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Europe, which had a difficult time due to the heat wave surrounding the continent, is now struggling with the storm that is effective in the central and southern regions. Due to the severe storm, 6 people died on Corsica Island in France, 5 people in Austria and 2 people in Italy, and many injured. Photos from the region revealed the severity of the storm…
Europesevere central and southern regions of storm shot. FranceThe wind, whose speed reached 224 kilometers per hour in Corsica, located in the Mediterranean, damaged the houses while uprooting the trees.
A TREE OVERALL 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Authorities announced that a 13-year-old girl died when she fell over a tree at the campsite.
Similarly, while 1 more person lost his life, a 72-year-old woman died when the roof of her beach hut crashed into her car. A fisherman and a canoeist also died at sea.
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6 DEATH ON THE ISLAND
While the French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, who came to Corsica, announced the 6th death on the island, he did not give details. Minister Darmanin said that 20 people were injured, 4 of them seriously, and that it could be declared a natural disaster. Island residents, on the other hand, stated that no warning was given and that they were caught unprepared for the storm.
People trying to walk on flooded streets in France
While some areas in the south of mainland France experienced power outages, streets in Marseille, the country’s second largest city, were flooded.
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45 THOUSAND HOUSES WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
Witnesses of the storms claimed that they had not received any warning of the disaster and stated that they had never witnessed such a big storm.
According to the French power company EDF, about 45,000 households on the island were left without power due to the storms.
5 LOSS OF LIVES IN AUSTRIA
In the Carinthia region of Austria, a Central European country, 2 girls lost their lives as a result of the tree falling due to a storm near a lake. Subsequently, 3 more deaths were reported in the Lower Austrian region, again due to a falling tree.
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2 PEOPLE DIE IN ITALY
In Italy, located in the south of Europe, two people, a man and a woman, lost their lives, while severe storms knocked down trees at different points in Tuscany. It was learned that about 100 people were evacuated from their homes.
In Venice, where strong winds were affected, umbrellas in cafes were dragged to St. Mark’s Square, St. The bricks in the bell tower of St. Mark’s Basilica have been ripped out.
Seaside resorts in Tuscany and further north in Liguria were also hit by the storms. The moments when a Ferris wheel was damaged in a severe storm in Tuscany were also reflected on social media.
VINYL AND OLIVE GARDENS DAMAGED
Vineyards and olive groves were severely damaged by heavy hail and storms this year in Italy, which experienced its worst drought in 10 years.
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VERY RARELY SEEN IN SUMMER
It was learned that the winds in the Storm are the highest winds recorded in the region so far outside the European mountains.
Experts say that such strong winds are rare in the summer months.
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