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According to Sigitas Kazlauskas, a Lithuanian living in the Czech Republic, on the news program “Question of the Day”, the region that was devastated by a powerful element is the southeastern part of Moravia on the border between Austria and Slovakia.
“Storms are quite common there, they were also predicted this time. Maybe that’s why no one paid too much attention, because no one really expected such a whirlwind,” said S. Kazlauskas.
According to the interlocutor of the program, that whirlwind was part of a larger storm.
“There were strong gusts of wind in the surrounding regions, there was a lot of hail. I looked at pictures online, added rulers, chunks of hail, about nine inches wide. We can imagine the losses caused by (the element), ”said S. Kazlauskas.
The Czech Lithuanian read that the whirlwind itself had passed in a strip of about 10 km long between the cities of Hodonín and Bržeclav.
“It just came to our attention then. In that lane, three or four towns were the most affected. That area is not very mountainous. It is very beautiful there, it is called Czech Tuscany: hilly terrain. There is a wine-making center there,” he said. S. Kazlauskas.
There are dead people
The interlocutor of the program said that he read in the media about three dead people, up to ten are in serious condition, lying in the hospital.
“A total of 150 people were assisted by doctors. It is difficult to talk about material damage so far, it is already estimated at billions of crowns, which will probably be more than a few million euros. The promise is great, the roofs are torn off , I read that in some places even the floor was torn off, ”said S. Kazlauskas.
The interlocutor was interested in the intensity of the whirlwind before the show.
“According to preliminary estimates, on the five-point scale used by the United States, this is a Category 4 vortex. This means that the wind speed could reach 260 to 400 kilometers per hour,” said S. Kazlauskas.
Said he got lost Thursday night.
“Judging from the images, it was not very late, because it was still quite bright, maybe around eight at night, maybe a little earlier,” S. Kazlauskas said.
Some people still have no electricity, traffic is paralyzed
According to the interlocutor of the program, according to the latest data, about 75 thousand. homes, paralyzed part of the traffic.
“That place is in the triangle between the Czech Republic, Vienna in Austria and Bratislava in Slovakia. Brzeclav, the city that was hit by the whirlwind, is a huge railway junction, and there goes the highway from Brno to Bratislava with a branch to Vienna. It is completely closed, (…) because there are high-voltage lines on the road, which are now being removed, “said S. Kazlauskas.
According to him, some other roads would not go to the region, curiously closed.
“Even the Interior Minister said that the necessary emergency services should come first, because the traffic jams caused problems for the military, firefighters and doctors,” said S. Kazlauskas.
He said that he had read that this was the first whirlwind of this scale in the entire history of meteorological observations in the Czech Republic.
2004 There was also a whirlwind twisting and tearing several roofs in the same region, but many write that it is the first tornado of this magnitude in the Czech Republic. There is still a debate as to whether this is a consequence of climate change. Now climatologists in the Czech Republic say that this is not a consequence of climate change, it is simply a consequence of bad weather conditions, ”said S. Kazlauskas.
The Czechs will recover, but this year there will be no Czech wine
The interlocutor said that the region that was affected is no longer so big.
“The Czechs will recover soon. A special government fund has already been established, funds have been released and specialists are assessing the damage caused, which houses can still be saved and will need to be demolished. Red Cross, the Church collects donations, there are various groups on Facebook where you can donate to people.
Since that storm with gusts of wind and hail spread over a slightly larger area, it is likely to have greater economic consequences, as the region is a center for winemaking, destroying large areas of vineyards and equipment used by wine producers. wine. This year, there will probably be very little or no Czech wine, ”said S. Kazlauskas.
A hurricane is not a very exceptional phenomenon
Often when talking about this type of verse, people mix the terms tornado and tornado. Climatologist of the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service dr. Donatas Valiukas explained that it is the same. Only in North America are they called tornadoes, and in Lithuania they should be called hurricanes.
“I don’t know if you should be very surprised, sometimes there are such whirlwinds. The unstable atmosphere with high temperatures leads to the formation of such tornadoes. Hurricanes form during the hot period of the year, from May to the end of August. Now it is full. summer, “said D. Valiukas.
The climatologist emphasized that such phenomena are increasingly frequent in the course of climate change. According to him, there is usually a foreseeable possibility of a vortex or splinter occurring.
Also in this case it has been predicted that such a possibility exists, and care must be taken, but it is impossible to say where it can form. This is a very local phenomenon and lasts for a short time.
In this case, he passed through the village, beat and killed people, suffered losses. If it had been in an uninhabited area, it could have gone unnoticed, ”said D. Valiukas.
Love mountainous terrain
The climatologist said that whirlpools don’t like deserts because they like humidity. And here are the mountains that they love.
“They need a lot of heat, intense evaporation and then a storm cloud forms. They usually form in front of a thunderstorm cloud and there must be a very unstable atmosphere. This is warm air, rising, facing cold air at high altitudes, and it requires an unstable atmosphere, humidity and being very warm, and intense evaporation to take place, ”said D. Valiukas.
According to the climatologist, there are more reports of hurricanes in Lithuania, but this does not necessarily mean that there are more.
“Now there are other means: a person saw, took a photo with a mobile phone, sent a photo, previously there were no such opportunities,” said D. Valiukas.
One of the most powerful hurricanes in Lithuania occurred in 1981. In Širvintos, when there were deaths and buildings destroyed.
“Not long ago there was a mighty whirlwind in Šiauliai. It happens to us that foresters make losses, no matter how powerful they are, ”said D. Valiukas.
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