenian border - were particularly affected. In addition, around 5,000 households went without electricity for a short time and it still has not been completely restored. In Carinthia, a parked car of a couple from Holland was swept away by a mudslide and the two hikers managed to escape into a hut. In Bad Kleinkirchheim, also in Carinthia, houses had to be evacuated, while hailstorms have affected numerous farmland areas in Lower Carinthia. Shotlist - Firefighters removing damaged trees - Flooding - VS Broken trees - Tree on roof - SOUNDBITE (German) Herbert Buchgraber, Firebrigade Graz and surroundings: “It is the third time in one month that the surroundings of Graz were hit by severe storms. Trees broke, cellars were underwater and had to be pumped out, lightning struck a power line, 25 fire brigade units from the Graz surroundings are on-site at this moment." - VS Floods - Broken tree - SOUNDBITE (German) Martin Pain, Inhabitant Kaindorf: “The storm has already announced itself by becoming very dark, then during 10 – 15 minutes the storm came horizontally from there (showing), you could see the trees break immediately, and you saw how it crashed at 20-30 meters from here. It took 10-15 minutes only, then it was over.” - VS Floods - Sandbags protecting from floods
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:29/07/2020
- Decade: 2020s