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There was no stone on the stone: terrible photos before and after the destruction!<
Video Destruction of the village of Hrušky from a drone: This is how a tornado destroyed a village in the Břeclav region - Blesk - David Malík"A tornado swept through the village, half of the village is razed to the ground, only the perimeter walls remain without roofs, without windows . The church has no roof, it is without a tower, cars were thrown into family houses, people had nowhere to hide," Deputy Mayor Mark Babisz described the terrifying scene.
The church seems to symbolically point to misfortune. The village of Hrušky is razed to the ground right from the church down. "The village practically does not exist from the church down. The school has no facade, no roof, I didn't even get to the kindergarten. Hundred-year-old lindens and spruces are uprooted, it's crazy," added Babisz. The wind also took the local hall with it. The tornado completely devastated the place.
The deputy mayor also pointed out a sad story. Although Hrušky fortunately does not record any deaths, many people lost their homes. Among them, a mother with a two-month-old baby. The whirlwind literally tore the roof off their house. "They had nowhere to go, they are with us," said Babisz.
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The situation continues to be critical, especially in the municipalities of Moravská Nová Ves and Lužice. In Hrušky, the situation is currently mostly stabilized and there is no threat of casualties. The South Moravian region, especially Břeclavsko and Hodonínsk, was hit by very strong storms with hail on Thursday evening, which destroyed houses, cars and greenery. A tornado also appeared.
According to initial information, the rescuers register up to 150 injured and several dead. Some villages remained cut off and people are being evacuated from damaged houses. There are over 40,000 places without electricity. Due to fallen electric cables, the D2 highway near Břeclav was impassable.
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Thank you for your attention to our coverage of the tornado in the south of Moravia and what the local people had to deal with. Let's recall the key information once more.
Video Destruction of the village of Hrušky from a drone: This is how a tornado destroyed a village in Břeclavsk - Blesk - David MalíkVideo A man filmed a tornado in Moravia from close range. - Police of the Czech Republic / resident of Lužice22:054. 7. 2021Almost 800,000 crowns were raised by today's benefit concert Evening of Good Will in Velehrad in the Uherskohradišť region. People could send donor text messages, the concert was broadcast by Czech Television and Czech Radio. The proceeds of the concert will go to the people of South Moravia, which was hit by a devastating tornado. The affected municipalities and their residents are also supported by various collections, in which a billion crowns have already been collected. The money from the Velehrad concert will also go to the Adiuvare Foundation, which supports the studies of young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, as well as people who have lost the money necessary to ensure basic life needs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Last year, almost half a million crowns were collected at the Velehrad benefit evening, but attendance was significantly limited last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. A maximum of a thousand people could sit in the courtyard in front of the Velehrad Basilica. This year, due to epidemic measures, up to 5,000 people could attend the concert. According to the secretary of the Days of People of Good Will, Josef Kořenek, the set number was not exceeded. The courtyard was mostly full, people watched and listened to the concert from the surrounding areas.
20:124. 7. 2021"Most of the territory of the damaged municipalities has already been cleared. The number of interveners will be reduced. In addition to almost 300 South Moravian firefighters, fire brigades from the regions of Středočeské, Pardubice, Vysočina, Olomouc and Zlín and the Rescue department of the HZS CR will continue to work at the site. In total, approximately 130 firefighters in the detachments," the South Moravian fire department said on Twitter.
18:374. 7. 2021!Trucks can transport construction materials to Břeclavsko and Hodonínsko even on days when they are not otherwise allowed on highways. They have an exemption, the Department of Transportation said.
"The law allows for an exception to weekend driving bans in the case of natural disasters, which is the case of the tornado in Moravia. The traffic police agrees with the opinion of the Ministry of Transport and trucks importing the necessary material for the restoration of damaged houses will not be fined," said Minister of Transport Karel Havlíček (for ANO).
17:284. 7. 2021The Hájks from Moravská Nová Ves planned to go on their honeymoon. But here they were destroyed by a tornado, which deprived them of everything. Instead of their dream honeymoon, they are now running around the house they recently built.
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15:464. 7. 2021Despite the original plans, the temporary parking lot for volunteers near Ladná in Břeclav will not be open on Monday and Tuesday. The cleaning of the fields is progressing quickly and only a few dozen cars were parked at the airport, so today the crisis team in Břeclav decided to end the operation of the parking lot and the mass collection of volunteers to places affected by the tornado. This was told to ČTK by Jiří Holobárdek from the Břeclav staff and confirmed by Alena Knotková from the regional office.
15:294. 7. 2021The first hours and days after the tornado resembled the villages in Podluží a dystopian landscape from a disaster movie. Tree stumps, debris in the streets, roof beams broken like matches, cars crumpled like cigarette boxes. Thanks to the feverish work of locals and volunteers, firefighters and the army, ten days after the natural disaster, the overall picture changed for the better. But the return to normal will be long.
Three villages and one township in the Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk now look more like one big construction site. Cars transporting rubble, wood and construction materials practically do not stop, there are slowly more people on the roofs than in the streets. Tents and temporary shelters, where volunteers meet at the food stalls, have a friendly atmosphere that somewhat resembles a festival town.
Even after ten days, a strong contrast between the narrow strip where the tornado passed and the surrounding area remains. A few hundred meters away, sunflower fields bloom, roadside cherries turn red and hikers pedal their bicycles. Around the affected villages, however, the fields are planed, the trees are broken and people do not think about trips.
The contrast is visible even within the municipalities. For example, a part of Moravská Nová Ves is practically undamaged, for example decorative cups were left on a slatted fence at one house. On the other side of the township, the wind tore off roofs and some fences were completely gone - including the one near the cemetery.
14:384. 7. 2021!People who lost a roof over their heads due to the tornado have offers of accommodation from nearby and more distant places. But most of them want to stay in their home village, where home repairs await them, or they have to build practically from the ground up. Mobile homes could serve as a temporary measure for the necessary time, governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) told journalists today.
The regional office has put together a catalog of different options, such as accommodation made up of cells or prefabricated houses. "It's always about price and quality. We have handed over to the municipalities what we have already processed, including the calculations, so that they can solve it with the citizens," said Grolich. After the long weekend, the region wants to find out exactly how many people will need long-term alternative accommodation.
Mobile housing can be placed directly in affected municipalities. It is not yet clear who will cover the costs, according to the governor, it will be decided individually. Municipalities that have an overview of the social situation and possibilities of their residents will have the main say.
"It is up to the agreement with the municipality if it will be paid for, or if it will be paid from what the families receive from public collections, for example, that is up to the solution of the specific cases," Grolich described.
The money from the collections should now gradually reach the families. Charities that have collectively raised over a billion are already going door to door giving "quick money" to start with. In the case of the Via Foundation, which also covers other collections, it is 150,000 crowns. Diocesan charity Brno gives 50,000 to 200,000 crowns depending on the state of damage to the house. In the second round, organizations will help families depending on how much they received from insurance companies, the state, or if, for example, they received some building materials for free.
13:414. 7. 2021!See what it looks like ten days after the devastating tornado in the municipality of Moravská Nová Ves and its surroundings. There are "blue roofs" everywhere, there is still a lot of debris in places.
13:274. 7. 2021South Moravian firefighters no longer need as much help as before. Therefore, many fire brigades and detachments are leaving the affected municipalities. This is what the departure of the Prague firefighters looks like.
13:184. 7. 2021A view from above revealed where the tornado was moving and how much damage it did. You can find more in the article and gallery.
13:004. 7. 2021!A group of firefighters from the Hradec Králové Region is leaving South Moravia. For more than a week, 140 volunteer and professional firefighters worked there. "Our mission is over, we're going home," the firemen wrote.
12:054. 7. 2021According to regional director Leoš Tržil, the police continue to count on checks, including at the exit from the villages, to prevent the removal of construction material.
Before the long weekend, the crisis staff feared an unmanageable rush of volunteers. But the situation is calm, there are not so many volunteers and they are disciplined. About 270 people spent the night in the tent cities.
"Anyone who is interested in coming can do so without any problem," said Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) after the crisis meeting. It is said that there is a job for everyone, traffic is already calm.
Volunteers, for example, clean the fields and vineyards, many help with home repairs by agreement with specific families. Demolition is already carried out mainly by firefighters with the help of the army and heavy equipment. 180 houses are slated for demolition in the entire area affected by the tornado. About 80 of them were demolished by the owners themselves, for another 27 the fire department received a request for demolition.
11:114. 7. 2021!Of the 180 houses slated for demolition after the tornado, people demolished 80 of them themselves. For another 27, firefighters received a request for demolition. Applications are accepted until Tuesday.
11:084. 7. 2021!The parking lot for volunteers near Ladná with shuttle service will remain in operation until Tuesday. From Wednesday, the police will allow entry into the villages. Volunteers are welcome.
10:164. 7. 2021!"God does not test us more than we can bear," said Brno auxiliary bishop Pavel Konzbul during the mass in Moravská Nová Ves.
Although the church has a preserved vault, the truss and roof were destroyed by the tornado. Some of the windows are broken, including the stained glass above the altar piece. The top of the tower disappeared, the clock stopped shortly before eight thirty, the time the tornado hit. Gone are the trees that surrounded the church. But the interior is preserved. The wood for the new roof is already stacked around the temple.
The church was filled with both locals, many in festive Sunday clothes, including children and the elderly, as well as some volunteers who wanted at least a peek into the damaged temple. Parish priest Marián Kalina said that in addition to building new roofs, it is necessary to think about building the community of the village and the parish.
“Most importantly, we must constantly build our interpersonal relationships and our relationship with God. These relationships are perhaps more vulnerable than they appear at first glance, the damage to them is often hidden," added Konzbul. The preaching in the church was supposed to give the faithful perseverance and strength, and warned against grumbling and envy.
9:524. 7. 2021!The church in Moravská Nová Ves, heavily damaged in the tornado, was filled with believers today for the first time during Sunday mass. The temple has no trusses, no roof, and no top of the tower.
9:204. 7. 2021!An artificially created tornado with the intention of harming the inhabitants? Even such conspiracy theories appear in connection with the events in South Moravia. Details in the article.
9:094. 7. 2021!The funeral of pregnant Martina (†32) was held in Prešov on Saturday. She was killed by a tornado, in three weeks she would have given birth to Daliborek. We provide details in the article.
8:544. 7. 2021!Farmers of the Association of the Agrarian Chamber and the Agricultural Union of the Czech Republic have so far collected over 1.5 million crowns in the collection for the victims of the tornado in South Moravia. Chamber spokeswoman Barbora Pánková told ČTK. The collection will last until the end of July, after which the money will be handed over to the most damaged municipalities. According to the vice-chairman of the Initiative for Agricultural and Food Enterprises and former Minister of Agriculture Jiří Milk, help would be faster if the hard-to-insure risk fund was functioning.
Farmers have also been involved in clean-up work in the affected areas, they have tractors with front loaders and other heavy machinery at their disposal, with which they can, for example, remove debris from damaged houses.
“Since Thursday evening, dozens of farmers have been helping the residents of the affected areas with debris removal and providing basic needs. "Hundreds and thousands more from all over the country are offering material and monetary help to affected colleagues so that they can restore their farms as soon as possible, take care of the crops in the fields and permanent crops and ensure adequate care for farm animals," added the president of the union, Martin Pýcha.
8:334. 7. 2021Central Bohemian firefighters worked hard again yesterday. In Hodonín, they dismantled sheet metal from the roofs and walls of buildings. "The work takes place at heights, so it is necessary for us to be secured. Height technology also helps us in our work," they added.
8:174. 7. 2021Prague firefighters will today reduce their forces and resources deployed in southern Moravia. "Our detachment is thus returning to Prague. The help of the HZS of the South Moravian Region is no longer needed in the current scope," they said on Twitter.
8:004. 7. 2021Good morning. Even today, in our online news, we will focus on the events in South Moravia, where a tornado swept through on June 24.
22:303. 7. 2021Thank you for your attention to our online broadcast about the tornado in southern Moravia and the disposal of its consequences. Saturday brought mainly a meeting of the crisis staff, after which Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) stated:
21:173. 7. 2021Musicians from the Czech Philharmonic and the Brno Philharmonic joined forces for the benefit of the municipalities affected by the tornado. At the chateau in Valtice, they played a benefit concert under the baton of Tomáš Netopil. At the beginning, the anthem was played, followed by the Spacírka from Antonín Dvořák's Slavonic Dances. The highlight of the program was Novosvětská by the same composer.
The tornado that swept through the villages in the south of Moravia last Thursday also affected some members of the Brno Philharmonic. One of them lives directly in Moravská Nová Ves, several others have relatives in the area, others volunteer to help clean up the aftermath.
Violist Pavel Nikl, one of those who performed today at Valtice Castle, belongs to the musicians who saw the devastation in Podluží with their own eyes. He is said to have convinced himself how powerful nature is when it decides to show its power. "We have one big and powerful weapon - and that is the human heart, which can be selfless, hardworking when needed," said Nikl before the concert.
The presenter Marek Eben guided the audience through the benefit evening, which was broadcast by Czech Television. In addition to television, interested parties could also watch it on the social networks of both orchestras. They contributed via donor SMS or directly to the collection account of the Via Foundation, where over 200 million crowns have already been collected for Moravia in the past few days. Another 2.5 million crowns were added during the TV broadcast of the concert, Eben concluded.
The elements also hit Valtice castle hard nine days ago. Hail damaged the roof and windows. So far, for example, the riding hall where today's concert was held has been put in order. Five dozen windows are glazed, the roof has a new covering. But there is still a lot of work to be done at the castle. "We had the windows repaired in the rooms through which the visitor circuit passes, the others are secured against leakage. "Unfortunately, the hail hit the castle from the west in the largest possible area," said Richard Svoboda, the castellan on Friday.
20:213. 7. 2021After the tornado, there are large landfills among the municipalities, you can find a lot of things in them. For example, a bicycle or a door, perhaps recently purchased. The counting monitor is no exception.
19:103. 7. 2021!Chief of South Moravian firefighters Jiří Pelikán also stated on Czech TV that on Friday there were still around 1,050 firefighters in the area, from tomorrow only around half of them should be here.
19:073. 7. 2021!Firefighters demolished three houses in the villages of Hrušky and Lužice on Saturday, Jiří Pelikán, commander of the South Moravian Region's fire department, said on Czech television. He also mentioned that the next demolition of 120 houses will take about 14 days. According to Pelikán, the locals demolished a third of the total of 180 houses designated for demolition. On Sunday, it will be the turn of two family houses in Hrušky.
18:213. 7. 2021See what it looks like at the castle in Valtice, which was destroyed by the hail that preceded the devastating tornado in the south of Moravia. Even a greenhouse covered with a tarpaulin.
17:553. 7. 2021Bad news for people in foreclosure. Even though they live in communities affected by tornadoes, they may lose money from collections. Denisa Rohanová, president of the Czech Association of Compulsory Workers, stated this for Radiožurnál. "They had no idea that the situation could turn out like this," said Rohanová, adding that 300 families - roughly 450 people - were involved.
16:503. 7. 2021"We are waiving not only taxes, but also administrative fees following the recent tornado in the South Moravian region. The law makes it possible to exempt from fees all actions related to entering the road vehicle register, issuing a registration plate or even donating a car to citizens in the affected municipalities," said Deputy Prime Minister of Finance Alena Schillerová (for ANO).
16:243. 7. 2021"Over the past four days, in cooperation with SDH Horní Měcholupa, we participated in liquidation work in the area affected by the tornado in Moravia. There was really a lot of work and we were very happy to help. We hope that the original life will soon be restored in the affected area," volunteer firefighters from Dolní Měcholup said on Facebook. "Furthermore, we would like to thank all the people who contributed to the collection for local residents, which was very quickly organized by our deputy mayor and TRIO MALÝ HÁJ. The selected items were handed over on the spot,” they added.
15:543. 7. 2021Technicians in Hrušky in Břeclavsk are building a giant screen on which people will be able to watch the evening quarter-final match of the European Football Championship Czech Republic - Denmark in Baku. They want to at least make the atmosphere a little more pleasant for the locals after the devastating tornado.
15:403. 7. 2021Blesk visited Břeclav and the village of Hrušky on Saturday. You can find a number of interesting photos in the article gallery, we publish some of them right here. In addition to the locals, catering firms also joined in the distribution of meals, chimney masters also came to help -
15:263. 7. 2021Dozens of volunteers signed up to clean up the area around Břeclav, they were brought to the area by buses.
15:103. 7/2021Healthcare workers in four villages affected by the tornado care for patients injured during construction and cleanup work. "In addition, we also deal with internal conditions, for example collapses or chest pains. Psychological problems are still current, and our interventions are available in this regard," Bothová described.
Health officials are urging anyone working in the tornado zone to wear appropriate clothing and sturdy footwear. They should also follow the drinking regime and take care of their own and others' safety, Bothová stressed.
Prague paramedics treated 419 patients in Moravská Nová Ves in the week after the storms and tornado. They mostly helped people with injuries from cleaning work and with problems caused by missing medicines. The Golem disaster truck remained in the township until Friday.
15:083. 7. 2021Rescuers from Zlín are helping again in the area affected by the tornado. They replaced the Prague rescue service with the Golem vehicle. Works in Moravská Nová Ves. A stationary infirmary and an exit group are on site, the spokeswoman for the South Moravian Rescue Service, Michaela Bothová, announced to ČTK.
A large-capacity Brno ambulance remains in Mikulčice, where people can come to be treated. There is also a trauma ambulance on site. The tent and equipment were lent by the Brno University Hospital. A rescue team is available.
14:323. 7. 2021!Prague firefighters managed to dig a dog out of the rubble in Moravská Nová Ves! "Wounded and exhausted, we handed him over to the vet," they said. Firefighters later added that the dog had not been in the wreckage for a week. "He was in the rubble for about a day, crawling in a collapsed house, and yesterday part of the rubble buried him," they added.
According to the commander of the volunteer firefighters of Prague Řeporyj, another dog led them to the trail. "Happy end of the day, the dog is whining by the pile of branches and the owner cannot be called away. So we go there and find his friend from the village," Pavel Novotný quoted the politician commander.
13:103. 7. 2021!Hetman Jan Grolich (KDU - ČSL) commented on the situation on social networks in more detail: "I consider it a big problem. I want to ask everyone to check if the message they are spreading is still up to date. It happens to us that, for example, a request for food deliveries appears on Facebook. This is solved with one phone call, but this outdated post "flies" in virtual space for three days. The worst part is that the people who reply to these posts and factually explain what the real situation is, are then attacked. There were also death threats. We must now also provide psychological help to people who manage the enormous workload here. So please check it out. As for food, thousands of portions are distributed daily in the affected areas. Both the municipality and the region are ready to pay for these meals, if they are no longer delivered free of charge for charitable reasons. So please don't spread out-of-date news, and especially don't attack the people who handle these requests," Governor Jan Grolich appeals to social media users.
12:523. 7. 2021People from municipalities affected by the tornado can apply for a subsidy to restore their homes from the ŽIVEL program announced by the Ministry for Regional Development. "The ministry's mobile teams came to the people on Saturday directly to the affected areas, where they help those interested in filling out the forms," said the mayor of Hodonín, Libor Střecha (Pro Hodonín).
People will receive subsidies of up to 2 million crowns, with the option of increasing them with a preferential loan of up to 5 million crowns, for the purchase of new housing or its reconstruction. Officials are at the Duhovka elementary school in Hodonín Bažantnice until 6 p.m. today.
12:453. 7. 2021!Craftsmen, the help of psychologists and lawyers and material to repair roofs are now needed by people in Stebno in Lounsk, which was hit by strong wind and hail a week ago. Today, several dozen volunteers are helping with the cleanup. There is a fear of rain, the roofs are covered only temporarily. Applications for state subsidies from the Živel program are filled out by clerks in a shelter in a village ravaged by a storm.
According to preliminary estimates, the damage is around one hundred million crowns. Soldiers with heavy equipment and volunteers have already cleared the rubble, blue tarpaulins have covered the roofs of houses. Tractors stand on the square and around the village near cut trees. After a week, many locals are tired and sad. "People are exhausted, the adrenaline worked for the first five days, but now the heavy equipment, firefighters, soldiers have left. It's quieted down, so it's starting to fall on them, they can't sleep," Luděk Prošek, who organizes the work of craftsmen, told ČTK.
The Ústí Region released 50 dryers from the central warehouse of humanitarian aid. Donors bring food and water to the village. "We are grateful for any help, but it is better to make arrangements in advance. Clothes and hygiene products are unnecessary. Building material is most suitable now. We have arranged an account at a sawmill in neighboring Blatno, where those interested can deposit an amount for specific things," Eliška Ratiborská, who coordinates the volunteers, told CTK. At the same time, she herself originally only came to help her grandparents, whose house was completely destroyed by the disaster. "People have come to me saying they want help, but they don't know how. So I set up an account and eventually became an intermediary for People in Need, who came with financial help," she said.
A group of motorcyclists went to Stebno today. "We came to contribute, not with work, but each with some financial amount," Bohumil Cikán told CTK. "Most people are from Prague, I'm from Chomutov, we agreed on a trip and to help specific people," he said.
12:323. 7. 2021!The South Moravian Region also warns against misinformation. He emphasizes that it is a good idea to verify all information.
12:233. 7. 2021One week after the tornado, the villages of Slovakia ravaged by the tornado commemorate anthills. Locals, volunteers from all over the country, firefighters, soldiers and rescuers are continuously and tirelessly clearing debris, transporting material and building even the first new homes!
Without respite, tirelessly and despite the unprecedented situation, as coordinated as possible. “Sure, a snag happens sometimes. We are not infallible. But it works," the deputy mayor of Moravská Nová Ves, Igor Antal, confided to Blesk, the phone glued to his ear. "Come, you will stay in the tent town that we will prepare for you," he welcomes a group of young people who came from Kyjovsk.
A total of over 500 temporary workers were said to be working in the town on Saturday. "It's impossible to count them," says the man from the town hall gratefully. Clouds of people work in Hrušky, just like elsewhere. No respite and no grumbling. In order not to linger, volunteer companies give them lunch right among the ruins. "Steak again," David, a massive wrecker who came from Karviná, mutters between bites. "They are amazing here," he says seriously. He sleeps on a train that Albert Fikáček's expedition team brought to the station.
11:543. 7. 2021!The situation in the municipalities affected by the tornado and the removal of damage are beginning to be complicated by social networks, where old news or requests and requests that have been resolved long ago are spreading. People from other places may therefore feel that the help on the ground is not sufficient. There are increasing aggressive reactions to the explanations of the people responsible, who are trying to put everything in perspective. According to Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL), there are even death threats.
"Those people who work here for several days at a time are threatened with death. This is happening. We have to provide psychological help even to those people who manage the biggest workload here," Grolich told reporters.
The Governor appeals to the public not to spread unverified and old news. It would also be good if people in the affected municipalities make specific demands primarily to the crisis teams, they say, most problems can be solved on the spot, or in district towns or at the regional level.
Grolich described a typical mechanism for spreading news on Facebook as, for example, someone asking for 400 portions of food for volunteers. In turn, there are 600 servings on the site, but the post continues to spread on the networks. At the same time, thousands of meals are given out in each village every day, Grolich emphasized.
Another nuisance are reports of theft in villages. "Until today, no such case has occurred," emphasized regional police director Leoš Tržil. "There are no reported thefts at all," Grolich added. No looting has been reported either.
Hetman regrets that the spread of old or false news on Facebook mostly affects people who are doing a good job on the ground. "If we've gotten to the stage where the people who depend on it need mental help, that's really bad. And it's just because of social media," Grolich concluded.
11:423. 7. 2021Several buses with volunteers left today from the detention parking lot near Břeclav. They drive them directly to the villages affected by the tornado. Fears about an unmanageable rush of volunteers, which were voiced before the long weekend, have not come true yet, there are several dozen cars in the parking lot, and there is still plenty of space.
The crisis team set up a parking lot at the airport in Ladná. The cars have license plates from different regions. ČTK volunteers unanimously described that they decided to help South Moravia after watching footage on television or on social networks. Mostly individuals or couples come.
The parking lot at the airport will be in operation over the weekend, the next coordination point is in the cultural center in Hodonín. "There are around 30 vehicles in Ladná, four buses left. In Hodonín, there is parking in various areas around the city, five buses left," said regional police director Leoš Tržil before 11:00.
11:323. 7. 2021About 90 percent of the territory of the municipalities affected by the tornado has been cleared of debris, beams, tree remains and other waste, the fire department reported today. Demolition of damaged buildings continues in Lužice and Hrušky, gradually the firefighters should carry out controlled demolitions also in Moravská Nová Ves and Mikulčice.
The lists are created based on the requests of citizens and mayors, Jiří Pelikán, director of the South Moravian fire brigade, told journalists. A total of more than 180 houses will go to the country. On Friday and Saturday night, firefighters, with the help of the army, transported rubble from intermediate dumps to three centrally designated storage facilities. The entire territory of the municipalities and their public spaces help the firemen to clean up rubble, remnants of demolition and wood from broken trees.
About 1,050 firefighters worked in the affected area on Friday. Their number will gradually decrease. "It is possible that this number will decrease by half, by a third," said Pelikán. A decision will be made today.
The police will probably start reducing the number of people in the field at the end of the long weekend. "Even in the future, guarding will be carried out at night, traffic regulation during the day as well as, after agreement with the mayor, regulation of entry into municipalities," said regional director Leoš Tržil.
11:073. 7. 2021!About 90 percent of the area of the affected municipalities has been cleared of debris, tree remains and other waste, the fire department informed. Demolition of damaged buildings continues. Volunteers came to the affected villages and received a bracelet, food and drink. They are then delivered by buses to the designated locations.
10:073. 7. 2021!Volunteers from the detention parking lots will be taken to the municipalities by buses of the Brno transport company.
9:483. 7. 2021Post-traumatic care members took turns in South Moravia yesterday. "They will be in the village of Hrušky again. After the evening handover, they are already working on site. We are still here for you," PsychoHasič said on Twitter. The Prague fire department still has its own unit on site, which is helping with the aftermath of the tornado. Psychologists then try to help affected citizens.
9:353. 7. 2021Tomas Cabal, an employee of the Keller company, which provided him with a machine called a bobek, is not missing among the hundreds of helpers in the municipalities affected by the tornado. "I'm where I'm needed," said Tomáš, who currently works in Hrušky.
8:513. 7. 2021The parking lot for volunteers near Břeclav is half-empty today around 8:30 a.m., there are about 30 cars. Fears about an unmanageable rush of volunteers in the tornado zone, which were voiced before the long weekend, have thus far not come true. Even in the affected municipalities, there were no serious traffic problems in the morning, police spokesman Pavel Šváb told ČTK.
The crisis team set up a parking lot at the airport in Ladná. For now, a few dozen cars with registration plates from different regions are standing on the vast grassy area. Workers on site give people volunteer ribbons. If they don't bring their own, they also get gloves, some drinks and food. Prepared buses will then take them to places where volunteers are most needed. So far, about 30 people have left in this way.
The crisis team does not want volunteers to drive cars directly into the villages. They would thus block roads for IZS components, which must remain passable. Traffic is controlled by the traffic police on site.
Volunteer work is now most needed in the clearing of debris and waste in fields, vineyards and public spaces. Affected municipalities and their residents are mainly in demand for craftsmen - tinsmiths, masons or roofers, if possible with their own tools.
8:303. 7. 2021Death came instead of a 65th birthday celebration. Milan (†65) died in his beloved dog park in Pánov during a devastating tornado. A few hours later, his two-year-old granddaughter also died. The family is now preparing the funeral. You can read about the tragedy here.
8:253. 7. 2021Good news came yesterday evening. Fourteen-year-old Silvie, who was riding in a bus overturned by a tornado on June 24, woke up. She was in critical condition when taken to a hospital in Vienna. The family has now released a video in which the girl describes how she doesn't know when she'll come home yet, but she definitely will.
7:523. 7. 2021Five dozen windows in the riding hall of the castle in Valtice in the Břeclav region are glazed, the roof has a new covering. A week ago on Thursday, the castle was damaged by a hailstorm that preceded the tornado in the Břeclav region. The work progress was described by castellan Richard Svoboda. Despite the damage caused, the castle remains open to visitors seven days a week, and there is no danger to people visiting.
"We replaced the covering in the stable and had the windows glazed. There are about fifty of them, and the glazing alone cost 60,000 crowns," said Svoboda.
The hail damaged the castle on the west side, the roofs covering an area of about one hectare need repair, the bags will need to be rearranged or replaced. The roof is currently waterproofed, but repairs have not yet begun.
"We also had the windows repaired in the rooms through which the visitor circuit passes, the others are secured against leakage. Unfortunately, the hail hit the castle from the west in the largest possible area," noted the castellan. The glazing of the windows had to be interrupted because the glazier ran out of material and was waiting for its delivery.
7:003. 7. 2021Welcome back to online news about the aftermath of the tornado in southern Moravia and the recovery of the region.
The South Moravian Region is expecting an influx of volunteers over the coming long weekend. Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) asked them to arrange their own accommodation outside the affected area. Tent cities will be created in the municipalities, but their capacity is minimal, Grolich said today after the meeting of the crisis team.
The help of volunteers will be needed over the weekend, especially outside the villages in the areas where the tornado left a large amount of waste. Parking lots will be prepared for them in Břeclav or Hodonín, they will be transported to the damaged villages by buses of the Brno transport company. Traffic will be organized by the police.
23:102. 7. 2021We have an overview for you of what Friday brought in the area in southern Moravia affected by the tornado:
The online broadcast is over for today, we will log in again on Saturday morning with fresh news.
22:282. 7. 2021A Carmina Burana benefit concert was held in front of the Janáček Theater in Brno. Proceeds from the concert will go to the municipalities that were hit by the tornado.
19:342. 7. 2021A ten-year-old boy from Moravia should have behaved heroically, protecting his three-year-old sister with his own body when a tornado struck! “When it was all over, he packed up his things for himself, his sister and his mother and took them all away. In the team, we agreed that it is for some kind of award," the psychologist of the Prague fire department, who calls himself PsychoHasič on the social network, said on Twitter.
18:382. 7. 2021Damage removal after the tornado continued in the municipalities of Lužice and Mikulčice in the Hodonín region. Mikulčice was visited by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Minister of Transport, Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček on Friday.
18:302. 7. 2021Prague paramedics treated 419 patients in Moravská Nová Ves in the Břeclav region in the week after the storms and tornado. They mostly helped people with injuries from cleaning work and with problems caused by missing medicines. Jana Poštová, spokeswoman for the Prague rescue service, told ČTK. A dozen Prague rescue workers in Moravská Nová Ves helped with the mass casualty truck Golem, they left the village on Friday.
Paramedics from Prague went to the affected area on Friday night, a storm with hail and a tornado hit Břeclavsko and Hodonínsko on Thursday evening. They claimed six lives, injured dozens of people and destroyed 1,200 houses. In Moravská Nová Ves, after the departure of the Prague paramedics, a replacement station will be created, where paramedics will take care of any other injured people, said the spokeswoman of the South Moravian rescue service, Michaela Bothová, on Thursday.
Of the 419 treated, only a few dozen ended up in hospital, Poštová said. "The vast majority of cases were solved by rescuers on the spot," she added.
18:282. 7. 2021On Friday, the mobile team of officials of the State Investment Support Fund (SFPI) accepted 50 applications for subsidies for housing renovation from the Živel program in the village of Hrušky. People were well informed by the mayor about the possibility to come and fill out the form with the help of state officials, they were waiting for their arrival. Karolína Smetanová, director of SFPI's communications department, told ČTK. In the following days, the mobile team will head to other communities that were hit by the tornado.
According to Smetanová, SFPI officials had created a workplace in the elementary school in Hrušky, they were there from 1:00 p.m. Eight workers arrived and all helped people fill out applications. They had prepared forms with them, people proved themselves with an identity card or a replacement document. At the same time, they knew that they should have photo documentation stored in their mobile phone.
According to Smetanová, the most frequent question and a kind of concern was that the amount of the subsidy should not be reduced by the insurance premium. "We assured everyone that the amount of restoration costs is the deciding factor," she said. Minister for Regional Development Klára Dostálová (for ANO) said earlier that the program is intended for both insured and uninsured people. If the applicant has a property insured for, for example, two million and the damage to the house is four million, he will receive a subsidy of two million crowns for the insurance. People without insurance are entitled to a subsidy of two million crowns and a preferential loan of two million crowns.
18:082. 7. 2021"As of today at 10 a.m., we have reported a total of 1,540 individual claims (from UNIQA and AXA contracts, which is already part of the UNIQA group) in the total estimated amount of 225 million crowns. It is evident from this that the damage is increasing more slowly," said the UNIQA insurance company in an official statement.
"We have information that the vast majority of our clients' claims have already been examined and forwarded to the calculation of insurance benefits. For some damage, clients requested a later inspection, so technicians will continue to work on weekends and holidays in the affected area to complete the inspections. Of this number, there are 950 damages incurred on insured cars of UNIQA clients, which are handled by accident insurance (since yesterday, 50 newly reported damages have been added). Their total amount is about 48 million crowns. The average damage to the vehicle is still estimated at 50,000 crowns," the insurance company's statement continues, adding that a large proportion of the damage to cars is from the areas hit by the tornado. However, the insurance company also handles damage to cars in other parts of the Czech Republic that were hit by strong storms.
17:292. 7. 2021Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček (for ANO) want to negotiate again with representatives of insurance companies about the way in which they assess the damage caused by the tornado in South Moravia. On Friday, they visited the affected areas and met, among other things, local businessmen. According to them, insurance companies should be more generous in some cases. They told reporters while visiting the affected area. In an interview with Rádio Impuls, Prime Minister Babištaké stated that he still wants to discuss the possibility of increasing the direct subsidy by two million for disabled residents.
"We met with a businessman who lost his pub and his house, he was insured for natural disasters up to eight million, but for windstorms only up to a million. In our opinion, the tornado should be assessed as an natural disaster, but for him, the situation was assessed (representatives of the insurance company) like a whirlwind and will only pay him a million crowns. We spoke with representatives of the association of insurance companies on Monday and they assured us that they would be generous. However, it does not look like that in this case, they should be more generous," noted Havlíček.
He added that immediate assistance of up to one million is intended for all entrepreneurs. The government is also preparing investment support for damaged properties of entrepreneurs up to 35 million crowns, and at the same time it will launch a loan program mainly for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs up to 45 million crowns with a zero interest rate.
17:122. 7. 2021Removal of damage caused by the tornado continued in the Hodonín part of Pánov.
16:282. 7. 2021In Moravská Nová Ves, the firefighters from the Pardubice region are still helping out, helping on the spot with cleaning the yards and gardens of damaged houses, repairing houses, but also with demolitions.
16:122. 7. 2021The police have published information on the Twitter social network for all volunteers who want to use the long weekend to help in Břeclavsk. "A parking area at the airport in Ladná is prepared for volunteers heading to Břeclavsko. In Hodonín, aid is coordinated from the logistics center in the cultural center there," the police said, adding that shuttle buses would transport volunteers to the villages.
15:542. 7. 2021!Silvie (14), who was seriously injured by the tornado, finally woke up from her artificial sleep! The girl was traveling by bus from Hodonín home to Moravská Nová Ves when this terrible natural disaster hit South Moravia. Silvie suffered serious injuries and was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Vienna.
More in the article: HERE!
14:482. 7. 2021Soldiers help with trash removal and tornado damage disposal day and night. The army plans to send additional reinforcements to the site.
14:422. 7. 2021Envious glances, gossip and spying, how many times has one of the neighbors gone for water, food or washing powder. Eva Mikulčič, a resident of Tornado-ravaged Mikulčič, described such a situation on social networks. Other local residents have the same experience. And others are therefore already afraid to come for help, which is prepared in great numbers. What does psychologist Alexandra Hrouzková say about the situation? You can read about it here.
14:262. 7. 2021A devastating tornado also caused damage in the Kapřisk industrial zone in Hodonín.
14:012. 7. 2021South Moravian firefighters are moving to another house written off for demolition. This time in the village of Hrušky.
13:522. 7. 2021"Companies and the self-employed from the south of Moravia and Louńska will not pay penalties for late levies, so they can postpone the payment of insurance premiums until the end of the year," said Minister of Labor Jana Maláčová.
13:372. 7. 2021President Miloš Zeman thanked Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, other statesmen and Pope Francis for their solidarity in connection with the consequences of the recent tornado in southern Moravia. Prague Castle announced the letters on its website today.
Zeman wrote to Čaputová that he thanks her for her solidarity with the Czech citizens who were hit by the tornado. "Many of them have lost loved ones, dozens of people have been injured, and even more have lost their homes," he said. He appreciated the huge wave of solidarity and help that Slovakia immediately provided, as well as the involvement of units of the Slovak rescue system in the rescue work.
13:182. 7. 2021South Moravian Governor Jan Grolich called on volunteers on Twitter to park at Břeclav Airport or Hodonín parking lots.
13:092. 7. 2021Employers will be able to apply for the short-time program electronically as well as on paper, as the internet is not working in the affected areas. According to Kateřina Štěpánková, deputy of the Ministry of Employment, the labor offices are sending mobile teams to the field, which will inform about short-term work support and help, if necessary, with processing. The electronic system should be ready by July 12 at the latest, added Štěpánková.
The company submits an application and the labor office signs an agreement with it. The employer sends a statement of earnings and compensation to the officials. He can hand it in before he is paid, so he gets the money in advance.
12:582. 7. 2021Firefighters continue to demolish destroyed houses in the municipalities in the south of Moravia, which were most affected by the tornado.
12:432. 7. 2021Labour Minister Jana Maláčová added to short-term work for people affected by the tornado that not everyone will automatically receive five weeks of support. "It does not mean that everyone will automatically be entitled to support for five weeks. It will depend on wage compensation. Someone will draw for two weeks, someone for two days," specified the minister. The state will cover labor costs for the time when people cannot do their jobs due to obstacles.
12:222. 7. 2021The damage caused by the tornado that hit Hodonín and Břeclav a week ago corresponds to the strength of F4. The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ) stated this today in a preliminary report on the assessment of this exceptional phenomenon. In this category, the wind reaches a speed of approximately 267 to 324 kilometers per hour. Meteorologists initially estimated the strength of the wind vortex to be F3. A tornado exceeding the power of F3 has not yet been recorded in the Czech Republic.
The speed of a tornado cannot be measured, so its strength is measured by the damage it causes. "On the basis of an aerial and ground survey and subsequent consultation between experts on the materials obtained about the damage caused, the tornado was assigned category F4," stated the ČHMÚ.
12:122. 7. 2021South Moravian Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) asks volunteers who are going to come to help places affected by the tornado on the long weekend to secure their own accommodation somewhere outside the affected area. "Tent towns will be created in the municipalities, but their capacity is minimal," the governor said today after the meeting of the crisis staff.
"We still have no idea how many people will come here. But even if it were 5000 volunteers, it is similar to the attendance of a music festival. Just like you can't even organize a music festival in two days, we also can't provide facilities for such a large number of people," emphasized the governor. He added that it is not possible to occupy the leadership of the affected municipalities with such matters more than necessary.
12:072. 7. 2021"Today, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is launching a short-time work program for the damaged south of Moravia and Lounsko," said Minister of Labor Jana Maláčová. The state will pay the earnings from it from 6/25 to the end of July.
11:422. 7. 2021Collections to help South Moravian municipalities, to which people have already contributed over a billion crowns, represent, according to available information, the highest amount collected in collections after a natural disaster in the Czech Republic.
11:192. 7. 2021Firemen continue to demolish destroyed houses in the south of Moravia.
11:172. 7. 2021Prague 6 will send another 1.8 million crowns to four municipalities in the south of Moravia that were destroyed by a tornado last week. It was approved by the municipal council at an extraordinary meeting today. Together with the 200,000 crowns that the councilors have already approved, Prague 6 will send two million crowns to Moravia, i.e. half a million to each municipality. The deputies could approve further help after the holidays. Monetary donations were also approved by the municipality and other city districts.
The aid will be sent to the municipalities of Hrušky, Moravská Nová Ves, Lužice and Mikulčice. The secretary of the municipal district, Jan Holický, said at the meeting that, for practical reasons, the town hall agreed with the towns of Břeclav and Hodnonín, with whom it negotiated donation contracts and which will forward the money to the municipalities, to mediate the donation. The sending of money was supported by all representatives present and connected online.
Pirate representative Eva Tichá said at the meeting that the district should consider sending the donation to other places as well. She mentioned the settlement of Pánov on the outskirts of Hodonín, where, according to her, the damage was also great and two people died there. "All the houses were damaged, some were practically razed to the ground," she said. According to her, the village of Stebno in the north of Bohemia would also deserve help.
11:062. 7. 2021!According to the current findings of the fire department, 1,202 buildings were damaged after the tornado, and 180 houses are slated for partial or complete demolition. Some houses have already been demolished by people.
10:542. 7. 2021The Mayor of Brno, Markéta Vaňková, appreciated that almost all municipal companies in the affected areas in South Moravia are helping.
"Teplárny and SAKO contributed half a million crowns each, and at the same time both provided material aid, SAKO and their volunteers. The transport company imported the first batch of food on Friday morning and continues to import food. Now, over the weekend and holidays, he will move volunteers from the detention parking lot to their destination. The forests of the city of Brno provided wood for the new roofs, and Technical Networks Brno helped in determining the statics of the electricity pylons," said Vaňková.
10:262. 7. 2021To date, a billion has been collected in collections for the municipalities affected by last Thursday's tornado. The most money is apparently in the Brno Diocesan Charity account, to which people have so far sent 247 million crowns. For example, the collection account of the Via Foundation crossed the 200 million threshold this morning, and the account of the People in Need organization has 136.5 million crowns. The Czech Red Cross is approaching 100 million. This follows from the data on the websites of the organizations that organize the collections, and from the statements of the representatives of these organizations to ČTK.
The money in the accounts increased the fastest immediately after the disaster and after the weekend, when the transactions from the days off were loaded. Already at the beginning of the week, the collection accounts had a total of around 850 million. Since then, the money has been increasing more slowly. The amount collected, albeit in smaller amounts, grows steadily, for example, on the donio.cz portal, through which people donate to specific families.
10:052. 7. 2021Ten million in aid to South Moravian municipalities that were hit by a tornado last Thursday was approved today by Brno representatives at an extraordinary meeting. The municipality will send the money to the fund collection account announced by the South Moravian Region. Brno will also supply food to the components of the Integrated Rescue System of the South Moravian Region, representatives approved. Mayor Markéta Vaňková (ODS) also appreciated the help of city companies and the city police, who always have at least 16 policemen on site.
Food supply includes delivery of packaged baguettes and cooked lunches. "For the delivery of baguettes, we expect the total amount to be a maximum of one million crowns, we will see how much is needed. We deliver approximately 600 pieces per day, but this may change. At the same time, we deliver hot food from one school canteen, which is ready to cook all summer, again as needed. We expect a maximum amount of approximately 1.2 million crowns," said Vaňková.
9:482. 7. 2021The first demolition of an apartment building and a health center started this morning in Lužice in Hodonín, damaged by storms and tornadoes. In the afternoon, they will probably demolish the family house in Hrušky in the Břeclav region. Firefighters' spokesman Jaroslav Mikoška told journalists on the spot. According to the spokesman, so far around 170 buildings in the affected municipalities are slated for demolition.
“It is the first demolition that we have under our control and for which we have allocated forces and resources. We were able to set aside enough heavy equipment thanks to the progress of liquidation work," said Mikoška. According to the spokesman, approximately 20 firefighters and 14 pieces of equipment are involved in the demolition. However, it is possible that due to the amount of construction rubble, the firefighters will have to call in additional heavy equipment.
9:382. 7. 2021The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute issued a preliminary report on the evaluation of the tornado in the south of Moravia.
"The first supercell passing through South Moravia created a devastating tornado in Břeclavsk at approximately 19:10 local time. "Research is currently underway to determine why only one of several supercells in the area produced a tornado and whether it is possible to gain information from this experience that will help us refine predictions of dangerous events," the meteorologists wrote in the report.
The document also included a picture showing a map of the damage caused by the tornado.
9:252. 7. 2021The storm and tornado in Lužice in the Hodonín region also destroyed the railway station, leaving the dispatcher's emergency workplace without a roof. "Damage to the station is worth tens of millions of crowns," Jiří Svoboda, Director General of the Railway Administration, told ČTK on the spot today.
"In Lusatia, damage to the railways is in the order of tens of millions of crowns, the biggest damage is to the traction lines. Rather, they relate to the outside of the station. The main building is in relatively good condition, the dispatcher's emergency workplace is without a roof," Svoboda described.
9:192. 7. 2021Minister of Transport Karel Havlíček, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and the General Director of the Railway Administration (SŽDC) came to see the railway station in Lužice in Hodonínsk, which was hit by a devastating tornado last week.
9:092. 7. 2021Members of the Central Bohemian fire brigades left by bus from the Říčany station to Podivín, where they will replace their colleagues stationed in Hodonín.
8:452. 7. 2021Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) and Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havlíček (for ANO) arrived in Lužice.
8:142. 7. 2021The emergency medical service of the South Moravian Region thanked all the volunteers and the surrounding regions that sent help. The areas affected by the tornado are now struggling to clean up the damage and debris left behind by the tornado.
7:502. 7. 2021Remember how the Governor of the South Moravian Region, Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL), not only supports all those affected by the devastating tornado, but also thanks everyone for the wave of solidarity that rose almost immediately exactly one week ago after the rampage of the destructive element.
7:172. 7. 2021Kroměřiž donates 800,000 crowns to the municipalities in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk which were hit by a storm and tornado last week. It was unanimously approved by the city councilors at their extraordinary morning meeting today. The town hall will divide the money equally between Hrušky, Moravská Nova Ves, Mikulčice and Lužice, so each of the municipalities will receive 200,000 crowns.
"It was discussed with the mayors of individual municipalities," Mayor Jaroslav Němec (Independent) told the representatives.
On Thursday, the city transported material aid to people damaged by the tornado to the central aid warehouse in Hodonín. There were things in the car that were donated by the residents of Kroměříž. Among them, for example, the necessary tools and construction materials, such as nails, drills, glues, sealants, tarpaulins, wheels and tiles, as well as medicines, extension cables, buckets or brooms. Volunteer firefighters from Kroměříž also helped at the scene of the accident this week.
6:472. 7. 2021On Thursday, a devastating tornado swept through southern Moravia, leaving behind only a terrible devastation. In addition to devastated cities and damaged houses, the natural disaster also claimed human lives. In the house in Pánov, grandfather Milan died after the roof collapsed, and his daughter Eliška and her grandchildren were left under the rubble. The youngest girl later succumbed to her injuries in hospital. More info.
6:302. 7/2021Good morning, residents of tornado affected areas can apply for grants and soft loans to rebuild their homes starting today. The Živel program was prepared by the Ministry for Regional Development (MMR) with the State Investment Support Fund (SFPI), which will accept applications. People will be able to get a subsidy of up to two million crowns and another three million in the form of a preferential loan. The money is intended for the repair, construction or acquisition of another property. In the case of new construction, people are entitled to an advance subsidy of half a million crowns. Mobile teams of officials will help fill requests at the scene of a natural disaster.
22:341. 7. 2021The online broadcast is over for today, we will log in again on Friday morning with fresh news.
22:111. 7. 2021"Tomorrow, at an extraordinary meeting of the council, we will discuss additional financial aid to South Moravian municipalities that were swept away by a tornado last week," informed the mayor of Prague 6 Ondřej Kolář.
21:591. 7. 2021Images from Thursday's damage removal in the affected municipalities.
21:461. 7. 2021The state will contribute to wages for employers in the south of Moravia and Lounsk damaged by strong storms. The government got acquainted with the project of the Ministry of Labor today. "If both employers and employees were not provided with assistance, the ability of employers to keep existing jobs, but also the ability of employees to keep their current jobs, would be significantly threatened," the Ministry of Labor said in the documents for the proposal.
21:251. 7. 2021Today, the army sent more soldiers with engineering equipment to South Moravia. At the same time, she tried to explain how such help works.
21:081. 7. 2021Demolition of the first building controlled by the fire department will begin on Friday in Lužice in Hodonínsk. Jaroslav Mikoška, spokesman for the South Moravian fire department, told ČTK today. Demolition work is expected to begin around 9:30 a.m. Some houses were already demolished by people with their own help and they did not wait for the fire brigade's heavy equipment. Storms hit Břeclavsko and Hodonínsko last week. They destroyed 1,200 houses and claimed six lives.
Initially, it was expected that the firefighters would not start tearing down the damaged and unstable houses until next week. "Due to the release of forces and resources, we will start demolition work on the first building in the affected area on Friday morning. It will be a building in the center of Lužice. The preliminary opening is planned at 9:30 a.m.," said Mikoška.
20:141. 7. 2021South Moravian firefighters canceled their morning call regarding refrigerators. The volunteers provided the necessary number of appliances within a few hours. "Thank you for responding quickly to our request and getting back to us with a great offer of refrigerators," the fire department tweeted shortly after 8 p.m.
19:511. 7. 2021Today, at 19:00, the railway administration resumed traffic on both tracks between Hodonín and Břeclaví, which was interrupted by a tornado and storms a week ago. Radka Pistorius, spokeswoman for the Railway Administration, told ČTK. Since Tuesday, there has been one track. The operation is provided by diesel locomotives.
Břeclavsko and Hodonínsko were hit by storms, hail and tornadoes a week ago. They claimed six lives and destroyed 1,200 houses, but also the traction lines on the railway line and the top of the track. "The gates of the traction line and the traction poles were destroyed, we still have to restore everything. However, we managed to clear everything and traffic is ensured in the place with the help of diesel locomotives," said Pistorius.
18:591. 7. 2021Up to 1,000 soldiers with the necessary equipment can help with liquidation work in villages damaged by tornadoes and storms in the South Moravian and Ústí Regions. It was approved by the government at today's meeting, Minister of Defense Lubomír Metnar (for ANO) reported on Twitter. The cabinet order is valid until the end of August. Until now, the army could only participate in rescue work, part of the mentioned thousand soldiers participate in them.
"The government has approved a regulation enabling, in the event of a request from the region or the integrated rescue system, to intensify the deployment of the army during the liquidation of the consequences of a tornado and a windstorm. We already have over 200 soldiers deployed in South Moravia, and in the future it can be up to 1,000 soldiers with the necessary equipment," said Metnar.
18:411. 7. 2021Employers from the damaged south of Moravia and from Lunsk could be covered by the state until the end of July. In advance, he could provide them with money for wages, salaries or compensation for employees who cannot work in the affected operation, have to do other work due to the consequences of a natural disaster or are cleaning up damage at home. The proposal of the short-term work program prepared by the Ministry of Labor takes this into account. It was called Tornado. The government could approve it today.
18:011. 7. 2021The people whose houses were destroyed by the tornado have done a huge amount of work. A week after the natural element struck, the inhabitants of the affected villages breathe life again. A catastrophic event has left people reeling. Even those who were at odds even found their way to each other.
Pavel Číž (53), who trains football players in Hrušky, noticed this. "No envy. Everything disappeared! Unreal thing. Everything goes sideways. Even those who were at odds or quarreled before are now friends. Misfortune cements. The goodness between people can be seen at every step. You're just amazed," observed Mr. Číž.
There is still a lot of work to be done in the places where Thursday's tornado swept through. In Hrušky, huge machines rumble and volunteers from all over the country work. "Whoever has hands and feet gets involved. I did not expect such help. And they don't let up, I'm just amazed," added Mr. Číž with admiration and gratitude.
16:331. 7. 2021The South Moravian firefighters have appealed to the public - they are looking for refrigerators for temporary facilities that are used by workers in the affected areas. People who would like to provide an appliance can apply to the e-mail krizovy.stab@firebrno.cz.
16:211. 7. 2021Insurance companies have reported 31,700 claims for four billion crowns from the storms that hit the country last week. They paid out 193 million crowns to clients. ČTK reported about it today, the Czech Association of Insurance Companies.
The tornado in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk caused 13,400 insurance claims for three billion crowns. Insurance companies paid out 136 million CZK to the disabled. A total of 25,000 events were caused by the elements from the insurance of citizens and 5900 from the insurance of entrepreneurs. Both types of insurance account for damage of two billion crowns.
16:061. 7. 2021People affected by the tornado in South Moravia are asking the state enterprise Lesy České republiky (LČR) primarily for financial assistance. Of the applications received so far, it was about 80 percent. The company reimbursed the applicants for the first 400,000 crowns on Wednesday. People can request a donation of 100,000 crowns or up to 50 cubic meters of wood for a new roof. Company spokeswoman Eva Jouklová told ČTK today. The company owns almost half of the country's forests.
“We have received almost 200 applications and more are coming. We are concluding contracts and have already sent money to the first four applicants. In the forests, ten- to twelve-meter spruce logs are being prepared for new rafters. We are doing everything we can to improve the situation of the people affected by the tornado," said the CEO of Lesů ČR Josef Vojáček.
15:581. 7. 2021Help due to the ravages of natural elements is not only needed in the south of Moravia, but also in the north of Bohemia. Although the formation of a tornado was not confirmed there in the end, even such a strong storm caused great material damage. Residents of Podbořansk, where the incident took place, can now rely on the help of the fire department.
Their post-traumatic team goes around the residents of Stebno, Blatno, St. Petersburg and Lužice and offers people psychosocial help, as the firefighters said on Twitter.
15:391. 7/2021Homes that have been damaged by a tornado or storm and are being repaired by the owners should have their chimneys checked as soon as possible. The Břeclav crisis team therefore compiled a list of chimney sweeps that it made available to the affected municipalities, it can also be found on the city's Facebook profile.
"Now, of course, no one needs heating, the problem would only arise in the fall. Chimneys on damaged roofs may be damaged or blocked, thus posing a threat to people," pointed out the mayor of Břeclav Svatopluk Pěček (ANO). The city's crisis team has therefore provided the management of Hrušek and Moravská Nové Ves with a list of contacts for chimney companies that can check chimneys.
15:351. 7. 2021Not only a tornado, but also a strong storm accompanied by hail caused damage in Břeclav last week. The damage to the city's property reached seven million crowns, and the dormitory in which 31 people lived, including children, was also destroyed, Břeclav Deputy Mayor Jakub Matuška (Young and Restless) said at a press conference today.
"Hrušky and Moravská Nová Ves were the most affected by the tornado, as well as one dwelling that is in the Týnec cadastre. The storm with hail caused the most damage in Stará Břeclav and Valtice. The roof of the Cultural Center in Břeclav and the roof of the Jan Noháč Elementary School were fundamentally damaged," said Matuška.
The storm preceding the tornado also destroyed a hostel in Břeclav, which was run by the Regional Charity Břeclav, where 31 people, including children, lived. He now lives in a former police hostel owned by the city.
14:471. 7. 2021One week after. An interesting comparison offers a double view of the area around the church of St. James the Elder in Moravská Nová Ves from Friday, June 25 and currently from today.
14:381. 7. 2021Prisoners also got involved in helping areas devastated by strong storms last week. Convicted men and women are already helping in the South Moravian region and Lounsko, and other working groups are also being formed. The Prison Service (VS) announced this on Facebook today.
“Dozens of prisoners have become volunteers who are currently working in the Břeclav intermediate warehouse of humanitarian aid, where they unload trucks. Others are helping to dismantle the damaged roofs," the security corps said.
Prisoners from Drahonice have also found employment as volunteers, helping in the village of Stebno in Lounsko. "In this area, the wind broke trees and in the vicinity of the Oráčov Prison. Convicted men have been helping here since Friday with clearing fallen trees and cleaning the village," said VS.
13:541. 7. 2021The spokeswoman for the Department of the Environment, Petra Roubíčková, shared a video on Twitter of the landfills where waste and remnants of damage caused by the tornado are being disposed of. The Ministry will financially support the affected municipalities.
13:311. 7. 2021The Ministry of the Environment will give municipalities affected by the tornado up to 400 million crowns. It will be possible to finance the restoration of water management infrastructure or greenery from special subsidy calls, Environment Minister Richard Brabec said in a press release today, who visited the affected village of Hrušky in the Břeclav region. According to Brabec, the subsidies will be 100% and can be paid in advance as an advance. The ministry also allocated money for liquidation of temporary landfills.
13:221. 7. 2021Volunteers help residents from communities affected by the tornado to repair destroyed houses.
12:541. 7. 2021People who were hit by a tornado have the opportunity to consult a psychologist in the region. According to information provided by South Moravian governor Jan Grolich, there are 80 professionals ready to help in the area.
12:411. 7. 2021During demolition work in the village of Hrušky in Břeclavsk, which was hit by a tornado a week ago, an apparently practice projectile of a smaller weapon was found, the site is secured. A pyrotechnician goes to the site and assesses how dangerous the find is. Police spokesman Pavel Šváb confirmed the find. He said there was no need to evacuate anyone.
12:141. 7. 2021Volunteers in Moravská Nová Ves in the Břeclav region are repairing destroyed buildings and houses, more buses with an influx of helpers should arrive in the region.
11:481. 7. 2021Over 80 technicians and specialists of the GasNet company, which ensures the distribution of natural gas in the region, work every day in the municipalities of Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk, which were hit by a tornado a week ago. By the end of the week, gas companies want to connect roughly 80 percent of the 2,341 clients from the municipalities of Hrušky, Lužice, Mikulčice and Moravská Nová Ves. ČTK reported on this on behalf of the company Pavel Zajíc. Energy workers from the company EG.D also work on site. There are still around 1,500 customers without electricity supplies, its spokesman Roman Šperňák told ČTK.
Over the weekend, the gas companies resumed natural gas supplies for the first 102 customers in the village of Lužice. "Since then, we have managed to connect tens to hundreds of customers a day in the entire affected area. Of course, it always depends on the degree of damage. At the moment, gas is already flowing to more than 1,600 households out of the original number of 2,341 shut down," said Petr Koutný, director of network operation and maintenance at GasNet. According to him, this is an excellent result considering the extent of the damage.
11:411. 7. 2021In Moravská Nová Ves in the Břeclav region, the removal of damage caused by strong storms with hail and tornadoes in the village continues. Volunteers are coming to the area.
11:301. 7. 2021The Governor of the South Moravian Region, Jan Grolich, said that volunteers should go to the centers at the airport in Břeclav and the cultural center in Hodonín, from where buses will take them to various places where help will be needed. They can clear debris from damaged houses and broken trees, but according to Grolich, there are still loose sheets of metal around the villages that will need to be removed.
10:461. 7. 202139 pieces of heavy equipment from the army are coming to help the storm-hit villages in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk. Policemen, firefighters and volunteers help.
10:421. 7. 2021In South Moravian municipalities affected by the storm, they are preparing for a weekend rush of volunteers. People should go to Břeclav to the airport and to Hodonín to the cultural center, from where buses will take them to the affected villages. Hetman Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) told journalists today. According to him, this will prevent complications in traffic. Tent towns should also be created for volunteers, the aim is to have one in every village.
10:351. 7. 2021!After the storms in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk, 157 houses are currently slated for demolition, Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) told journalists today after a meeting of the regional crisis team in Podivín. But the number is still not final, because it has not yet been possible to go through all the affected houses. The storms destroyed around 1,200 of them. Demolition controlled by firefighters should begin next week, but some people have already started demolishing houses on their own initiative.
10:331. 7. 2021"During the night (today) the breakdown crews of ČEZ Distribuce managed to repair all faults on the high voltage line. We have thus connected all customers to the distribution system," said ČEZ Group spokeswoman Soňa Holingerová. According to her, faults may still be reported during today, especially at low voltage, but it should only be about individual descriptive numbers, cottages, cottages and other recreational areas. The company expects the same on Friday, when people will go to their recreational facilities. According to the company's preliminary estimate, the damage to the distribution equipment should not exceed five million crowns, the spokeswoman added.
The EG.D company from the E.ON group registered roughly 120,000 customers without power during the storm on Wednesday night. According to the statement of the spokesman Roman Šperňák on Wednesday, the districts of České Budějovice, Český Krumlov and Jindřichův Hradec were the most affected in the south of Bohemia. In Vysočín and the South Moravian Region, there were outages especially in the areas around Třebíč, Jihlava, Bystřice and Žďár and around Blansko.
10:021. 7. 2021Volunteers in Moravská Nová Ves help clean up debris and damage caused by the tornado.
9:361. 7. 2021Due to a tree in the track, traffic between Horní Cerekvá and Dobra Voda near Pelhřimov has been stopped since morning. České dráhy introduced substitute bus transport. This follows from information on the Czech Railways website. The restrictions caused by fallen trees during the storm on Tuesday continue to apply between Přibyslaví in Havlíčkobrodsk and Sázava u Žďár, Radka Pistoriusová, spokeswoman for the Railway Administration, told ČTK. Trains there only run on one track and are late.
Disturbances in the traction line caused by fallen trees limited or stopped railway traffic. "The section Přibyslav - Sázava near Žďár is in operation, although the train there may be five minutes late, because instead of two tracks, it runs on one," Pistorius said. The railway administration expects to fix all faults on the section by Friday.
9:301. 7. 2021After the storm that hit the Czech Republic on the night of Wednesday, the energy companies have restored almost all failures in the power supply. Several dozen customers still remain without electricity in Přední Výtona in Český Krumlov, but the distribution company EG.D has been working since morning to eliminate the faults. ČEZ Distribuce has connected all customers to the network. This was told to ČTK today by EG.D spokesperson Roman Šperňák and ČEZ Soňa Holingerová. On Wednesday night, up to 300,000 households were without electricity due to a storm in which trees and branches fell on power lines. By Wednesday morning, roughly half of them were without electricity, with southern and eastern Bohemia and Vysočina the most affected.
8:551. 7. 2021From Friday, officials of the State Investment Support Fund will be in the municipalities of Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk affected by the storm and tornado. In this way, people will receive money for the restoration of damaged houses in the shortest possible time. As part of a subsidy of up to two million crowns, they can apply for an immediate advance for demolition or project preparation of up to 500,000 crowns. This was stated in a press release by the Minister for Regional Development, Klára Dostálová (for ANO). The storms destroyed around 1200 houses last week on Thursday evening, according to the latest information, 150 of them are supposed to go to the ground, but the number is not final. Thunderstorms and a tornado also claimed six lives.
8:391. 7. 2021People in Mikulčice in Hodonín region are removing damage after the tornado that swept through the village on June 24.
6:421. 7. 2021The charity organization Donio has only been operating since October 2019, but during its short period of existence its employees helped 1608 projects and collected almost 200 million crowns. They are currently focusing all their efforts on Hodonínsko, where the tornado hit several villages. Employees are in direct contact with people who have lost a loved one or whose homes have been destroyed. The workers are shaken by the tragic stories and for the first time consider seeing a psychologist as part of their work. The director of the organization, David Procházka, revealed in Blesk Podcast how Donio specifically helps in Hodonínsk
Video Blesk Podcast: We help people after the tornado, but we need to get strong emotions out ourselves - Jiří Marek6:281. 7. 2021The animal claimed six lives, but also triggered a huge wave of solidarity:
Video Tuesday's demolition of house No. 443 in Mikulčice - Zdeněk Matyáš6:201. 7. 2021The damage after the tornado is significant:
Video A man filmed a tornado in Moravia from close range. - Police of the Czech Republic / resident of LužiceVideo Destruction of the village of Hrušky from a drone: This is how a tornado destroyed a village in the Břeclav region - Flash - David Malík6:121. 7. 2021Today is a week since the tornado struck in southern Moravia. Let's recall what happened on the critical day and in the following days.
6:001. 7. 2021Good morning, dear readers. Today's online broadcast of the events surrounding the devastating tornado in South Moravia will begin with the sad story of the family of Mr. Miloslav Belka. Doctors diagnosed his wife with breast cancer on the fateful day. Just fifteen minutes later, a windstorm came to the village of Mikulčice, where they live, and blew their house away. You can read the whole story here.
23:1530. 6. 2021Dear readers, the online broadcast ends for today. The Blesk Zpráv team thanks you for your attention, we will bring more information regarding the situation after the tornado rampage in South Moravia again tomorrow. Good night.
21:4830. 6. 2021More than 11 million crowns. Such an amount was sent by viewers of Czech Television to help tornado-ravaged villages from the south of Moravia during the Concert for Moravia, which lasted about an hour and a half.
The total amount collected on charity accounts already reached one billion crowns during the day on Wednesday. In addition to money, however, material aid and more and more volunteers who are willing to selflessly help the victims of the natural disaster are still heading to the south of Moravia.
21:3430. 6. 2021"Now every storm will be cause for concern." According to a Czech TV reporter, the inhabitants of Mikulčice, which was leveled by a tornado, describe the feelings they have been experiencing in recent days, when the Czech Republic is bound to be hit by another strong storm.
More specifically, in Mikulčice, since Thursday, when the element struck, it has already rained once during a storm on Wednesday night. Memories of the devastating tornado returned to the locals, some people even hid in basements in fear, the reporter described in a live entry as part of the benefit event Concert for Moravia.
In addition, the roofs of most houses in the village are still temporarily replaced by tarps, so the residents of the damaged houses are afraid that the wind and rain will not leak into the houses.
21:1430. 6. 2021Czech Television viewers sent additional millions to help the victims of the tornado during the broadcast of the benefit program Concert for Moravia. Cultural event in Prague's Kampa, where musicians Dan Bárta, Vojta Dyk, Anna K, bands Čechomor or Mňága and Žďorp together with Buty gathered to help the affected communities. After about an hour of broadcasting, over eight and a half million crowns were collected in the account.
19:5030. 6. 2021Children from villages affected by the tornado received their report cards mostly in improvised conditions. There was no one among them who was not affected by the consequences of the devastating atmospheric phenomenon. Smaller children came to evaluate their year-round work with their parents, older children went in groups.
In Mikulčice, unlike other places in the area of destruction, the school building surprisingly remained undamaged, so the handing over of certificates took place in familiar settings, although in a noticeably more depressing general mood. "I have a lot of students and colleagues here who have lost everything, so we're trying as hard as we can, but it's difficult," one of the school's teachers told CNN Prima News.
19:2130. 6. 2021In agreement with the mayors, the organization People in Need sent 25 million crowns to the accounts of South Moravian municipalities that were affected by the tornado on Thursday. Help is directed to the villages of Hrušky, Moravská Nová Ves, Lužice, Mikulčice and the Hodonín district of Pánov. Each will receive five million crowns. After 2.5 million, the organization will send by the end of the week to the affected municipalities of Stebno and Blatno in Lounsk, where the People in Need team conducted a damage and needs survey today. Tomáš Urban informed ČTK about this on behalf of the organization.
There is a shortage of construction wood and connecting material in the affected municipalities. "We took connecting material to the warehouse in Břeclav and bought 45 cubic meters of roof laths, which the truck will deliver on Friday. Last week, we distributed 10,500 square meters of tarps to cover the destroyed roofs. All the material has already been dismantled," said Marek Štys, head of the humanitarian program of Human In Need.
18:3630. 6. 2021Destroyed cellars, wine production equipment, broken bottles and damaged vineyards. In addition to people's homes, the tornado last Thursday also spared the cellars and vineyards of local winemakers. They add up the damage gradually, some even have their own house damaged, and in that case housing takes precedence over wine. ČTK found this out from several interviewed winemakers from Hrušek, Lužice, Moravská Nové Ves and Mikulčice.
"The operation where we produced wine practically does not exist. Ten plastic containers of 20,000 liters were destroyed, but fortunately they were empty. Shields were falling in the barn, my estimate is that up to 1,000 bottles of wine will be broken. Both cellars have fallen the roof, the cooling system is broken and other equipment," listed Petr Marada, owner of Vinařství Marada from Mikulčice.
Damages include, among others, the Maláník-Osička winery in Mikulčice, the Ambrož Winery in Lusatia, the Košut Family Winery from Moravská Nová Ves or the winemaker Jiří Šmerák from Hrušek. But there is also damage to vineyards elsewhere in South Moravia, a storm with hail passed through Břeclavsko before the tornado. The winemakers will find out what damage it has caused only in the course of the year.
18:1230. 6. 2021The Ústí Region will financially help municipalities affected by tornadoes or strong winds, in the south of Moravia and in Podbořansk. It will offer five prefabricated houses. He wants to send a million crowns to Stebno and the same amount to South Moravian municipalities. In order to approve the aid, representatives will meet in an extraordinary meeting. Deputy Governor Jiří Kulhánek (ODS) told journalists this today.
17:0730. 6. 2021Another victim of the devastating tornado that raged in the south of Moravia is the writer Pavla H. (+31). This was confirmed by the mayor of Mikulčice, Marta Otáhalová. "We found the woman without signs of life on Friday morning," said police officer Pavel Šváb. According to Blesk sources, the young woman was driving a car shortly before her death.
16:3230. 6. 2021People donated over 900 million crowns in collections to help South Moravian municipalities that were destroyed by a tornado on Thursday. Diocesan charity Brno collected almost 202 million. The money will be used for subsequent assistance, especially for the restoration of homes, which will begin in the coming weeks.
The Via Foundation collected more than 192 million through the darujme.cz portal, Karel Komárek donated 150 million through his foundation, and the People in Need organization collected 120 million. This follows from the data on the websites of the organizations that organize the collections, and from the statements of the representatives of these organizations to ČTK.
15:2030. 6. 2021"We have a coordinator Eliška on site who is in contact with the locals. Messages are very complex. People's stories and destinies are difficult. There are even people who want to take advantage of the situation and go around the houses and offer people the opportunity to buy the land at a completely ridiculous price. Probably as a result of the fact that they hope that those people will give in to their desperation and take some part of the funds they need now," David Procházka, director of the charitable non-profit organization Donio, told the Blesk Podcast. We will publish the entire interview on Thursday, July 1. on Blesk.cz
14:1230. 6. 2021Energy workers in the municipalities affected by the tornado are still continuing to restore electricity supplies. About 1,500 households were still without electricity today. E.ON group spokesperson Martina Slavíková informed about this in a press release. About 75,000 customers were without power in the area on Friday after the storm and tornado.
According to the spokesperson, energy companies connect consumers to electricity supplies where it is only slightly possible and safe. "During yesterday (Tuesday), for example, we managed to connect a larger part of Dolní Street in Moravská Nové Ves," said the spokeswoman. She added that this afternoon they will start the construction of a new temporary power line in Lužice.
In addition to Lužice, the storm with the tornado hit the municipalities of Moravská Nová Ves, Hrušky, Mikulčice and Hodonín the most. 1,200 houses are destroyed, 150 are expected to fall to the ground. Six people died and dozens were injured.
13:5530. 6. 2021They will cook 500 lunches: The school canteen in Brno on náměstí Svorností will cook lunches daily for the workers of the integrated rescue system who are helping the victims of the tornado. "We cooperate intensively with the regional crisis team. We have now received a request for daily provision of 500 lunches for components of the integrated rescue system that intervene in the region. We start cooking on July 1 and expect to provide food until the end of the holidays. All costs for the preparation of meals in the amount of 1.271 million crowns will be covered from the city budget," said First Deputy Mayor Petr Hladík.
13:5230. 6. 2021The church of St. Jakub the Elder in Moravská Nová Ves is completely without a roof. The area around it is still being cleaned, the wood for the new roof is already being prepared. The elements damaged the roof, windows and parked vehicles right at the rectory.
13:4730. 6. 2021Golem has arrived! This is how member of parliament and resident of Moravská Nová Ves, Jana Krutáková (STAN), shares her enthusiasm. Thanks everyone for your help.
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The traditional Cyril and Methodist pilgrimage will not take place this year in Mikulčice in Hodonínsk. The organizers canceled it due to the consequences of Thursday's storms in southern Moravia. In the past, several thousand people participated in the pilgrimage every year. Last year, already at the time of the coronavirus pandemic, about a thousand of them arrived.
The pilgrimage was supposed to take place on Monday in the area of the Slovanské hradiště near Mikulčice. Czech and Moravian bishops were heading there. The Mass was planned to be celebrated by the Bishop of Brno, Vojtěch Cikrle, who was at the birth of the Mikulčice Pilgrimage in 1991.
13:2430. 6. 2021Stebno, a part of the town of Kryry in Lounsk, turned into a construction site six days after being hit by a natural disaster. People are fixing tarpaulins covering roofs that came loose after Tuesday's storm, clearing fallen bags or parts of demolished walls. There are still several firefighters on the scene, and female inmates from nearby Drahonice are also helping. People are counting the damage and figuring out what all the phenomenon called the downburst destroyed.
"The damage was around 80 to 100 (million crowns), but it came closer to 100 million," Stebna Mayor Miroslav Brda told ČTK today, adding that the most necessary work is nearing completion.
There is also a tent in the village, where locals can go to get things they need. Firefighters help with their delivery. This includes, among other things, food, bottled water, but also cleaning products and hygiene items.
13:1730. 6. 2021The grandfather died on the spot, the granddaughter (†2) a few hours later. A tornado cruelly mixed up the fates of two families who were spending the weekend at the forest in Pánov u Hodonín. The element scattered the roof and overwhelmed five people! If it weren't for a random driver who was digging out one of the children with his hands, and the firemen who came to help, there could have been more victims.
“I jumped out of the car and a man immediately shouted at me that there were people buried there. I climbed up the collapsed staircase. There was an elderly man buried there, and a little boy was under the rubble a little next to him," rescuer Ševela told the Novinky.cz server.
"There was a beam on top of the boy, but luckily it landed on the bricks, so it crushed him, but the weight was on the bricks. We cut it out with saws," described fire chief Ivan Vlasák.
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13:1030. 6. 2021Hands are now greatly needed in the affected areas. If you only have a few during the working week, please come and add them to the work.
12:5130. 6. 2021On Saturday, officials from the State Investment Support Fund will arrive in Stebno in Lounsk, which was hit by strong wind and hail last Thursday. They will help locals with applications for subsidies to pay for repairs to damaged family homes. Minister for Regional Development Klára Dostálová (for ANO) said this to ČTK today. People will be able to receive a subsidy of up to two million crowns.
"Statistics did not designate any house for demolition, it will be a reconstruction. Therefore, we agreed that the officials of the State Investment Support Fund will be here from Saturday morning and they will fill out applications with people," said Dostálová. People will be able to go to officials with both paid and unpaid invoices for work. "We will settle with the suppliers so that those people have almost no work to do," the minister added.
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The Cultural House in Hodonín needs a truck to transport 20 pallets of roofing material from Olomouc.
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The Concert for Moravia will take place today at Kampa in Prague. A benefit to help villages hit by a strong storm and tornado last week in the south of Moravia is organized by Czech Television (ČT), broadcast live from 20:10. CT organizes a concert in support of Charity CR, which is the largest non-state provider of social services and which started helping in the affected area immediately after the ravages of the elements.
"Czech Television's role in the case of such extraordinary events is primarily informative. In addition to informing, we can also help very effectively, which is why we immediately started preparing a benefit concert in support of Charity CR, the proceeds of which will go to help the residents of the affected areas," said CT CEO Petr Dvořák.
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According to Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL), small requests for food are spreading on the networks. "But we have everything in the warehouse centers. When these reports spread, individual cars go there and load small things, but they clog the traffic, so then we wait for half an hour for a container with rubble, because it does not untangle in the traffic. It takes ten minutes to load it. And then the volunteers have nothing to do," said Grolich.
According to him, it is necessary to leave through roads so that debris can be removed and heavy equipment can pass through. "If something is missing in the villages, you wait a while and it is brought there from the warehouses," said Grolich.
11:5730. 6. 2021The Wienerberger company - the manufacturer of Tondach ceramic roofing and Porotherm masonry systems - is ready to supply free products worth 15 million CZK to the municipalities affected by the tornado in the south of Moravia. It will also provide discounts on roof repairs, on the construction of new houses and ensure priority deliveries of the Tondach system from the Hranice plant. Věra Binderová from the company's marketing told ČTK today.
“Wienerberger is aware of the seriousness of the situation caused by the tornado. In order to restore the affected locations after a tragic natural disaster, we are ready to help without delay. "Wienerberger will provide 15 million Czech crowns in the form of material support from the production of our products," the company said.
11:5430. 6. 2021South Moravian Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) called on people not to spread misinformation on social networks in connection with storms and tornadoes in Břeclav and Hodonín. For example, he saw information that the region was refusing the help of soldiers, which he called a lie. According to the governor, people should read the information that the county, the police and the fire department will release through the media. The governor pointed out that people should not bring food to the villages, so as not to block traffic, there is enough of everything in the villages.
Due to the whole situation, the regional staff meets daily in Podivín. "I would ask that people perceive what is agreed upon at the crisis team. There are firefighters, police, emergency services, non-profit sector, mayors, and we know what the situation is in the municipalities and what is needed," said Grolich.
11:4530. 6. 2021Officials from Břeclav will have mobile workplaces in Hrušky and Moravská Nová Ves, which fall under their authority, until the end of July. In each of the municipalities, one day a week they will collect applications for new ID cards and issue confirmations until the ID card is issued. In Hodonín, they are currently collecting information from the affected areas, whether there would be interest in such a service. Spokespersons of both town halls told ČTK.
"The stand will always be on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. near the info point in Hrušky and every Friday at the same time in Moravská Nová Ves. It takes five days to produce a new card, and people affected by the tornado are exempt from the 500 crown fee," said Jana Pelcová, spokeswoman for the Břeclav town hall.
The only condition for issuing a new card is reporting the name, surname, date of birth and residential address to the e-mail addresses of the officials listed on the city's website or Facebook profile, or to one of the mobile phone numbers listed in the same place.
11:4030. 6. 202155 employees from the Gumotex plant in Břeclav live in the most affected municipalities. "One lost their house, 22 have a lot of house damage, 18 moderate and 14 have less damage. We provided six days of extraordinary paid leave to all employees whose home or apartment was hit by the devastating storm. Employees can also use the time off to help repair damage to the homes of their parents or children who have permanent residence in the affected municipalities. Production is no longer fundamentally limited, we are gradually starting up to standard operation," said František Řezáč, director of the Gumotex concern.
11:3030. 6. 2021In Hodonín, the shelter for dogs at the zoo and the workshops of the Integrated High School in Lipová aleja are also completely destroyed, awaiting demolition. In Brněnská street, four apartment buildings and several buildings of local companies suffered damage. A little further away, in Na Pískách street, a home for the elderly was hit, from which 138 people had to be evacuated already on Thursday.
11:1930. 6. 2021The employees of ČSAD Hodonín received an extra week of vacation to deal with problems related to the tornado. "There are about 15 of them. It's not a problem for the operation. For now, they have an extra week of vacation and we will continue to make arrangements, depending on what they need," noted company director Miroslav Skřivan.
The event also affected employees of the Břeclav chemical manufacturer Fosfa. "All our employees who were affected by the natural disaster received extraordinary financial contributions in the very first days. We immediately provided replacement company accommodation to the employees and their families whose homes were destroyed," said the company's marketing director, Klára Zemanová.
11:0930. 6. 2021After the tornado that hit parts of Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk on Thursday, several companies in the region had to adjust their operations. Their employees often come from the most affected municipalities and now need to work there. At the Walstead Moraviapress printing company in Břeclav, this affects approximately 40 people out of more than two hundred. In Břeclav's Gumotex 55. Companies are accommodating to them, they understand their needs, it follows from the answers of the representatives of the companies contacted by ČTK.
Employees of the Walstead Moraviapress company also suffered property damage. “Fortunately, we have no loss of life or serious injuries, but we have families that have lost almost everything. We announced a public fundraiser to support them and gave the employees time off. We work around the clock, so we have to manage shifts. The others work overtime, and I met with a lot of understanding from them," said company director Jiří Myšík.
11:0130. 6/2021In the tornado affected area, people are gradually connecting to gas, there should be less than 1000 people without it.
10:4930. 6. 2021After storms and a tornado in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk, 150 houses must be demolished, said Jiří Pelikán, the director of the South Moravian fire brigade, today after a meeting of the crisis team in Podivín. According to him, the number is not final, because it has not been possible to go through all the houses yet. By the end of the week, the firemen want to clear the villages of debris, beams and plant remains, which constantly appear on the streets and complicate traffic.
12 properties are slated for demolition in Hodonín, eight in Lužice, 53 in Mikulčice and the same number in Hrušky, 22 buildings are to be demolished in Moravská Nová Ves. "However, we have inspected 60 percent of the objects there so far, so the number may not be final. We hope that no more than 200 houses will be demolished in total," said Pelikán.
10:4430. 6. 2021Firefighters did not intervene in the municipalities affected by the tornado, but around 100 roofs will need to be repaired with temporary tarpaulins that were damaged.
The storm mostly passed outside the tornado-hit areas, but firefighters checked in the morning whether the wind had damaged the tarpaulins on the damaged roofs. Mikoška said that about 100 sails will need to be repaired. South Moravian Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) said today after the meeting of the crisis team that 70 sails had been torn from the roofs in parts of South Moravia hit by the tornado during the night storms. He said that everything will be fixed during the day, there is no major damage.
10:4030. 6. 2021Firefighters want to start removing debris and trees from South Moravian municipalities affected by the storm by the end of the week. Three campuses in the region are designated for this.
10:3030. 6. 2021Today, the student of the Hodonín Integrated High School is already home from the hospital, recovering from the injuries she suffered in the accident, but it will take some time. "My hand is stitched up, my head, both legs are bruised and the right one is still cut open. I will have rehabilitation ordered, at the moment I am happy to stand up, I am trying to walk a little," the girl told ČTK.
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Eighteen-year-old Barbora Verbíková, who despite her extensive injuries was able to call for help after being hit by a bus, tells how she intervened and called for help. She doesn't remember how she got off the bus.
There were three people in the bus at the time of the accident. In addition to Verbíková and the driver, there was another girl who was later transported by the helicopter of the Austrian rescue service to a hospital in Vienna. "When the bus took it away, it was an indescribable feeling. I'm glad we all survived. When it was over, I was still talking to the other girl. She looked me in the eye and said she needed help. She was wedged halfway up her body. So I told her that I would get help," she described the minutes immediately after the accident.
She lost her mobile phone in the accident, as well as personal documents. She doesn't remember how she got off the bus. "That bus stopped against a basement building with an extension, there were people there too, three or four, but they were injured and didn't have a phone. But they showed me the direction to the road, I could hardly see anything myself, my head was covered in blood," added the girl.
She managed to walk a few tens of meters to the road, where a car stopped not far from her. She called out to him and waved and the driver came closer. “He was asking me what to do when he saw the open fracture and blood everywhere. So I told him that an ambulance was needed for several people, that there was a girl under the age of eighteen wedged in the bus and other injuries. So he called an ambulance, put me in the trunk of the car and took me to the hospital in Hodonín," said Verbíková, who has been a member of the fire department in Tvrdonice in the Břeclav region for 11 years.
10:1630. 6. 2021The tornado also affected pets. The fate of the injured animals did not remain indifferent even to the Brno veterinarian Jiří Žák. In his surgery, he selflessly took care of more serious cases. "Colleagues from Brno laboratories offered me to examine blood samples for free. People also called me, mostly my clients, but also strangers, offering financial support for treating animals, making beds and the like," revealed the veterinarian, who was delighted with the solidarity. Mostly dogs and cats ended up in his care. "The captured dog, which no one reported, has an injured spine and was stressed. It looks like a tornado has turned him over," Žák described. Of all animals, dogs are the worst sufferers of stress. Read more HERE
10:1630. 6. 2021In Hodonín, Thursday's tornado damaged, in addition to the city district of Pánov, also the Mining district, a part of the city called Bažantnice and the streets Lipová alej, I. Olbracht and U Červený domů. There was also damage to public property in these places. Specifically, in the building of ZŠ U Červený domků, ZŠ B. Martinů, in the building of the sports hall and at the U Červený domků stadium. City spokeswoman Petra Kotásková informed about this in a press release today.
The crisis team mapped the extent of damage to all houses in the Hodonín cadastre. In Panov, 14 houses are significantly damaged, of which six are slated for demolition. The tornado damaged three-quarters of two apartment buildings. One house in the Mining district is slated for demolition. "Due to the proximity of the forest, mainly the roofs of the houses were damaged as a result of falling trees. Damage is reported in a total of 19 houses. In apartment buildings in the Bažantnice area, the roofs were the most damaged, facades and windows were also damaged," said Kotásková.
10:0330. 6. 2021People in South Moravia receive help not only through material, but also by babysitting or offering free apartments, all for free, of course. The floorball club Štíři České Budějovice also decided to help, which offers children from families affected by the tornado the opportunity to participate in sports training.
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Insurance companies estimate the damage from the storms that hit the country last week at 3.6 billion CZK. Of this, cases for 2.3 billion CZK are already being handled by insurance companies. There will be up to 25,000 insurance events, over 11,000 of which have been reported. This is based on estimates provided to ČTK by the Czech Insurance Association today. The damage also includes the rampage of the tornado in southern Moravia.
Many motor vehicles will also be damaged, about 6,000. According to the association, the total damage will reach 240 million CZK, an average of 40,000 per vehicle. Entrepreneurs' insurance is primarily property insurance.
According to experts, the June storms could thus become the fourth most expensive natural disaster insurance event for insurance companies since the creation of the Czech Republic in 1993. "So far we only have rough estimates. But if the insured damage to property were roughly three billion CZK, the tornado would come right after three large floods and skip all the hurricanes," association spokeswoman Veronika Nová told ČTK.
9:3930. 6. 2021A fully loaded truck with humanitarian aid for affected communities from the town of POLNÁ has just arrived.
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Today, a girl from Mikulčice in Hodonín region, whose family lost their house during Thursday's storms, received dozens of dresses with a certificate. ČTK said that she liked them all. She showed off in them to the teachers in the hallway. About thirty children out of 180 came to the primary school in Mikulčice for their report cards.
The director of the school, Michal Bešta, said that the girl's family also lost their house and everything, the house is among those designated for demolition by structural engineers. Nevertheless, she came to school to get her report card and the teachers gave her a dress. "There are about 20 or 30 of them. They all fit me, I don't know how they hit the spot," the girl told ČTK.
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Eighteen-year-old Barbora Verbíková was traveling by bus from Hodonín to Tvrdonice, where she lives, on Thursday when a tornado swept the bus off the road between Lužice and Mikulčice. Although both of her legs were bruised and her arm was broken open, she reached the road and called for help for other people at the scene of the accident. "The first thought was to call for help," she said today in an interview with ČTK.
9:1230. 6. 2021Artists from the National Theater Brno will play an open-air concert on Friday for the South Moravian villages devastated by the hail and tornado on June 24. The cantata Carmina burana by the German composer Carl Orff will be performed. The concert will take place at 17:00 on the piazzetta in front of the Janáček Theater, Zuzana Žáková Klimplová from the opera's marketing announced to ČTK.
Entrance to the concert is free and in case of bad weather it will take place in the Janáček Theater building. The theatergoers joined the public fundraiser of the Brno Diocesan Charity, thanks to which those interested can donate to people from the affected municipalities on the darujme.cz portal until July 5. More information can be found on the website www.ndbpomaha.cz. You can also donate to the cash registers at the concert.
9:0230. 6. 2021According to the director of the school in Mikulčice, where some students came to get their report cards today, the school turned out better than the kindergarten. "We had several broken windows and there were problems on the roof, but we solved them thanks to the quick intervention of the fire brigade. Without them, we could not function in the entire village," said Bešta.
According to him, the first grade will receive the certificate only in September, the firemen who help in the village have found temporary accommodation in his classrooms. Kindergarten turned out worse than school. "There are broken windows, the roof moved and had to be removed," added the director.
8:5130. 6. 2021The mayor of Mikulčice, Marta Otáhalová, told Blesk that they were relieved that nothing serious had happened in connection with Tuesday's storms and strong wind.
8:5430. 6. 2021Rules for volunteers:
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8:4830. 6. 2021Jan Vrána goes to help the municipalities that were destroyed by the tornado. As he himself says, he has never seen anything so terrible. 20 prisoners and several high school students also came to help.
One of the members of the Adra organization walks through the village, finding out what needs to be arranged and bought.
8:3430. 6. 2021Firefighters in the South Moravian region intervened in 125 incidents in connection with a night storm and strong wind. It was mainly about fallen trees. Most often they went to the Blansko district. Firefighters did not intervene in the municipalities affected by the tornado, but they will investigate whether there is a need to replace the tarpaulins on some of the roofs damaged by Thursday's tornado. Firefighters' spokesman Jaroslav Mikoška told ČTK.
8:2330. 6. 2021Report card in the village damaged by the tornado.
In Mikulčice in Hodonínsk, which was hit by the storm on Thursday, part of the pupils came to school today for their report cards. It was taken over by three dozen pupils. Director Michal Bešta told ČTK that the school's roof and windows were damaged, but thanks to the firefighters, it was quickly repaired.
Adriana Koutná and her brother Tomáš, whose house was hit by a tornado, also came to get their certificates. She passed with honors, but she doesn't see grades as important now. ČTK said that the storm damaged their house and roof, but they don't have to tear it down. "It's terrible what happened," said a ninth-grade girl whose room was hit by a chimney. She and her family escaped unharmed, brother Tomáš, a seventh-grader, was only injured while cleaning up the aftermath and has a bandaged hand.
The first houses in the village went down on Tuesday.
Video Tuesday demolition of house no. 443 in Mikulčice - Zdeněk Matyáš8:1730. 6/2021“It's a normal tornado! Beloved! He didn't see that." Phrases that probably the whole Czech Republic knows after last week. They were uttered by Radovan O. when he was filming how a devastating tornado swept through the village of Lužice. The video, which he unsuccessfully offered to television, he then handed over to the police. In the interview, he apologizes for the fact that the video is shot in portrait and not in landscape. He then assessed for himself that his common sense had apparently stopped working during the tornado.
“I filmed it on my phone. I apologize to all those who were bothered that it was in portrait, but it was so fast that I didn't deal with it at all," explains Radovan for the iRozhlas.cz website.
“It started to rain, then it started to hail. I tell my partner that we need to hide the geraniums because we had a bit of a blast with them on Monday. We removed the geraniums from the balcony and walked around the barracks. We are big gardeners, we have... well, we had a very nice garden. We cleaned up other chests.
It started to rain more. I wanted to show Alča's neighbor across the street how dangerous the huge spruce in front of her house is. It was beautiful, it would have been taken out in any square at Christmas, but I thought it was dangerous, I wanted to show her that she really should have it cut, because it was leaning.
So I filmed him. And suddenly he started rushing from Igle (a factory for the production of knitting machines)...
First pieces of things started flying, then roofs. At that moment in the video, I call Miluna to come and see. My dear husband pulled me inside. Then the spruce broke. And before we could run to another room, we lost the conservatory, which contained furniture and a swimming pool. She flew away. Including heavy things, shelves.
Then we ran into the bedroom, where it was buzzing like a beehive. A window broke, a piece of tin roof flew in.
I don't even know anymore... Looking back, I have to self-critically say that my common sense stopped working at that moment. He should have told me that it was so dangerous that I should pull myself together and run to the basement. I didn't realize at all how much those flying objects could hurt us," Radovan describes the raging tornado.
7:3030. 6. 2021Volunteers who want to help in the villages affected by last week's devastating tornado should follow the list of necessary items, which is published on the Facebook pages of the House of Culture Hodonín.
Currently, the greatest demand is for:
The entire list can be found on the Facebook pages:
7:1030. 6. 2021Due to overnight storms, around 145,000 households in the Czech Republic are without power this morning. ČEZ Distribuce records 60,000 households without electricity, EG.D almost 85,000.
6:5230. 6. 2021While it rained heavily in a number of places in the Czech Republic on Tuesday evening and Wednesday night, the places most affected by the tornado this time avoided precipitation, meteorologist Dagmar Honsová said.
6:1530. 6. 2021Strong fears about the storm that swept through the Czech Republic during the last hours did not come true, but the weather again caused considerable difficulties. Fallen trees even blocked the D1 highway in Vysočina for about two hours. Firefighters removed fallen trees on other roads as well. They record hundreds of trips due to the weather, most often, according to the data on the website, they remove fallen trees. You can find more about yesterday's storm here.
For example, in the Olomouc region, firefighters intervened due to storms in 90 incidents, fallen trees interrupted traffic on the main railway corridor and other lines. In the Highlands, they had over 200 trips since Tuesday evening due to the weather.
6:0030. 6. 2021Good morning, dear readers. Today we will continue to bring you news from the area where last week's tornado caused incredible damage. A number of volunteers help clean them up, including patient 14-year-old Vojta, who gave up his time off after the end of the school year. From Ratíškovice, where he lives, he rode his bicycle to Pánovo - it was here that the tornado killed his grandfather and his only two-year-old granddaughter. Vojta cleans up the wreckage of the nursery and a whole host of other remnants of the disaster with adults. You can read his story here.
23:2029. 6. 2021Dear readers, the online broadcast ends for today. The Blesk Zpráv team thanks you for your attention, it will bring news regarding the rampage of natural elements in South Moravia and in Stebno in Lounsk again from Wednesday morning. Good night.
22:5229. 6/2021The Ministry of Industry and Trade is launching the Post-Tornado Assistance program to compensate businesses that had to reduce or stop operations due to Thursday's storm. 200 million crowns will be distributed. The collection of applications begins on Wednesday, June 30, and their reception ends on September 30.
The support can range from 50,000 to one million crowns, and it will help the insured to bridge the gap between the insurance payment and the price of the newly acquired property. However, the uninsured will also be entitled to a subsidy, they can receive up to 80 percent of the price of the new property. Provision of interest-free loans is also being prepared.
20:3729. 6. 2021On the fateful day when the tornado struck in South Moravia, the passengers of the regular bus from Hodonín to Břeclav were very lucky. The vehicle, in which a total of three people were sitting, was blown off the road tens of meters like a matchbox. The bus stopped just beyond the railway embankment by the railway house. The driver Robert, Silva (14) and Bára (18) were seriously injured in the bowels of the bus.
It was Bára from Tvrdonice who was the only one who got out of the wreck of the bus and called for help, the girl described for TV Nova. And this despite the fact that she had a broken head, cut limbs and an open fracture. The high school student and volunteer firefighter fixed her broken leg and waved at her to alert a passing driver. He also did not hesitate and called an ambulance for the three seriously injured.
"I would like to thank him very much, he saved me, and actually others too," she said modestly to Nova Bára TV. She is recovering from her injuries, she is out of the worst. Robert and Silva are now in a critical condition in a Vienna hospital. If it weren't for Bára, maybe they wouldn't be among us today and they wouldn't even get the chance to fight for their lives...
19:2529. 6. 2021The village of Stebno in Lounsk was cruelly affected, similarly to South Moravia, by a natural disaster. Even in the north of Bohemia, strong winds took off roofs and demolished houses. The tragic footage from the scene then went around the entire Czech Republic and reached Mr. Vladimír Würtherle, a man who has been living without one leg since the age of 16. Unfortunately for him, his special, very expensive prosthesis was stolen a few years ago along with his car.
CNN Prima News filmed an interview with the man, and Mr. Vladimír confided that the insurance company was asking him for 50,000 crowns for a new replacement for the lower part of his leg, which the Czech already had ready to send at home. But when he saw what the elements had done, he did not hesitate and decided to donate everything to the needy. "Those people need the money more," he stated briefly in the interview, and when asked if he really wanted to sacrifice his comfort at the expense of others, he clearly answered that he did.
“My girlfriend supported me tremendously. She clearly told me: Don't hesitate, do it," added Vladimír, who will even head to Stebno himself to see exactly where his hard-earned finances will help.
19:1429. 6. 2021The news about the brutal rampage of natural elements in southern Moravia has traveled around the world and has also reached the American town of Nová Praha, which is located in Minnesota. A number of descendants of Czech settlers live here, who know very well what a tornado can do. The so-called tornado season is there from May to September, the city lies in the zone of frequent occurrence of dangerous wind phenomena.
“When I first saw the damage, I was very worried. My ancestors were from southern Bohemia, luckily the tornado avoided them. But I really sympathize with the people from the affected area," Fred Simon, who regularly visits relatives in the Czech Republic, told iRozhlas.cz. "During a typical summer, we have about six tornado warnings, and in some cases it actually comes through," he added.
Amerikans of Czech origin, among other things, established several charity collections for South Moravia, one for example, the Czech and Slovak National Museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which the Czech Republic financed after the destruction of the flood in 2008. Czechs in the USA also officially helped after the ravages of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. Here, too, he is collecting for Moravia.
18:3429. 6. 2021In the program of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs for South Moravian companies affected by the tornado last week, there will be up to 280 million crowns per month. Minister of Labor Jana Maláčová (ČSSD) announced this on Twitter. According to her, the support in the program called Tornado will work in a similar way to the government's temporary Antivirus program, from which businesses could receive wage subsidies during the restrictions due to the covid-19 disease pandemic.
Maláčová wants to present Tornado to the government on Thursday, i.e. a week after the devastating storm. "We will compensate companies for the compensation of wages for people who have been hindered or transferred to other jobs due to the tornado. We expect a maximum cost of CZK 280 million/month," the minister said.
17:5829. 6. 2021The Agromoravia company in Moravská Nová Ves in the Břeclav region, whose premises and fields were hit by a tornado on Thursday, is still assessing the damage. At the same time, the cleaning of rubble is continuing, most of the buildings are intended for demolition, company director Vladimír Mazuch told ČTK. "Most of the buildings were concrete structures from the 1950s, everything is broken. We had structural engineers here, and according to them, most of the buildings cannot remain standing," said Mazuch. According to him, thanks to the equipment loaned to the fire department, the debris cleanup is going well, but it will take some time. The equipment destroyed by the tornado also needs to be recovered. And documents for negotiations with insurance companies are also being prepared.
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Place of the band and the audience pallets of bottled water and other drinks, piles of clothes, mountains of toilet and hygiene items. From Friday morning, the House of Culture in Hodonín became the central warehouse for material aid, which people started sending to people whose homes were destroyed by Thursday's storm and tornado. People, as well as companies, sent so many things that the volunteers stopped trying to sort the extra things over the weekend, Lucie Lněničková, who has been helping in the central warehouse since Friday evening, told ČTK. On Tuesday, the South Moravian Regional Office officially announced a freeze on material aid in addition to building materials.
17:2529. 6. 2021The bare walls in the house were left after storms and a tornado to a family from Hrušek in Břeclavsk, who saved themselves, a dog and a guinea pig. When the woman and man got out of the basement, everything else was destroyed and buried. ČTK was told by the woman's sister, Vlasta Ujčíková, who is helping her sister arrange everything necessary around the destroyed house. She also offered asylum to her brother, whose roof was taken off his house by a tornado. The storms that hit Břeclavsko and Hodonínsko on Thursday evening destroyed 1,200 houses.
17:2029. 6. 2021Rescuers from the South Moravian Rescue Service are still helping in Mikulčice. "Healthcare workers take care of patients who have problems, mainly of an internal nature. It can be, for example, collapses from the heat, chest pain or allergic reactions," the rescuers wrote on Facebook. A trauma team from the University Hospital in Brno is also on the scene, treating people injured during construction and cleaning work. "These are cuts, abrasions, but also suspected broken limbs," the post says. The team of rescuers intervenes in Moravská Nová Ves as well. "The Prague Golem still stands in Moravská Nová Ves, in which a local doctor now has a temporary office built for the morning hours. People in the affected area often lack medicines and doctor's offices are vandalized."
16:4529. 6. 2021Thunderstorm hunters on the Facebook social network pointed out other strong storms that should appear in the Bruntál and Opava districts. “It is possible that this is a supercell. It may be accompanied by dangerous phenomena, including large hail," they warned, adding a radar image.
16:3429. 6. 2021The aid to the municipalities damaged by the hurricane in Moravia continues and additional units of firefighters are dispatched to the scene. "29 firefighters from the HZS Ústí Region and JSDHO Staré Město, Chotiměř and Světec are replacing their colleagues in Moravia," the firefighters from the Ústí Region wrote on the social network Twitter, stating that they will replace their existing colleagues who have been working in the Hodonín region since June 26.
16:1529. 6. 2021The tornado that hit Břeclavsko and Hodonínsko on Thursday also swept through orchards and fields. The agricultural company Mikulčice records at least 700 hectares out of 1550 damaged. What is not broken is covered with pieces of roofs and other waste, company director Leo Balun told ČTK. Other gardeners in the area are also reporting damage, mainly linked to the hailstorm that hit the region at the beginning of last week, according to ČTK findings.
15:5329. 6. 2021Two hundred soldiers are already helping in South Moravia, others are on standby.
15:1429. 6. 2021A new website set up by the South Moravian Region will provide information to volunteers and people from municipalities in the Hodonín and Břeclav regions affected by the tornado. On it, people from the villages can find information on how and where to get help, and volunteers can find everything they need to provide help. Regional spokeswoman Alena Knotková informed about it today.
You can find the link to the website HERE
14:5329. 6. 2021People affected by the tornado should receive 150,000 crowns within 14 days from collections organized by nine organizations and foundations. Municipalities will also receive a proportional amount. People have already donated around 850 million crowns to mitigate the consequences of Thursday's storm, which hit Southern Moravia the most. It is already more than during the floods in 1997. At that time, people donated almost 800 million. Organizers of collections agreed today on a coordinated procedure and distribution of money in a way that would be fair and transparent. In the first phase, the money will be used to repair damaged houses and provide basic needs, Hana Sedláková told ČTK today on behalf of the Via Foundation.
14:4529. 6. 2021Clients reported over 10,000 claims for almost two billion CZK to insurance companies after last week's storms. Liquidators resolved a number of smaller incidents.
14:3829. 6. 2021Damage caused by a devastating storm in Luhačovice in the Zlín region on the night of Thursday to Friday amounts to tens of millions of crowns. Mayor Marian Ležák (deceased) stated this in the press release of the Luhačovice town hall today. The spa town is one of the places most affected by the storm in the Zlín region, for example, there was also damage in Uherské Brod or Slavičín.
14:2529. 6. 2021The wave of solidarity continues. People already sent 850 million crowns for the reconstruction of villages after the tornado.
People affected by the tornado should receive 150,000 crowns within 14 days from collections organized by nine organizations and foundations. Municipalities will also receive a proportional amount. People have already donated around 850 million crowns to mitigate the consequences of Thursday's storm, which hit Southern Moravia the most. It is already more than during the floods in 1997. Today, their representatives agreed on a coordinated procedure and distribution of money in a way that would be fair and transparent. In the first phase, the money will be used to repair damaged houses and provide basic needs.
Collections are organized by several organizations and foundations from Thursday evening. Diocesan charity Brno apparently collected the most, which had 197.7 million crowns in its account as of Monday evening. The Via Foundation has so far collected 184 million and initiated meetings with the organizers of other collections. Among them is the organization People in Need, to which people donated 108 million, or the Karel Komárek Family Foundation, which donated 150 million crowns.
13:5529. 6. 2021Lovely budgies and parrots still outside the zoo after the tornado.
At the Vyško Zoo, they are still assessing the damage after Thursday's storm, mainly on the green areas, around 50 trees have been damaged. But the storm also destroyed the aviary with exotic birds. An as yet unspecified number of parakeets fly around Vyškov, as well as three beautiful parrots. The zoo will try to recapture them.
13:3029. 6. 2021The Zlín Region will send 100,000 crowns to the municipalities in South Moravia that were damaged by a tornado last week. The regional councilors decided on it, the governor's office will send the money to the transparent account of the South Moravian Region. The Zlín Region will send additional aid with regard to the needs of its South Moravian neighbors, the Governor of the Zlín Region Radim Holiš (ANO) told journalists today.
“The images from the ravaged villages affected us all. That's why my council colleagues and I decided to send immediate financial support in the amount of 100,000 crowns and we gave an incentive to select places that we can support in a targeted way," said Holiš. According to him, people should consider what kind of help to send to South Moravia, the surest way is to send money.
13:2429. 6. 2021At Moravská Nová Ves, hit by a storm, a landfill with bio-waste and rubble is on fire. Firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to the neighboring solar power plant.
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Volunteer firefighters from Bruntál helped in the past few days in Moravská Nová Ves in the Břeclav region, which was hit by a devastating tornado. The scale of the disaster shocked them. According to them, the reality far exceeded the picture they had of the consequences while watching the footage on TV. Four volunteer firefighters from Bruntál helped on the spot for two days. They returned home today. City spokesman Jiří Ondrášek told ČTK. Seven units from the Moravian-Silesian region operated in this way in the south of Moravia.
“It's one thing to see that trigger on TV. But it's another thing to see it with your own eyes. It's much, much worse. We all agreed on that. It can't be described in words," said Miroslav Sedláček, commander of the Bruntál volunteer fire brigade, after returning.
"Locals came to us and asked us where we would sleep. When we answered that on the train, they told us: no, guys, you will sleep well. So we ended up sleeping in a nice untouched guest house with a shower and in comfort. People's behavior was amazing, even though they were alone in a terrible situation," added Sedláček
13:0029. 6. 2021A devastating tornado affected not only people, but also animals. 60 of them have already been treated by veterinarians in an improvised tent in Moravská Nová Ves. And they also offer additional help to breeders.
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The House of Culture in Hodonín is launching new telephone information lines.
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In Mikulčice in the Hodonín region, the first demolitions of houses affected by the tornado began today.
ČTK confirmed this to Mayor Marta Otáhalová. According to her, the demolitions are arranged by the residents themselves. According to the South Moravian Region, demolitions controlled by firefighters will not begin until next week. In Mikulčice today, people started demolishing four houses using heavy equipment. They use an excavator and a large loader for this. Otáhalová stated that some people decided on the demolition themselves. It is legally possible. Firefighters will be in charge of the controlled demolition, but they will probably only start with it next week, after the statics have inspected all the buildings affected by the storm and determined the exact number to demolish. So far, 115 houses in all affected municipalities have been earmarked for it.
Otáhalová said that one of the residents was still trying to return to one of the affected houses, which is in bad static condition and has to go to the ground. Therefore, the relatives decided to demolish it themselves.
12:2429. 6. 2021Part of the proceeds from the People of Good Will Dinner in Velehrad in the Uherskohradišť region will go to the people of South Moravia, which was hit by a devastating tornado last week. Josef Kořenek, secretary of the Days of People of Good Will, told journalists today. A benefit concert in front of the Velehrad Basilica will end the first day of the traditional Cyril and Methodius festivities, which this year take place on July 4 and 5.
"This year's Velehrad, of course, must respond to the unfortunate situations that happened in South Moravia. We are therefore expanding the possibility of our collection," said Kořenek.
12:1829. 6. 2021Citizens from Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk who lost their identity cards during the tornado's rampage will quickly receive new ones, Interior Minister Jan Hamáček (ČSSD) announced on Twitter today.
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"From Friday through the holidays, people from the Ministry of Regional Development will be in the field to address what is needed directly in the municipalities at the contact points. We will provide more information about this gradually and mainly in places so that it reaches the people," Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL), Governor of the South Moravian Region, said on Twitter.
11:5329. 6. 2021Meteorologists expect very strong storms with torrential rain, gusty winds and hail from this evening until Wednesday morning not only in Bohemia, but also in the western part of Moravia and Silesia. After intense rains there, the rivers can flood, some streams can briefly rise to the second or even third flood stage, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute reported this morning.
"In areas with very strong storms, we expect sharp rises in water levels, especially for smaller streams," meteorologists said.
Thunderstorms are also expected in the eastern half of Moravia and Silesia at the same time, but with milder manifestations.
11:4229. 6. 2021Today, the state enterprise Lesy České republiky (LČR) started felling the first timber for rafters for the reconstruction of houses destroyed in South Moravia by Thursday's tornado. Lumberjacks in the state forests around the village of Gajer in the Svitavy Region selected and felled spruce trees, which will be used to make beams ten to 12 meters long. Such beams are usually needed for the construction of new roofs. People affected by the tornado will receive wood as a gift from LČR. Eva Jouklová, spokeswoman for Lesů ČR, told ČTK.
Forests of the Czech Republic plan to harvest mostly spruce wood attacked by bark beetles for the trusses. "Just such wood is suitable for this purpose, the wood material itself is not damaged, traces of the bark beetle are only in the bark," said the spokeswoman.
Those interested in assistance from state forests must fill out a simple application. It is available on the company's website. The truthfulness of the data in the application must be confirmed by the representative of the municipality. Lesy ČR donates wood for the restoration of buildings for permanent housing. The company also donates 20 cubic meters of firewood to affected people.
11:3129. 6. 2021On her account, the editor of Czech Television draws attention to the determination of the general practitioner who, despite the vandalized surgery, started to practice in Mikulčice today.
11:1129. 6. 2021The Directorate of Roads and Motorways of the South Bohemian Region will not make any modifications to their roads in the coming days. They want to help the flow of traffic.
10:5629. 6. 2021Not enough wood, roofing and battens... These things will greatly complicate the reconstruction of damaged houses in Moravia. There was a lack of building materials even before this natural disaster, it only made the problem worse.
According to the saleswoman of the Hodonín hardware store Pro-doma, there is a pan-European shortage of iron, which is why there is a lack of many connecting materials, as well as ordinary nails.
10:4229. 6. 202198 percent of all buildings damaged by storms are under tarpaulin. The rest are destined for demolition, or the owner does not come forward. The storms destroyed 1,200 houses
10:3629. 6. 2021Police are investigating three more cases of fraudulent accounts in connection with storms in Břeclav and Hodonín, which destroyed 1,200 houses. Director of the South Moravian Police, Leoš Tržil, told journalists today after the meeting of the crisis team in Podivín. He urged the public to send money to verified accounts, such as those held by charities, regions or municipalities. Earlier, the police dealt with two cases of abuse of the situation.
For example, the transparent account of the South Moravian Region has 18.5 million crowns this morning. People have already sent over 700 million crowns to collections to help South Moravian municipalities.
Police have previously charged a man with attempted fraud who entered a fake QR code at a charity fundraiser. He faces five to ten years in prison. Another man posted an account number on Facebook that was not related to people affected by the storm.
10:2929. 6. 2021!The South Moravian region announced a halt to material aid for municipalities affected by the storm. According to the governor, there is enough of everything, the demand is for building materials.
Material aid came from all corners of the country. "We have huge halls packed, and there is no longer any need for drugstores, food, or clothing. It's a large amount, and emergency crews are burdened with finding new halls for it,” Grolich said.
According to him, not everything that people have donated so far will be used. "If we need anything, we'll call. Now there is a demand for building materials. They are things for roofs because most houses have damaged roofs. But some are more damaged, so they will need building materials. More than a hundred houses will be demolished, new ones will be built there," said the governor.
10:2729. 6. 2021In the cultural center in Hodonín, they absolutely need duct tape.
10:2329. 6. 2021!
After the storms in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk, 115 houses will need to be demolished, the number may not be final. South Moravian governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) told journalists today in Podivín after the meeting of the crisis team. Firefighter-controlled demolition will begin next week. But some people will demolish houses earlier on their own.
Until recently, there was talk of demolishing about 70 houses, but they are still being inspected by structural engineers. “The number is increasing. Now there are 115, but the homes will be going through the end of the week, so that may increase,” Grolich said.
The Ministry for Regional Development will initially provide them with 500,000 crowns, said Minister Klára Dostálová (for ANO). Every owner of a damaged house will receive a subsidy, even if it was not insured. The maximum subsidy is two million, another three million can be a loan.
9:5329. 6. 2021!There are 24 patients hospitalized in the Hodonín hospital. On Monday, a woman arrived, who was taken by an ambulance from Uherské Hradiště to be closer to her family. "No new case has arisen from the field. In the surgical intensive care unit, three patients remain in serious condition but are stable and out of danger. In the last 24 hours, we treated 19 patients at the surgical clinic, which were mainly minor stitches, contusions or sprains. We treated seven patients at the internal outpatient clinic, often for dehydration, sunburn or exhaustion," said its director, Antonín Tesařík.
According to him, the situation is slightly improving compared to previous days and the number of new cases is decreasing. On Sunday, paramedics treated 37 patients, on Saturday 46. He also highlighted the work of the trauma teams on site, who treat minor injuries there.
9:4829. 6. 2021Thunderstorms are sweeping through Germany and the Czech Republic, while the USA and Canada are being hit by a heat wave. Fires occur due to excessively warm weather.
Intense, long-lasting, record-breaking, unprecedented, anomalous and dangerous - this is how the US National Weather Service describes the historic heat wave that affected the northwestern United States. People feel it all the more because cities and houses are not built for temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius). The intensity of the heat in Oregon, Washington and in British Columbia, Canada could increase today.
At the same time, in Canada, they already measured the highest temperature in the country's history on Saturday, when the village of Lytton, northeast of Vancouver, recorded 46.1 degrees Celsius. Until then, the Canadian record was 45 degrees in 1937, the AP reported.
9:3029. 6. 2021!The Olomouc Region is releasing half a million crowns from its budget. They will mainly go to the reconstruction of South Moravian municipalities affected by the tornado, informs Josef Suchánek, the governor of the Olomouc Region.
9:2429. 6. 2021
Vice Minister Karel Havlíček (for ANO) advises on his Twitter account where to apply for help in the program "Help after the tornado."
9:1929. 6. 2021
According to the spokesperson of the Railway Administration, Dušan Gavenda, it will be necessary to demolish the vandalized ticket office in Hrušky, but it is unoccupied.
Gavenda said that all buildings of the Railway Administration were also checked by a structural engineer. "Demolition will only be necessary after the communication and security technology is deployed in the case of an unoccupied ticket office in Hrušky. The Railway Administration will repair the damaged dispatch building in Lužice to its original form," said the spokesperson.
Damage caused by the tornado on the railway corridor between Břeclaví and Hodonín is currently estimated at 320 million crowns. The bulk, approximately 200 million, is due to destroyed traction lines. Furthermore, damage to noise barriers or station buildings is among the highest.
9:0429. 6. 2021According to the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ), in Stebno in Ústeck most likely there was not a tornado, but a so-called downburst.
8:5929. 6. 2021Břeclav Hospital is still treating other helpers who were injured while removing the consequences of damage after the storm in Břeclav and Hodonín. There were 15 of them on Monday alone, said ČTK director Petr Baťka today. In total, since Thursday evening, the hospital has treated 213 people injured in connection with the storms or during work to remove the consequences. There are 19 injured in the hospital.
According to Baťka, however, people who help manage damaged houses continue to walk around with injuries. "We dealt with falls from the roof, but also fractures, abrasions, legs pierced with a nail and the like. People should exercise caution, use appropriate footwear," emphasized Baťka.
8:5429. 6. 2021Struggles with the consequences of storms are also experienced in some parts of Germany after tonight. In Stuttgart alone, firefighters went out to 330 incidents in connection with storms from Monday evening to this morning.
On the building of the State Opera in Stuttgart, the storm tore off part of the roof and toppled statues from their plinths. "I'm standing under the roof and I'm pretty wet," opera director Viktor Schoner told DPA. The water came up to the stage. There were 250 visitors in the building at the time of the storm, but no one was injured.
The latest storms that formed over Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria have partially moved to the Czech Republic. But a spokeswoman for the German weather service DWD said this morning that the end of the bad weather in Germany is not in sight.
8:4429. 6. 2021This is how her students remember the deceased teacher, who is most likely the seventh victim of the devastating tornado.
"A very unconventional and inspiring teacher. I get the impression that if she knew how he was going to die, she would be quite amused. Tornado. In Hodonín....R.I.P.,” wrote Zuzana on Twitter. The loss of the teacher affected a number of her former and current students. "I liked her geography lessons and thanks to her I graduated from it," writes Michal. "Unforgettable, unique, an example of how it should be done...she was one of the reasons why I studied geography at the UK, her enthusiasm and attitude were unique," says Majka sadly.
8:2929. 6. 2021This morning, the first train passed along the railway line between Břeclaví and Hodonín. The railway administration informed about it on its Twitter account. Railwaymen resumed operations in a limited mode with diesel locomotives. The railroad was damaged by Thursday's tornado storm.
Demolished poles and other parts of the traction line remained on the track after the storm, the top of the track was also damaged. At the weekend, the railway workers already made a section of one track passable, but then they also had to repair the top of the track.
8:1929. 6. 2021The main coordinator of emergency assistance Josef Koláček from the ADRA organization has many years of experience in volunteering. According to him, the wave of solidarity that arose immediately after the tornado rampage in the south of Moravia is amazing and at the same time a great encouragement for the residents there. But in the moments when the streets are calm, the weight of all circumstances falls on them. How many volunteers will be needed and for how long? Outlined by Koláček in the program Epicentrum Blesku.
"We will coordinate this help on a long-term basis, the volunteers will be there for the whole summer. Depending on the degree of damage, we will use 5 to 10 of them per house," Koláček appeals to people. "It's about to start raining, most people only have tarps instead of a roof, that's not encouraging news," he adds.
7:4629. 6. 2021Jiří Nývlt from Trutnov helped clear debris in Mikulčice and Lužice throughout the weekend and on Monday. He drove his special tractor across the country to the tornado-hit area for an incredible 13 hours! "I just made up my mind, made an appointment at work and went out to help," he said.
7:4529. 6. 2021! Jiří Hubačka, director of the Hodonín Gymnasium, business academy and language school, told Blesk Zprávy more about the death of a former colleague. "She went to the garden house near Hodonín and it overwhelmed her. They found her body - but they were unable to identify it," he mentioned and further referred to the police. According to him, Marie M. taught at the school for many years, perhaps her entire career.7:3429. 6. 2021!Another victim of the devastating tornado has a name. Maria, a former teacher of mathematics and geography from the Hodonín grammar school. "Unfortunately, Marušča's life was tragically ended on Thursday by a tornado. The last farewell will take place at the Hodonín cemetery on Friday, July 2. at 13 o'clock. Maruška, we will miss you," wrote GOAH Hodonín on Facebook. We are finding out more information for you.
7:3029. 6. 2021Deputy Jana Krutáková (STAN), who held the position of mayor in Moravská Nová Ves between 2002 and 2010, also lost her roof over her head. She was having dinner when the tornado appeared over Moravia. "It is a human tragedy. And none of us are prepared for such a natural disaster. Fortunately, I don't have it as bad as other people. I'm really sorry for them," she began her story about her experiences with the devastating tornado for Blesk Zprávy.
You can read more information here.
7:1629. 6. 2021Volunteers are welcome in the South Moravian Region, but it is necessary to make arrangements with the coordinator in advance. We remind you of the important numbers for the coordinators in the Hodonín kultárk, which the South Moravian Region shared on Twitter.
720 543 278
720 543 270
720 543 275
6:5929. 6. 2021According to the Medical Rescue Service, 6 people were transported to the Břeclavsk hospital yesterday. 61 people were then treated. "From tomorrow (Wednesday) there will be a general practitioner in Golem between 8 and 12 until the end of the week. Thank you all for today and have a good night," the rescuers wrote on Twitter.
6:4829. 6. 2021Strong storms hit the Czech Republic again.
The decimated Moravia is also in danger. Around 6:30 a.m. lightning struck parts of the Central Bohemia, South Bohemia and Pardubice regions as well as the Highlands. Thunderstorms can be very strong with wind gusts of around 90 kilometers per hour. They are accompanied by torrential rain and hail. Track storm movement on Lightning Radar.
6:1529. 6. 2021Demolition of houses that cannot be repaired after the tornado hit will begin today in Moravia, ČT reported. The first houses will go down in Mikulčice, there are 35 of them - but they are also farm buildings. In total, approximately one hundred houses are irreversibly damaged, the structural engineers will still complete inspections today and finalize the number of uninhabitable houses. Roughly 1,200 damaged houses will be repaired.
6:0029. 6. 2021Good morning, dear readers. Today we will start by asking for help from the family of Mr. Robert, who was driving the bus on the route Hodonín - Břeclav, at the very moment when the tornado struck. Only crumpled sheet metal remained from the car, Robert ended up in a critical condition in a Vienna hospital, where he was transported by helicopter. At home - in Moravská Nová Ves - his family also lost a roof over their heads. You can read the full story here.
23:0528. 6. 2021It doesn't have to be just shovels, laths, sails and strong hands in rough gloves. Help in tornado-affected Moravia takes many forms. It can also be, for example, a stand with free refreshments. "When we arrived on Saturday with a full delivery of things and asked what else they were missing, three people independently said: BEER! The plan for Sunday was clear...", described the situation from the location of a group of operators of the Veselska Café in the cinema. And they succeeded...
21:4028. 6. 2021As of Monday, people sent more than 700 million crowns to the collections to help the South Moravian municipalities that were destroyed by the tornado on Thursday. Tens of millions more were added during the day. Apparently, the largest amount of money was collected by the Brno Diocesan Charity. As of 5:00 p.m., she had 197.7 million crowns in her account, 25 million more than in the morning. The amount is also growing for the Via Foundation, so far it has collected over 171 million. The Czech Red Cross has collected 76 million so far. Representatives of several non-profit organizations and foundations met this afternoon and agreed to coordinate the procedure for distributing the money, Hana Sedláková told ČTK on behalf of the Via Foundation. They should agree on more concrete conclusions on Tuesday.
Collections for specific disabled persons and families are listed on the Donio portal. You can find contacts for the main collective collections on the Darujme portal.
21:0028. 6. 2021A raging tornado narrowly missed the birthplace of model Nikol Švantnerová (28) in Hodonín. Her boyfriend, soccer player Patrik Dressler (30), plays for the soccer team there, so he sent her videos directly from the scene of the storm.
Luckily, the tornado avoided her family, but the houses and vineyards of their close friends were swept away, so Nikol Švantnerová immediately went to South Moravia and got involved in cleaning up the destroyed things.
More here>>
20:0028. 6. 2021The city of Hradec Králové will send 1.2 million crowns to the village of Lužice in the Hodonín region destroyed by the tornado. The city councilors decided on it today. Councilors of the Hradec Králové region decided today that the region will send a total of 900,000 crowns to eight municipalities in the south of Moravia and one in the north of Bohemia that were hit by a tornado or strong storm last week. Each municipality will receive 100,000 crowns from the region to cover damages to private and public property.
19:4028. 6. 2021A home for the elderly in Hodonín is also among the places affected. Clearing work is also in full swing there. Several photos have appeared on Twitter that show the progress of the work and the extent of the damage. 1
19:2728. 6. 2021An unprecedented wave of solidarity was raised by the story of the Macks from Moravská Nová Ves. The family has their house and shop - the source of their income - destroyed. Daughter Silvia (14) is also seriously injured. The tornado caught her on the bus. For the benefit of the family, donors have already sent 6 million crowns through the crowdfunding platform Donio.cz. "The money will be used to treat both daughters and to repair the house. The family donates a part to neighbors in need," said Petra Čukanova, who is behind the collection.
19:0228. 6. 2021!Another of the incredible videos that show the strength of the tornado over South Moravia was obtained exclusively by Blesk.cz. The black funnel approaches the stunned people in the apartment buildings in the Bažantnice district of Hodonín. They just stare in disbelief…
Video Image of destruction: This is how a tornado devastated the district of Bažantnice in Hodonín. - for Blesk.cz - Pavel Šilt18:2128. 6. 2021About 1,500 customers remain without electricity in Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk following Thursday's tornado. This was announced to ČTK this afternoon by the spokesperson of the eg.d distribution company, Roman Šperňák. According to South Moravian Deputy Governor Jan Zámečník (KDU-ČSL), it will be a matter of weeks before electricity supplies are fully restored.
"On Friday morning, 75,000 customers in the area were without electricity, by the evening we managed to reduce their number to 3,500. Then the progress of the work slowed down, because it was necessary to go through the affected villages in detail and look for the remains of functional lines that could be safely connected to connect other customers," Šperňák described the situation.
18:0928. 6. 2021In Mikulčice, the first demolitions of houses damaged by Thursday's tornado should begin on Tuesday. Mayor Marta Otáhalová told ČTK on Monday. In all the affected municipalities, the cleaning of rubble and the provision of roofs with temporary tarpaulins continued today, the mayors told ČTK.
In Mikulčice they worked today on preparing houses for demolition. "Demolition measurements have been completed, water meters and gas meters have been disconnected. There have been more houses to demolish, yesterday there were 30, today the structural engineer revealed 10 more houses and people have asked for an inspection of three of them. We take care of the houses that are confirmed by the structural engineer as uninhabitable , we will ensure the demolition there. The demolitions will begin tomorrow (Tuesday)," the mayor told ČTK.
18:0628. 6. 2021The roof of the church of St. Jakub in Moravská Nová Ves, which was a certain symbol of the destruction caused by the tornado, had to be taken down by Prague firefighters on Monday afternoon. The structural engineer decided on it.
"To work in such a dangerous environment, a team was selected, consisting mainly of USAR specialists who participate in the liquidation work and remained in South Moravia as part of the second detachment of the HZS hl. city of Prague. The entire operation lasted several hours," Martin Kavka, spokesman for the Prague Fire Rescue Department, informed Blesk.
17:4928. 6. 2021The Moravian-Silesian Governorate will provide financial assistance in the amount of 400,000 crowns to a family from the Moravian-Silesian region whose child died in connection with the devastating tornado in southern Moravia.
"A family from the Moravian-Silesian region was also at the scene of the disaster and was fatally affected. The affected family will receive aid in the amount of 400,000 thousand kroner, today the regional council approved this donation," said Nikola Birklenová, spokeswoman for the governor's office.
17:3228. 6. 2021As of this morning, people have sent over 700 million crowns to the collections to help the South Moravian municipalities that were destroyed by the tornado on Thursday. Apparently, the largest amount of money was collected by the Brno Diocesan Charity. As of 5:00 p.m., she had 197.7 million crowns in her account, 25 million more than in the morning. The amount is also growing for the Via Foundation, so far it has collected over 171 million. Representatives of several non-profit organizations and foundations met this afternoon and agreed to coordinate the procedure for distributing the money, Hana Sedláková told ČTK on behalf of the Via Foundation.
17:0928. 6. 2021Divadlo Bolka Polívky will support the communities affected by last week's tornado. He will donate the proceeds from the Tuesday and Wednesday performance in Mikulov to the residents of the affected municipalities.
"We at the theater were very affected by what is happening so close to us. That's why we decided to donate the proceeds from both Mikulov performances to residents of the municipalities affected by the tornado. We will distribute the selected funds after consultation with the representatives of the affected municipalities," said theater director Kateřina Komárková.
16:2428. 6. 2021The Ministry of Labor is finalizing a special short-time work program for companies from southern Moravia, which was damaged by a tornado last week. The new support is intended to work in a similar way to the government's temporary Antivirus program, which allowed businesses to receive wage subsidies during epidemic restrictions.
"We are preparing a very small, clearly focused program that will be similar to Antivirus. It is actually a part-time work program that we would like to call Tornado," said Maláčová.
16:1828. 6. 2021According to the Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček (for ANO), the state will reimburse 80 to 100 percent of the expenses for the acquisition of new property to entrepreneurs in the areas affected by the tornado. The maximum amount of support is one million crowns. In addition, businesses will be able to obtain an interest-free loan of up to 45 million crowns. The government approved it today, wrote Havlíček on Twitter.
16:0928. 6. 2021The situation is improving in the Hodonín hospital, there are 23 patients here after Thursday's storms and tornado, three with serious injuries in the intensive care unit. According to director Antonín Tesařík, the situation is stabilizing, but over the weekend the hospital had to treat, for example, injured and collapsing volunteers.
There were originally four patients in the surgical intensive care unit in Hodonín, one of whom was already able to be transferred to a regular surgical ward by the medical staff. "All of them are stabilized and there is no danger of their condition worsening," Tesařík told reporters.
15:5828. 6. 2021The tornado, which ravaged a number of houses and buildings in southern Moravia on Thursday, could become the third to fourth costliest natural disaster for insurance companies since the creation of the Czech Republic in 1993, according to experts.
"We only have rough estimates so far. But if the property damage was insured for around CZK 3 billion, a tornado would come right after three large floods and skip all hurricanes," Veronika Nová, spokeswoman for the Czech Association of Insurance Companies, told ČTK.
15:5528. 6. 2021A natural element took the roof off a senior from Mikulčice. Here was Ivan Tokoš just before completion. Even on Thursday morning, he was talking to the builders that they would drink her, but by evening she was no longer there. All that remained was a pile of damaged roof tiles. It cost about a quarter of a million crowns, Tokoš told ČTK.
"The tornado tore out basically all the bags, they ended up in the yard, on the street, the roof battens were broken, ripped out, just horrible," said Tokoš. A tornado destroyed a ladder with a bag lift for a roofing company.
15:4828. 6. 2021In the vicinity of Stebno in Podbořanska, wind and hail damaged the harvest of hops, grain and rapeseed. A tornado-like phenomenon hit agricultural buildings. The damage is still being done. Čestmír Hess, the chairman of the Louna District Agrarian Chamber, told ČTK on Monday.
According to Hess, there are more than 100 hectares of damaged hops on the hop farms in the Louny district in the area affected by the phenomenon called downburst on Thursday. "There are bare strands of vegetation left, from which nothing can be harvested," Hess said. The Union of Hop Growers of the Czech Republic is still collecting reports from hop growers. "We will know more at the end of the week," union secretary Michal Kovařík told ČTK.
15:4528. 6. 2021The sawmill company Javořice from Ptení in Prostějovsk will donate 120 cubic meters of lumber for roof structures worth around one million crowns to the South Moravian municipalities affected by the devastating tornado to help people with the restoration of damaged houses.
"We made this decision because there is a general shortage of lumber in the country, and it is not certain that people in the south of Moravia would get the material to repair their homes in time," Jan Vařeka, chairman of the board of Javořice, told ČTK.
15:2328. 6. 2021During the press conference after the ministers' meeting with President Miloš Zeman, a question about volunteers was also heard. The mayor and firefighters pleaded with volunteers to reconsider their journey to the area, but now it has been said again that their help is welcome. "We appreciate their help, thank you for it, but it needs to be coordinated and preferably with the regional crisis team," said Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamáček (ČSSD) when asked by the media.
15:1528. 6. 2021Minister for Regional Development Klára Dostálová (for ANO) added that officials will go directly to places in mobile teams to help people fill out the administration.
15:1328. 6. 2021The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Jana Maláčová (ČSSD) also spoke about government assistance. Her resort opened an emergency emergency service for affected households on Friday morning. "As of this morning, we had 700 applications paid out, which can be in the maximum amount of 50,000 per household," said Maláčová.
She added that although they check applications, they try to act in a non-bureaucratic manner. Nevertheless, they allegedly also had fraudsters in the office.
15:0128. 6. 2021The Minister of Finance confirmed that 20 million crowns will soon be transferred to the hands of the Governor of the South Moravian Region, Jan Grolich (ČSSD).
An immediate advance of 500,000 crowns will then be given to people who have to demolish their house or have to completely reconstruct it. They get the money after signing up for the subsidy program. This was added by the Minister for Regional Development, Klára Dostálová (for ANO).
Dostálová also confirmed that 420 million will be used from the program for the restoration of municipal property after the elements. "We discussed with Mr. Hetman that we will prioritize, such as repairing communication," she said at a press conference after the meeting with the president. The Minister added that the Building Act will be amended for disabled persons so that permits are not delayed anywhere.
14:5528. 6. 2021Vice Prime Minister Jan Hamáček (ČSSD) was the first to speak after lunch in Lány, he first thanked all the rescue services for their work in Hodonínsk. According to Hamáček, but also the Minister of Finance Alena Schillerová (for ANO), they talked with the president mainly about the tornado. But they also familiarized him with the state of their resorts.
"I informed the government and obtained its approval for general pardons for all sanctions that consist in the fulfillment of tax obligations, be it various fines, interest, penalties - everything for this area will be waived," said the guardian of the state treasury.
Subsidies that will be provided to individual people for reconstruction or rehabilitation are also exempted.
14:4528. 6. 2021The liquidation of damages continues in the Ústí Region in Stebno. Just like in Moravia and in Stebno, the roofs are gradually being covered with blue tarps.
Building material is freely available here. However, some materials such as battens or nails are missing.
14:4128. 6. 2021Almost 1,200 houses and buildings are already 95% covered. This was stated by Jiří Pelikán, director of the South Moravian Fire Rescue Service, on Czech television. According to Pelikan, everything can be covered in a few hours.
The temporary roofs of the municipalities can be seen from a great height, because they are bright blue tarpaulins.
14:2828. 6. 2021Volunteers can continue to go to help the villages in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk that were hit by the storm. Hetman Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) said this to ČTK today. However, they must comply with the specified conditions, such as security, reporting to the village and parking the car on the outskirts of the village so as not to block traffic within the village.
Debris and debris are still being cleared and scattered things and pieces of trees are being cleaned up. Major demolition work will also begin soon.
14:2028. 6. 2021Prague 7 is considering "adopting" a household from one of the affected municipalities, which it will help in the long term. This option is to be discussed by the council of Prague 7. "By help, I mean when the time comes, mainly volunteer help directly on the spot, possibly material, psychological or accommodation help," explained Mayor Jan Čižinský (Praha Sobě).
14:1528. 6. 2021Cabinet of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) at lunch with President Miloš Zeman. The press conference after the cuts should be at half past three.
13:5028. 6. 2021How much will Moravia receive from individual resorts? And what did the ministers and the prime minister agree on? You will find out in the clear article here.
The ministers are now heading to lunch with President Miloš Zeman after the government meeting. We will watch the press conference in front of the castle entrance in Lány for you.
13:3028. 6. 2021The capital is also counting on help for seven municipalities. The Prague municipality will send two million crowns to South Moravia and the Ústí Region.
Prague has already sent fire and rescue units, city police dog handlers and, together with the Prague Waterworks and Sewers (PVK), containers with drinking water to help. Aid to South Moravian municipalities was also approved by some Prague districts. "This expression of Prague's solidarity with the municipalities fits in with the way in which Prague tries to help many municipalities in many regions to date. I firmly hope that the money will help on the spot with the liquidation of damages and dealing with the consequences," said Mayor Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates).
Two million is the maximum amount that councilors can approve without the approval of the city council. If additional funds were to be released, Prague is said to be ready to provide them.
13:2128. 6. 2021Volunteers helping in tornado-affected communities decreased significantly after the weekend. Some locals are disappointed by this. Eva Dvořáková, coordinator of volunteers from the Dúbrava Center for Ecological Education, told ČTK that they welcome everyone and that anyone who wants to should apply through them. On Sunday afternoon, the South Moravian Region asked volunteers not to go to the affected villages, because there are enough of them there.
In Mikulčice, the tornado damaged hundreds of houses, dozens of them lost their roofs. In many cases, however, it is or was difficult to get inside at all due to fallen objects. "He still needs people here, there is a shortage of them. After the weekend, people went to work, there are few volunteers here, the residents are desperate," said Dvořáková, adding that there are simply not enough hands.
13:0428. 6. 2021Governor of the South Moravian Region Jan Grolich (ČSSD) regularly informs about the situation in Hodonínsk and about things that need to be secured or that have been secured. In addition to the results of negotiations with the government, for example, it also informs about landfills and fuel imports.
12:4128. 6. 2021"Today, in the government, with the participation of JmK Governor Jan Grolich, we approved an aid package for residents and entrepreneurs affected by the tornado. At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications pays out funds for immediate assistance. We also dealt with the supply of construction wood from Lesa ČR," Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamáček (ČSSD) said on Twitter.
12:2628. 6. 2021The South Moravian region will receive a subsidy of 20 million crowns from the budget reserve to cover the initial costs of liquidating the consequences of the tornado, the government approved.
12:2528. 6. 2021Minister for Regional Development Klára Dostálová (ANO) informed about the Živel program, which was approved by the government. This is a confirmation of the announced grant and loan.
"Strakovka has just approved the Živel program, which we prepared with SFPI to help people from affected municipalities. Subsidy of up to CZK 2 million plus a preferential loan of up to CZK 3 million. So a total of up to 5 million CZK for repair, demolition, construction or acquisition of another property," she said on Twitter.
12:0928. 6. 2021According to Finance Minister Alena Schillerová (for ANO), entrepreneurs and companies from areas affected by the tornado will have a longer deadline to pay taxes or file a tax return.
According to the Minister of Transport, Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček (for ANO), the state will pay 80 to 100 pct of expenses for the acquisition of new property to entrepreneurs in Moravia. The maximum amount of support is CZK 1 million, approved by the government.
12:0728. 6. 2021“I have just approved the dispatch of the CZ Emergency Medical Team to the affected places in Moravia. This mobile team of medical professionals provides care to the injured and disabled right at the scene of an emergency. The current forces in place are no longer sufficient. Doctors from Brno have also been working there since Sunday," Minister of Health Adam Vojtěch (for ANO) announced on Twitter about further deployment.
Vojtěch added that it is necessary to have medical staff on site. Debris clearance work is not entirely safe after all.
11:5428. 6. 2021In the affected municipalities, on the weekend, structural engineers went through the houses originally intended for demolition several times and assessed their condition. Hejtman Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) said on Sunday that there will be over 70 houses to be demolished in the affected area. In addition to buildings that the structural engineer will mark as dangerous, however, according to him, there will also be cases where people will demolish houses without a structural engineer's order, because they they will want to build a new one. Which, according to him, can be dangerous.
According to regional fire department director Jiří Pelikán, the statics will continue today. Then they should finish the work tomorrow.
11:3028. 6. 2021The total damage in the municipalities of Břeclav and Hodonín affected by the storms has so far reached 15 billion crowns. Deputy Governor Jan Zámečník (KDU-ČSL) told journalists today after the meeting of the region's crisis team in Podivín. The amount includes damage to the property of the region and municipalities, but also to people's property. However, according to Zámečník, it is not final and will rise.
11:0528. 6. 2021Professional workers at the place of psychological help in Moravská Nová Ves in the Břeclav region have helped around 70 people since Friday. These are often senior citizens whose homes were destroyed by the tornado. They are still waiting for the onslaught of people when the shock wears off and people start coming to terms with reality. Dan Krejčí, coordinator of psychosocial assistance in the village, told ČTK.
"We are also contacted by people who need a carpenter and are desperate because they cannot find one. We also try to help them, because even the fact that they cannot find a carpenter frustrates them," said Krejčí.
10:5228. 6. 2021Deputy Jan Zámečník reported on the development of the meeting of the crisis staff of the South Moravian Region. "We manage to manage the traffic, also thanks to the fact that it is a working day and the number of volunteers has decreased. Landfills and construction material warehouses are also functioning," he said at the press conference. The staff again appealed to volunteers to consult first before traveling to the area. And that's because of transport, but also because of better coordination of liquidation and cleaning work.
Now 1,200 firefighters and over 350 pieces of heavy equipment are involved, as Jiří Pelikán, director of the South Moravian Region Fire Rescue Service, added at the press conference. "I think we will finish the tarpaulin today," he added, adding that by tomorrow the statics will complete the inspection of the buildings and evaluate their condition.
10:4728. 6. 2021As of this morning, people have sent over 700 million crowns to the collections to help South Moravian municipalities that were seriously damaged by the tornado on Thursday. The largest amount of money, 172 million, has been collected so far by the Brno Diocesan Charity. The money is still increasing, for example, two million were added to the Via Foundation's account from the morning until about 10:00 a.m., so the collection totaled 163.3 million crowns.
Non-profit organizations and foundations should meet this afternoon and agree on the distribution of money. The part should be released in the next few days and cover immediate needs.
10:4228. 6. 2021Agricultural damage caused by the tornado during the night from Thursday to Friday reached 1.5 billion CZK. The Ministry of Agriculture states this as an estimate, and submits a proposal for compensation.
"Based on the initial preliminary investigation at the site of the disaster in Hodonínsk, Břeclavsk and around the village of Stebna by regional agricultural non-governmental organizations and supervisory bodies of the Ministry of Agriculture, there was significant damage to stands of permanent crops - especially hop farms, vineyards and orchards, together with significant damage to vegetable crops," the office writes. Livestock also died and production halls were destroyed.
10:1828. 6. 2021The Fire and Rescue Service is actively continuing to clean up rubble and debris. Two demolition crews also help, which have to cut roof structures and clear debris. See images directly from the scene of the disaster.
9:5828. 6. 2021Storms hit the region on Thursday, destroying about 1,200 houses and claiming six lives. While on Friday people were still recovering from the overnight storm and trying to put the most necessary things in order, on Saturday tarps covered many damaged roofs in the villages and construction debris began to be taken away in large quantities.
The mayor of Mikulčice, Marta Otáhalová, said at the weekend that clearing the streets of the debris that people keep taking out of their houses is the number one priority everywhere. In Mikulčice, they make sure that the material is properly sorted, so that wood is transported separately from metal and other debris. According to the mayor, everything is transported to three separate places and the municipality takes care not to overcrowd any of the places.
9:4428. 6. 2021The Army of the Czech Republic also rushed to help. Its activities are coordinated by the fire brigade. "Now you can still find us in the village of Hrušky and now also in Lužice," the army wrote on Twitter.
9:2428. 6. 2021Athletes will support destroyed villages. The organizers of the relay marathon and athletic quadruple in Vnorovy in Hodonínsk want help for people affected by the tornado.
"On Tuesday, June 29, a cash box will be installed in the sports area, where it will be possible to donate cash intended to help the destroyed municipalities. The money will be sent to one of the transparent accounts set up for this assistance," says Jiří Tomeček on behalf of the organizer.
The athletics quadruple starts at 3 p.m., the relay marathon at 5:30 p.m. in the sports complex in Vnorovy.
9:1428. 6. 2021Most of the damaged houses already have a temporary roof made of sails. The lightning took a picture of the surroundings from the air for you. The village of Hrušky and Moravská Nová Ves literally turned blue. The images also show the progress of the tornado that hit the village on Thursday evening.
8:5528. 6. 2021Czechs have already collected half a billion crowns for post-tornado relief. This was also confirmed on Twitter by the director of the Via Foundation, Zdeněk Mihalco. "This is a historic philanthropic act of Czech society," he emphasized.
8:3828. 6. 2021"Day One - Mark of Doom". Take a look at the unique video that was filmed by a policeman on the day of destruction in South Moravia. It also shows an intervention at an overturned bus.
Video Destruction after the tornado from the perspective of a policeman. - Police CR8:2028. 6. 2021MEP Tomáš Zdechovský shared contacts on Twitter where you can contact if you want to help the affected villages. The people on these lines will direct you to where help is needed.
Mikulčice 704 752 552
Moravská Nová Ves 774 722 714
Panov 720 160 532
Hodonín 774 405 806
7:5528. 6. 2021A tornado hit Moravská Nova Ves at the exact moment when mass was taking place. "I had to interrupt the mass. People ran to hide under the bark and to the sacristy with the ministers. And the first, very bad wave came. Fortunately, we were hidden at the time - and perhaps by the power of God, none of us who were in the church were harmed. The shards that fell from the shattered windows, paving stones and bags that flew through the air and flew into the church did not harm anyone," priest Kalina described the terrible moments for the Lidovky.cz website.
7:4128. 6. 2021Czechs are doing well, just a few days after the devastating tornado, debris and rubble are disappearing from the streets. In some places, the streets are already completely empty, and only the remains of houses form the picture of destruction; many of them will be compared to the ground in the coming days.
7:2728. 6. 2021Improvised field hospitals are growing in communities affected by the tornado. The number of injured is increasing on the spot during the clean-up of the consequences of a natural disaster. Even though Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) asked volunteers on Sunday not to go to the affected areas, the request was only valid at the given moment. According to the governor, help will also be needed in the coming days. Blesk also told Zprávám that if people want to send something, they should coordinate their donations with crisis teams.
7:1028. 6. 2021One of the most affected municipalities in South Moravia is Moravská Nová Ves. Check out the current images from this morning. You can find more of them in the article gallery.
6:5928. 6. 2021Helping municipalities in southern Moravia, which were hit by a devastating storm last week, will be one of the main topics of today's government meeting. In the afternoon, the ministers will have a joint meeting with President Miloš Zeman at the castle in Lány in Kladensk.
On Friday, the Cabinet approved the free provision of material reserves, especially fuel, to rescuers responding to tornado-ravaged villages. The cabinet should discuss other ways of helping today. The Ministry for Regional Development has already announced that it will release 420 million crowns to municipalities for property restoration. At the same time, the state will offer people up to five million crowns for the reconstruction of destroyed housing, of which two million as a subsidy and three million as a preferential loan.
6:3628. 6. 2021The tornado caused unprecedented damage, but all the more solidarity arose among the Czechs, the tragedy literally brought the nation to a single goal - to help those affected by the natural disaster. This is also the case of Mr. Jiří from Trutnov, who went around social networks. "On Thursday night, he left everything, got into a tractor and drove that tractor for 13 hours to Mikulčice so that he could help here."
6:3028. 6. 2021South Moravia is counting huge damages after a devastating tornado. In addition to the human victims, the natural phenomenon ravaged hundreds of houses, cars, agricultural machinery, as well as arable land. You can read how and where disaster victims can apply for help in our service article.
6:0028. 6. 2021Good morning, dear readers. Today we start with the inspiring story of police officer Marek Dvořáček from Moravská Nová Ves. Two years ago, he and his wife were renovating a house when the woman was diagnosed with cancer, which unfortunately she soon succumbed to. Marek thus became the only parent of five children. When a tornado tore through his home a few days ago, he was very lucky - their house only sustained minor damage. With their son and daughter, they now help in the village where they can. You can read the full story here.
22:3027. 6. 2021Dear readers, thank you for your attention. The Blesk Zpráv team will be watching how South Moravia and Stebno in Lounsk deal with the consequences of devastating tornadoes again from Monday morning. Calm night.
22:2427. 6. 2021The South Moravian Region thanks all those who participated in the aid on social networks.
22:1027. 6. 2021Governor of the South Moravian Region Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) Blesk Zpravám told what is missing most in the affected municipalities. "We mainly have to provide construction material. Roof battens, wood for roofs. Then more follow-up material for repairs. Unfortunately, in the next few hours, the list of dangerous buildings that will need to be demolished must be completed. It is necessary to ensure that no one goes into those buildings, or that the people working on them are instructed by the police, because they take responsibility for those volunteers. Nonprofit organizations should also evaluate for us what needs those people will need. The good news in quotes is that these people don't need to provide accommodation right now, it will be more of a problem when they can't live with their friends and relatives," said Grolich. You can read the entire interview with the governor on Monday morning at Blesk.cz
21:5227. 6. 2021The collection was also announced by the organization Život dětem. "Because for 21 years we have been supporting families with seriously ill children who also lived through the ravages of the tornado and are currently living in makeshift conditions, shaken by the loss or destruction of their homes, the funds from the collection Help for families with children from affected Moravia will be used primarily for them, but also for other families in need," said the director of the non-profit organization Život dětem Maria Křepelková.
People can donate any amount to the transparent account 1117771700/5500 under the variable symbol 7777 or by sending a donation SMS in the form of DMS ZIVOTDETEM60 to the number 8 77 77. they know the 21 years and we have their trust when they help families affected in this way through us," said Křepelková.
21:2427. 6. 2021The Hodonín part of Panov is also recovering from the disaster. It is a settlement with about a hundred inhabitants and dozens of houses. "All were affected, including two apartment buildings. The structural engineer designated seven properties for demolition. The statics go around everything again and make a list of what can be repaired," Deputy Mayor of Hodonín Petr Buráň
20:5627. 6. 2021During the day in Mikulčice today, energy companies connected another 400 customers, but 2,000 households remain without electricity in the affected area. “Due to the strength of the storms, there was total destruction of power lines in many places. Our workers went through the villages and looked for the remains of functional lines, and where it was only slightly possible and safe, we renewed supplies," said Roman Šperňák, the spokesman for the EG.D distributor.
20:3127. 6. 2021In two days, people sent 3.8 million crowns to the South Moravian region's collection for storm victims. From the new week, it will be possible to track the amount on the Internet.
20:1527. 6. 2021The army is already helping in two affected municipalities. In addition to Hruška, also in Lusatia.
20:0027. 6. 2021Extremely strong storms and tornadoes in the south of Moravia have an impact on the health of animals in addition to human casualties. In the village of Hruška, a 10-year-old female labrador was found in the rubble, which had been buried all day. At first she couldn't stand up, but after a while she broke up. Soldiers from the 74th Mechanized Battalion helped save the female. Veterinarians treated about 40 animals affected by storms and tornadoes in a tent in Moravská Nová Ves. Among them are dogs, cats, but also other animals.
19:3427. 6. 2021Life is not very kind to them! The first blow for parents Irena and Marko Mack from Moravská Nová Ves came a year ago, when they found out that their eldest daughter Viktorie (18) has a brain tumor that cannot be operated on. Now the tornado almost deprived them of their younger daughter Silvinka (14). She was traveling home from Hodonín by bus when a strong wind threw it several tens of meters from the road into the fields and demolished it. The natural disaster also deprived the family of a roof over their heads and the business they ran. People send the Macks money to get out of the worst of it fast.
The collection for the benefit of the family launched an incredible wave of solidarity. The account currently has 1,650,000 crowns. You can contribute HERE
19:1827. 6. 2021"In addition to treating dozens of patients who were injured during the clean-up work, we also observe with gratitude and admiration the great desire of people to help and the bravery and determination of those affected to fight with the wound that fate gave them.. In all this horror .. people, you are amazing," the rescuers said to all those helping in the affected communities.
18:5127. 6. 2021Even according to the mayors, there is enough material aid, and it is being distributed successfully. In Mikulčice, they hand over non-perishable food to catering companies, which supply all the people working on damage removal with hot food free of charge. They also continue to need generators, flashlights or power banks everywhere.
18:3627. 6. 2021Břeclav stopped receiving material aid for people affected by Thursday's tornado and storm. Hodonín only accepts things from the list, mainly tools.
18:2027. 6. 2021!Police charged a 22-year-old man with attempted fraud for forging a QR code at a public fundraiser for tornado victims. He faces up to 10 years in prison.
18:0727. 6. 2021"The night services are set up precisely to protect property, currently there are 180 police officers within the municipalities," replied Minister of the Interior Jan Hamáček (ČSSD) when asked by Blesk Zpráv whether police officers are strengthening services due to possible looting.
"There has been no case so far, there was one misunderstanding that was clarified," added the Deputy Prime Minister.
17:2527. 6. 2021The family house leveled to the ground was left to a woman from the Hodonín part of Pánov after the storm. The storm hit her when she was at home with her husband, ČTK said. They saved themselves by hiding in a windowless room. Two people died in the area during the storm, said the deputy mayor of Hodonín, Petr Buráň. There are six victims in total. Storms hit Hodonín and Břeclav on Thursday evening and destroyed 1,200 houses.
“Everything took a minute. We hid in a windowless room and saved ourselves. But some here were not so lucky," said the woman about the two victims. She found the background with her daughter and the house is insured, but the neighbors on both sides do not have the house insured and also lost it completely. "We are already handling everything with the insurance company," she noted.
17:1627. 6. 2021Column of waiting vehicles between Mikulčice and Moravská Nova Vsí. In a number of places, policemen have to direct the traffic, even so the passage is a test for strong nerves.
17:0027. 6. 2021The storm in Hodonín destroyed the home for the elderly, the sports hall, the zoo and the stadium. Deputy mayor Petr Buráň told ČTK today that the local part of Pánov and several dozen apartment buildings in the Bažantnice district were also damaged. Storms hit Hodonín and Břeclav on Thursday, destroying 1,200 houses and claiming six lives.
At the home for the elderly, which is being established by the region, the roof and exterior cladding are damaged. “The tornado got inside, so the inside is damaged as well. But the building is statically sound and can be repaired," said Buráň.
16:4427. 6. 2021Due to the increasing number of injuries during the clean-up of the consequences of the disaster, Prague rescuers built a mobile infirmary in Moravská Nová Ves.
16:3727. 6. 2021President Miloš Zeman expressed his condolences to the family of the little girl, who is the sixth victim of the tornado, through the spokesman Jiří Ovčáček.
16:3027. 6. 2021For children from schools damaged by the tornado, the school year is mostly over. Teaching will be provided where the buildings are, in Břeclav and Mikulčice.
16:1427. 6. 2021According to information from Blesk, a little girl (+2.5) who was crushed by the rubble of a collapsed house in Pánov, Hodonín, died in a hospital in Brno.
“I confirm the death of a child in connection with the tornado. Due to the age of the victim, we will not publish more information," spokeswoman Veronika Plachá of the Brno University Hospital told Blesk.
Paramedics took the child to the Brno clinic in critical condition. According to Blesk sources, the little girl had no chance of surviving the injury. She passed away on Friday.
The family from Pánov in Hodonín is experiencing an immeasurable tragedy. The girl's mother, who, according to witnesses, held her daughter in her arms until the last moment, is seriously injured in the hospital. The grandfather died in the house when the tornado swept him away.
16:0927. 6. 2021A flood of brooms, shovels and also tarps to cover the destroyed roofs dominates the space in front of the cultural center in Mikulčice. The crisis staff distributes the material among individual applicants, people mingle with the ever-increasing stream of volunteers. "We thank everyone very much, we just have to coordinate their help," said mayor Marta Otáhalová.
16:0827. 6. 2021In the Hodonín hospital this morning, paramedics cared for another 23 patients who were brought there by rescuers after Thursday's devastating storm in Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk. Of those hospitalized, four have more serious injuries, but are in a stable condition. On Saturday, paramedics treated another 46 people at the hospital who were injured during the removal of damage, such as falling from the roof or having their leg pierced by a nail. In the hospital in Břeclav, they treated 30 people in the ambulance on Saturday, on Friday it was 37 people. The directors of both hospitals told ČTK.
15:4127. 6. 2021!Storms in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk claimed a sixth victim. She died at the Brno University Hospital. The death was confirmed by hospital spokesperson Veronika Plachá, who did not want to give any further information.
Czech Radio drew attention to the sixth death. Hodonín deputy mayor Petr Buráň told ČTK about the death, and Plachá confirmed it to him. "However, no more can be said with regard to age," said the spokeswoman. According to information from ČTK, a two-year-old child died.
15:3227. 6. 2021We are going all the time, without a break, reports the Prague fire department.
15:0927. 6. 2021A man from Chrudim brought fifty kilograms of nails, construction sheets and also a spare car for his company's employees to Moravská Nová Ves. On television, he saw villages in the Hodonín region and Břeclav region, where a storm and tornado destroyed houses, and he felt great helplessness. Around 1,200 buildings were destroyed in the area, including churches and schools.
14:3727. 6. 2021Dozens of trees were cut down by volunteers who came with chainsaws to help the villages in Břeclav and Hodonín affected by Thursday's storms. ČTK was told by a volunteer from Krumvíř in Břeclavsk. The storms destroyed 1,200 houses, cars, but also greenery. Some trees fell on houses, some on roads.
14:1527. 6. 2021All affected citizens will receive subsidies for property damage after Thursday's tornado in South Moravia, regardless of whether they were insured. For people with insurance, the compensation of two million crowns will be reduced according to the reimbursement they will receive from their insurance companies. Finance Minister Alena Schillerová (for ANO) said this today in the Czech TV program Otázky Václav Moravec. The state is also preparing subsidies for entrepreneurs from the affected municipalities, they could receive up to 80 percent of the value of the destroyed property.
13:5527. 6. 2021Veterinarians treated about 40 animals affected by storms and tornadoes in a tent in Moravská Nová Ves. Among them are dogs, cats, but also other animals. Alena Vrátná, an employee of the Prague veterinary service Pet-medic, who works in the area, told ČTK. According to her, people pulled some of the animals out of the rubble, one dog was carried by the tornado across the entire village. Storms hit Břeclavsko and Hodonínsko on Thursday evening. Hail the size of footballs and a tornado with a force of over 200 kilometers per hour were also included.
13:4427. 6. 2021Don't go to the south of Moravia to the affected areas today, the police urges. Capacity is full.
13:4127. 6. 2021South Moravian Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) asks citizens not to take food to municipalities affected by storms. There is enough of everything and some of it has to be thrown away, Grolich told ČTK today. Already on Saturday, the collection centers reported enough clothes that people should no longer carry. Storms hit Břeclavsko and Hodonínsko on Thursday evening and destroyed 1,200 houses. People are working to restore them.
13:2027. 6. 2021The state is preparing subsidies for entrepreneurs for damages after Thursday's tornado in southern Moravia. They could receive up to 80 percent of the value of the destroyed property. Finance Minister Alena Schillerová (for ANO) said this today in the Czech TV program Otázky Václav Moravec. She also recalled subsidies for people from affected municipalities in the amount of two million crowns and said that the uninsured will also receive support.
13:0327. 6. 2021Railway traffic between Břeclaví and Hodonín would like to be restored to a limited extent on Tuesday - in the first track for diesel locomotives. Thursday's storm also damaged a railroad track in the area. The extent of the damage was initially not obvious due to the deposits of debris, measurements in the section revealed disturbances in the geometrical position of the track. On Monday, it will still be necessary to settle the track into a permanent position with the help of a tamping machine, Dušan Gavenda, spokesman for the Railway Administration, informed ČTK today. Instead of trains, buses run in the section.
12:5027. 6. 2021!The rescue tent in Moravská Nová Ves in the Břeclav region, which was hit by storms, will not stop. The rescuers gradually treat dozens of people with minor injuries such as cuts, but they also dealt with severe injuries after falling from the roof. ČTK was told by the director of the South Moravian Rescue Service, Hana Albrechtová, who works as a doctor in the area. There are also two large special vehicles near the tents, which the ambulance service from the region and Prague has for major disasters.
12:3527. 6. 2021!Damage after storms in South Moravia will be at least 12 billion crowns on public property, and will be many times higher on private property. South Moravian governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) said this to ČTK today. Thunderstorms with a tornado hit Břeclavsko and Hodonínsko on Thursday evening and destroyed 1,200 houses, seven dozen of them will have to be demolished.
12:2727. 6. 2021Pope Francis also expressed his closeness to the victims of storms and tornadoes in South Moravia after today's prayer to the Angels of the Lord.
12:0627. 6. 2021Thursday's tornado in Hodonín significantly damaged the local part of Pánov, where there are two apartment buildings and several family houses. Seven of them are slated for demolition after the extreme storm. The rest must be secured, Deputy Mayor of Hodonín Petr Buráň told ČTK. According to him, the local area has been cleaned up since the worst debris.
11:5227. 6. 2021Diesel locomotives could resume limited operation between Břeclaví and Hodonín on Tuesday, according to railway officials. Trains are not running there due to the effects of the storm.
11:3927. 6. 2021There are currently 69 houses slated for demolition in the municipalities affected by the tornado. However, people should under no circumstances attempt demolitions alone.
11:2827. 6. 2021"We currently have 175 soldiers deployed in the village of Hrušky and many more on standby to go immediately. The specific deployment is decided by, for example, the crisis staff, which is currently meeting," the Army of the Czech Republic informed on its Twitter account.
11:2427. 6. 2021The powerful story of Mrs. Bohumila Kučerová (86) from Moravská Nová Ves moved the whole country. The tornado also destroyed her home. She also lost her son shortly before that. There were scattered things and spilled glass everywhere. "Only my son's urn is fine," she described. People are helping the unfortunate lady with the help of a fundraiser, which was launched by the Adra Foundation.
11:2127. 6. 2021
This morning, the police arrested a person suspected of having published a fake QR code for the humanitarian fundraiser of the Brno Diocesan Charity, which is intended for people affected by Thursday's tornado. South Moravian police director Leoš Tržil told journalists today after the meeting of the crisis team.
"A person was arrested this morning who is connected with a fake QR code at the Brno Diocesan Charity collection. No cash has been misused in connection with this code. We are investigating the motivation and circumstances of this action," said Tržil.
11:2027. 6. 2021“I am now more focused on looking for concrete forms of help. The president commands the castle guard, which has several hundred members. And I even offered to send everyone there. But I was repulsed. Now there is only one group, 15 soldiers of the castle guard with the appropriate equipment. Those who are already organizing rescue operations there were afraid when several hundred members of the castle guard would suddenly rush there, because they would step on each other's feet, if not on each other's heads, and would rather get in the way. So for now at least a symbolic unit, but I am ready to give an order at any time and if the organizers need it, I am ready to send everyone there," said President Zeman about the form of aid he intends to provide to the affected municipalities and their residents.
11:1227. 6. 2021In his words, Zeman will intercede for the most generous and generous subsidy to all affected municipalities.
"You know, I am not a friend of subsidies, many of them are unnecessary and wasteful, but in this particular case, as the president of the republic, I will fight with the minister for this subsidy not only to be here, but to be really generous. I think that the framework should be like this, and now I would ask to what extent the insurance companies can also intervene in this, because you have cars compulsorily insured and the buildings are insured too. But of course that insurance is not enough. So that framework should definitely be above the insurance amount," said the president of the republic.
11:0927. 6. 2021“The collapse of buildings can be replaced. The injury, even if it is much more difficult, can be healed. But the most terrible are the human losses. And I was informed that there was also a Slovak citizen among them, and it didn't matter if she was Czech or Slovak, who was also pregnant. And this is the most terrible thing. Everything else can be overcome," said President Zeman in Terezia Tománková's Party on CNN Prima News.
10:5127. 6. 2021!The great-grandson of the last Czech king Charles I, competitor Ferdinand Zvonimír Habsburg-Lothringen (24), who shared a collection to help the devastated Moravia, surprised with a touching gesture. "It destroys me to see the destruction caused by the tornado in the Czech Republic, a country close to my heart. I am praying for all those affected by this accident. If you can, please donate to them," he wrote on his Facebook. Read more here>>>
10:4427. 6. 2021The Via Foundation's collection to help South Moravian municipalities that were ravaged by a tornado on Thursday brought in almost 150 million crowns in less than three days. The peak of the collection was on Friday, when over 100 million were collected in 24 hours, since then the pace has slowed down. However, the foundation expects more money on Monday, when the banks process the weekend's donor entry. The foundation wants to distribute the money to the needy in three phases, Hana Sedláková told CTK on behalf of the organization.
10:3227. 6. 2021Police vans today pick up volunteers in Moravská Nová Ves, where houses and cars were damaged by a storm on Thursday. In just two hours, the driver of one of the vans made about 15 trips. However, thanks to this, the village remains passable, because people park their cars on its outskirts and do not drive all the way to the center. Cars crowded the village and queues on access roads were a big problem on Friday and Saturday. Storms hit Břeclavsko and Hodonínsko on Thursday evening, destroying 1,200 houses.
10:2127. 6. 2021The humanitarian center in Břeclav in the former premises of the Rena cleaning company near the sugar factory is open 24/7 starting today. People can bring donations there at any time for the residents of the municipalities affected by Thursday's storm and strong winds. Those in need can pick them up at any time of the day or night. The center has also expanded its premises, according to Jana Pelcová, spokeswoman for the Břeclav town hall, the place is busy. ČTK said that things that help people repair their homes are most in demand.
10:1527. 6. 2021On one side of the church, construction activity around the damaged houses, on the other side mass in the parish yard with dozens of people. This is what it looked like this morning in Moravská Nová Ves, which was hit by a storm on Thursday and destroyed houses, including a church. Parish priest Marián Kalina told the people at the mass that it is a test in which people will pass and make the village the kingdom of God on earth.
10:0227. 6. 2021The storm also hit Luhačovice hard on Thursday. Matyáš Chytil published a video of both her rampage and the cleanup of the aftermath.
09:5027. 6. 2021The regional crisis staff is meeting again in Podivín. It has already been possible to secure a place where rubble from destroyed houses is taken from the municipality, as well as a place to store construction material, Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) informs on Twitter.
09:40:27. 6. 2021As of this morning, 2,400 households remain without electricity in Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk. On Saturday, there were around 3,000 of them. Moravská Nová Ves is the most affected.
09:2627. 6. 2021Three dozen firefighters from the Zlín Region are helping to clear debris in Mikulčice in Hodonínsk, which was hit by a tornado on Thursday. They also cut fallen trees and branches. Firefighters from the Zlín region arrived in the village with their equipment on Friday evening, they also brought a so-called emergency survival container, which serves as a background for them. Lucie Javoříková, their spokeswoman, announced this on the regional fire department's Facebook page.
09:1227. 6. 2021The traffic situation has improved today in South Moravian municipalities affected by the storm. The municipalities are not so blocked by cars, there are no large queues at the entrances.
09:0027. 6. 2021The incredible wave of solidarity with the affected municipalities can be seen not only at financial collections. The Cultural House in Hodonín, which serves as one of the warehouses for material aid, is full of water, food, and a drug store. People and companies from all over the Czech Republic brought supplies here.
08:5327. 6. 2021The Hodonín hospital treated 46 people injured during the removal of damage after the storm on Saturday. Among them were also volunteers who overestimated their strength.
8:4727. 6. 2021NHL star Michal Kempný, defender of the Washington Capitals, with whom he won the famous Stanley Cup in 2018, also came to his native Moravia to help. He took off his T-shirt, got into the siding and goes around the places where hands and strength are needed. He climbs the roofs and helps protect what is left of the tornado. Read here>>>
08:2927. 6. 2021A devastating tornado also devastated the facilities of the scouts in Hodonín. Scouts joined in removing the consequences of the disaster.
08:0827. 6. 2021Part of the firefighters who help with damage removal spent the night on the train. The sleeper cars were delivered by ČD.
7:5827. 6. 2021How will Czech meteorology and warnings of dangerous phenomena change after the tornado that destroyed the villages in the south of Moravia and in Lounsk? Petr Münster from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute answers this in an extensive interview. We select a sample, the entire interview HERE.
And was it possible to draw attention to the probability of a tornado?
"We don't draw attention to this because it is such a temporally and spatially narrowly focused phenomenon that it is impossible to write into every storm that a tornado could form. Although the probability is almost never zero. The stronger the storm, the more more likely that such a strong tornado will form. The strengths of weaker tornadoes from those F2, F1, F0, may not be tied to such strong storms, and therefore can be part, whatever the conditions are suitable for it, either the configuration of the terrain or the merging of several storms , it happens much more often. We really haven't seen a tornado like this in modern history."
7:3627. 6. 2021!Volunteers can help in the municipalities of Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk which were hit by devastating storms. But they have to follow the rules, said Alena Knotková, spokeswoman for the South Moravian region today.
"You need to contact the locals or report to the info center in the center of the village. Volunteers have to park outside the village in parking lots and walk," said Knotková. There are problems with traffic in the villages and it is complicated for emergency services and vehicles with rubble to pass through.
The region also asks volunteers not to carry material aid, which was collected in two days. Large warehouses are in Hodonín or Břeclav. People brought water, food, but also clothes, blankets, toys, drugstore goods and other things into them. Volunteers can bring tools with them. "It is necessary to observe safety when working and moving in the village, wear sturdy shoes, work clothes and gloves. People should not call mayors who have completely different concerns," Knotková added.
7:1127. 6. 2021"It's a disaster, it's hell. The first feelings were terrible. It's true that when you spend so much time there and concentrate on solving those problems, you don't even realize it anymore, but those first moments , it was really horrible," says Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL), governor of the Jimoara region, in a big interview for Blesk Zprávy. He described what is needed now in the affected areas and what people offering help should pay attention to. Hyenas were also mentioned, who abuse the kindness of people even in this situation. READ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW HERE.
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At the stroke of seven in the morning, the coordinated clearing work of the fire brigade, of which there are 1,200 on site, and the army will begin again, but the locals and volunteers work from early morning until dark. Resident Grolich's call for volunteers who would like to come to the site is still valid. They should make arrangements with the local emergency team in advance so that their uncontrolled arrival and the large number of cars will not complicate the work and block the roads.
6:5127. 6. 2021!The head of the KDU-ČSL, Marián Jurečka, was also personally involved in helping on the spot with heavy equipment. He does not have time to follow political events, regardless of the fact that even the Internet signal in the affected areas is still not ideal. "Don't really ask me about the president's speech, I got off the tractor an hour ago, so I didn't really watch it…..did I miss something?" he wrote in response to President Zeman's speech.
6:4527. 6/2021!Good morning, dear readers. Unfortunately, we start with sad news. While everyone who has hands and feet, women and men of all ages, including the oldest, is trying to repair the houses so that they can be lived in at least temporarily as soon as possible, 5 people did not survive the tornado's ravages:
33-year-old pregnant Martina from Lužice
The award-winning winemaker Jan S. from Moravská Nové Ves
Only a 21-year-old young man on whom a lamp fell
Man (†64) from Panov, who died in his beloved grove, already managed for his pension
A tourist from Wallachia who came to Slovakia for a long weekend
HERE are their stories....
22:3026. 6. 2021Dear readers, thank you for your attention to our extraordinary online broadcast. We will monitor the development in the south of Moravia and in Stebn in Lounsk again from Sunday morning. Good night.
22:2426. 6. 2021The South Moravian region published on Twitter the rules for volunteers who want to get involved in aid.
22:1526. 6. 2021Volunteer firefighters from the Moravian-Silesian region showed an emotional video from the first day of deployment in the affected municipalities.
22:1126. 6. 2021On Wednesday, Minister for Local Development Klára Dostálová (ANO) and Minister of Agriculture Miroslav Toman (ČSSD) will arrive in Stebn na Lounka, which was most likely also damaged by a tornado on Thursday, to talk to the local residents about it , what is needed. In the village, the wind damaged farm buildings, barns and the like the most. According to the mayor, the wind apparently turned into a tornado in the final, destroying about 25 houses in Stebno, which is roughly 40 percent.
22:0026. 6. 2021Actress Alice Bendová also thanks the exhausted firefighters on social networks.
21:5026. 6. 2021Firefighters from a special unit with heavy equipment rescued a bus this evening near Lužice in Hodonínsk, which was overturned by a strong storm on Thursday evening. The bus, in which four people were injured, ended up near the railway. Jana Urbancová, spokeswoman for the department, told ČTK that the space needed to be freed up so that the railway could be repaired.
21:3026. 6. 2021Firefighters from all over the Czech Republic, including volunteer ones, are helping in the affected municipalities. Volunteer firefighters from Kytlice in the Ústí Region showed their exhaustion from the all-day deployment.
21:1026. 6. 2021On Thursday and Friday, victims of the tornado were treated at the Hodonín hospital. Today, a new category of patients is reaching them. Collapsing volunteers as well as those who get injured while clearing damage.
“We have just treated and hospitalized the first volunteer who collapsed from exhaustion, exertion and heat while helping to clear the debris. It is necessary to pay attention to who has what limit of their physical and mental strength, to observe the drinking regime and to protect oneself from sunburn with a head covering. Accidents continue from damage repair injuries, we had a patient brought in by a family with an emergency strangulated leg. He cut her below the knee with an axe," NTGM director Ing. said on Facebook. Antonín Tesařík.
20:5226. 6. 2021The tornado took not only the roofs over their heads and material possessions from many people in South Moravia, but also the memories and stories associated with their homes. "It's not about the material of the houses, it's about the people, memories, past and future that people have from the places where they live and grow up," said Zdeňka, a native of Hrušek. Thanks to the quick help, the debris will probably disappear in a few days, the clean-up work is progressing very quickly, as well as the temporary roof repairs. What cannot be returned so quickly are the trees. All the grown ones are gone.
20:2126. 6. 2021Owners of damaged houses who did not suffer serious injuries are working on their properties or helping neighbors. Ten minutes of Thursday's tornado will mark the residents of Moravská Nová Ves for the rest of their lives, most will sooner or later need psychological help, said the director of the South Moravian Community Foundation Zlatka Maděřičová, who works and lives in Moravská Nová Ves. Like other residents, they are still on their feet, working, organizing - because they have to. It speaks of collective trauma.
20:0226. 6. 2021Two seriously injured people, who were taken into the care of a hospital in Vienna, are out of danger. It is a 50-year-old man, apparently the driver, and a 15-year-old girl. They were injured when the tornado threw the bus they were sitting in tens of meters into the fields. The man has had an operation and today the doctors transferred him from the intensive care unit to a regular ward. The girl had to be put into artificial sleep by medics on Friday, but according to Kronen Zeitung, she could still leave the intensive care unit today.
19:3426. 6. 2021!In Stebno in Lounsk, which was most likely hit by a tornado on Thursday, they are looking for volunteers to help clean up the aftermath. According to volunteer firefighters, the situation is already under control to the extent that the public can also get involved.
19:1026. 6. 2021Watch the President's full speech on the disaster in South Moravia and Lounsk.
Video Zeman spoke about the tornado in Hodonínsk. He recalled the devastating floods, he sends his daughter Kateřina with help - CNN Prima NEWS18:5726. 6. 2021"I myself gave the order to the Castle Guard so that, according to the needs of the rescuers, its members also participate in these events," Zeman recalled his part in helping. In addition, his daughter Kateřina will go to the affected villages with help. "I am glad that my daughter is also going with the Castle Guard to distribute donations from the foundation fund," the president added.
"In any case, I think that what happened is obviously a disaster, but it's also an opportunity for us to express our solidarity, and I greatly appreciate all those who are already sending help today," he praised all who are not indifferent to the situation in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk and Lounsk. For example, donors of material aid for municipalities affected by storms completely filled the cultural center in Hodonín with items, including the winter stadium. Currently, the center is no longer accepting clothing, blankets and other coverings, but is in need of building materials.
"I remember how, about twenty years ago, a similar natural disaster affected the villages of Troubky and Bochoř. Today, these villages have long since returned to normal life. I want to believe that, thanks to the solidarity of our citizens, even the seven affected municipalities will return to normal life," the president believes that life in the municipalities will be restored as quickly as possible, similar to the way it was in the municipalities during the devastating floods in 1997.
However, according to his words, the president also sees the tornado's rampage as an opportunity for the whole of the Czech Republic. "I would like to express the hope that the Czech nation can always come together and show solidarity when it finds itself in a situation where it is needed," he added.
"Thank you to everyone who is helping and will continue to help," the president concluded his speech.
18:5326. 6. 2021"The Czech Republic experienced a natural disaster that lasted only a few minutes, but seven municipalities were affected, five died in South Moravia and about two hundred were injured," Zeman began his speech from the chateau in Lány. He delivered his speech to CNN Prima News, which also broadcasts an hour-long interview with the president on Sunday.
"In addition, there is significant material damage. First of all, I would like to express my deepest condolences to the survivors of the victims of this natural disaster. I would like to wish a speedy recovery to all the injured," the president continued. At the same time, several dozen people are injured, and during the cleanup of the aftermath of the tornado from Thursday evening, other people come to the hospital for treatment from time to time.
The president also thanked the firefighters, soldiers and policemen who intervened on the spot. At first they helped with the search of places where rubble of stones and furniture, as well as fallen bags and car wrecks were left instead of houses, and since Saturday they have been helping the locals with clearing the streets and the debris of houses.
18:4926. 6. 2021Five dead, hundreds of families without a roof over their heads, billions worth of damage. These are the consequences of the devastating tornado that swept through parts of southern Moravia on Thursday. Immediately after the disaster, President Miloš Zeman expressed his condolences to the survivors and thanked the rescuers. But according to critics, he should have made a speech. He finally filmed this afternoon in Lány. See what the president is saying to the people of the affected municipalities.
18:2626. 6. 2021!The fraud with the collection, which was first reported by Blesk Zprávy, is already being investigated by the police. "We have known about the case for a short time, we are now finding out more detailed information from charity workers," said police spokesman David Chaloupka.
18:0926. 6. 2021The Governor of the South Moravian Region, Jan Grolich, confirmed what was expected - the damages after the devastating tornado will not reach hundreds of millions, but billions of crowns.
17:5026. 6. 2021This is what the village of Hrušky looks like two days after the disaster.
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The first case of fraud has appeared in collections to help municipalities affected by the tornado. The Governor of the South Moravian Region, Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL), told Blesk Zprávám exclusively. He appeals to donors to check carefully, especially payments via QR codes.
"It was discovered with the Brno charity and it may be with other accounts as well. Graphics appear on social networks where the physically correct account number is given, but some private number is fixed in the QR code. So if you pay with a QR payment, you can send money to a foreign account. The hyenas just took it, it's disgusting. It is necessary for people, when they want to send money, to really verify the number on the website of the account creator," said the governor of Blesk Zprávám.
These are the official account numbers you can donate to:
16:5526. 6. 2021A destroyed church, school, and even a cemetery remained after Thursday's storms in Hrušky in the Břeclav region. Mayor Jana Filipovičová told ČTK today that the storm hit 90 percent of the graves. In the village, however, they are now devoting all their efforts to rebuilding the destroyed houses, about 150 of which were affected by the storm.
The entrance to the cemetery is cordoned off and people are not allowed there. Some of the tombstones are overturned, broken trees lie over the graves. "The storm touched about 90 percent of the graves in some way," said the mayor.
16:4226. 6. 2021Those who help in the affected municipalities have the opportunity to sleep on the train. České dráhy has installed three sleeping cars in Hrušky.
16:2326. 6. 2021The extent of the destruction is shown by footage and photos from drones. This is what Moravská Nová Ves looks like two days after the tornado.
15:5626. 6. 2021Five human victims, 18 seriously injured and 83 people in hospitals. Dozens of other people treated on an outpatient basis and stitched up are lying at home. Unless they are cleaning up the wreckage of their houses.
The provisional balance sheet of the tornado that ravaged seven towns and villages in Moravské Slovácko within a few tens of minutes on Thursday evening is so terrifying.
Among the victims is the well-known winemaker Jan Sečkář from Moravská Nová Ves. The sudden death of a man famous for his cabernets was confirmed by two independent sources from the village. "It's so horrible I don't even want to remember it or talk about it," said a woman in the neighborhood.
15:3226. 6. 2021Police appeals to donors to take material aid to collection points. "We ask all donors who bring material aid to the affected area of Hodonín to concentrate it at the House of Culture in Hodonín on Horní Valy Street. A collection point has been set up for the villages of Hrušky and Moravská Nová Ves in Břeclav, in the area of the former sugar factory in Národních hrdinů Street," informs the police.
15:1726. 6. 2021The devastating tornado in the Czech Republic is also noticed by the world media. The British BBC published one of the dramatic videos.
15:0326. 6. 2021Themselves have almost nothing, yet they help. Clients of the Prague asylum also sent durable food, drugstores and blankets to the villages in southern Moravia.
14:4326. 6. 2021Demolition of houses damaged by tornadoes and storms will not start today, informs CT. Even before demolition, representatives of insurance companies must inspect them. There are roughly 1,200 damaged houses in the affected towns and villages, and the structural engineers have decided to demolish 61 of them so far.
14:2126. 6. 2021In addition to the municipalities of Lužice, Moravská Nová Ves, Mikulčice, and Hrušky, firefighters also intervene in Pánov u Hodonín.
"The character of the intervention activity has changed, when the firefighters finish the rescue work and continue with the liquidation work, which is to remove the consequences caused by the emergency," said HZS spokesman Rudolf Kramář. In Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk there are mainly professional and volunteer firefighters from the South Moravian region at the moment, but all reinforcements from other regions of the Czech Republic have also arrived.
The rescue department of the HZS of the Czech Republic has three so-called detachments on site, numbering 60 people and 38 pieces of equipment, including heavy equipment such as large loaders and excavators for debris removal and possible demolition of buildings. "They have prepared, among other things, the KEC 400 container power plant, which will serve as a generator for the production of electricity to power larger buildings," Kramář pointed out.
13:5526. 6. 2021The state will help the storm-ravaged municipality of Stebno, which is part of Kryr in Lounsk, similarly to municipalities in South Moravia. It emerged from the statement of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO), who arrived in the village today. Even in Stebno on Thursday, storms, wind and possibly even a tornado destroyed roofs and houses and broke trees. Babiš said that the Minister for Local Development Klára Dostálová (ANO) and the Minister of Agriculture Miroslav Toman (ČSSD) will come to Stebn on Wednesday to talk to the local residents about what is needed.
13:3126. 6. 2021People in Hrušky in the Břeclav region have been working since this morning to restore houses that were damaged by a storm associated with a tornado on Thursday evening. Mayor Jana Filipovičová told ČTK that the element destroyed about 150 houses. Many volunteers are helping the injured. In the village, many people can be seen at every house, firefighters, police and soldiers are helping, but also excavators and other similar equipment.
13:1926. 6. 2021Approximately 1,200 firefighters are removing the consequences of Thursday's tornado in southern Moravia. The number is sufficient, so they are still refusing offers of help from abroad.
13:0426. 6. 2021!The specialized team of USAR firefighters from Prague will cease operations in Moravská Nová Ves today, Prague firefighters announced on Twitter. They will be replaced by another team, which is intended for liquidation work.
12:4526. 6. 2021!Firefighters showed in aerial footage how volunteers blocked off the affected villages. They are also appealing for people not to travel to the area now.
12:3026. 6. 20213,000 households remain without electricity in South Moravia. Most of them are in Lužice, Moravská Nova Ves, Mikulčice and Hrušky, energy experts informed.
12:0526. 6. 2021Apparently the youngest victim of the tornado is a twenty-one-year-old young man, on whom a lamp fell during the storm, according to the media, he died while being transported to the Brno University Hospital.
12:0326. 6. 2021!Hejtman Jan Grolich once again strongly appeals to volunteers not to go to the areas affected by the tornado in South Moravia. Transport is collapsing there.
11:5526. 6. 2021!The old part of the zoo in Vyškov remains closed. Employees, firefighters and volunteers have been cleaning up the aftermath of the storm for the second day.
11:4026. 6. 2021!Containers and mobile toilets are currently needed in the affected municipalities.
11:1826. 6. 2021!On the railroad in the tornado zone, diesel locomotives could start running on a single track Sunday evening. Restoration of electricity is a matter of weeks.
11:0726. 6. 2021!There is enough material aid in the area of the tornado, additional emergency supplies are not needed now, said the Governor of the South Moravian Region, Jan Grolich. There are big problems with transportation to the place.
10:5526. 6. 2021No case of looting has yet been recorded in the area affected by the tornado, according to the crisis team. The police are also not missing any of the locals.
10:4026. 6. 2021Damage in the home for the elderly in Hodonín will amount to tens of millions of crowns. This is how it turned out after the rampage of tornadoes and hail.
10:2926. 6. 2021!The South Moravian region launched a fundraiser to help people in the villages affected by storms in Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk. The account number is 123-3116420297/0100.
10:2526. 6. 2021!After the storm in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk, rescuers treated around 50 more injured on Friday, 13 people ended up in hospital. He continues to work in places.
10:2026. 6. 2021!The South Moravian crisis team dealt with the situation in the devastated villages in the morning. He appeals to the volunteers to wait and not go spontaneously to the villages.
10:0026. 6. 2021The vineyards in the narrow strip through which the tornado passed on Thursday between Břeclaví and Hodonín are destroyed, in some places only the stumps of vine bushes are sticking out. The total damage concerns a maximum of several tens of hectares of vineyards. After the storm and hail, the crop is damaged on hundreds of other hectares in the wider area.
In the tornado zone, cellars with equipment are also destroyed. It is a huge disaster for many individual winemakers, Tibor Nyitray, president of the Union of Winemakers, told ČTK today. One prominent winemaker died, others were injured, Nyitray added without further details.
09:4626. 6. 2021!Experts will find out today with the help of a special radar whether the village of Stebno u Kryr in Lounsk was destroyed by a tornado or an extremely strong storm. On the spot, according to meteorologist Radek Tomšů from the Ústí branch of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ), the investigation was completed. ČTK said it today. A hundred firefighters responded to the scene after the storm. Approximately 120 residents live in Stebno, no one was injured.
09:3226. 6. 2021!In Lužice in the Hodonín region, the police towed away the cars that were destroyed by the storm on Thursday evening. Police spokesman Bohumil Malášek told ČTK. Cars obstructed traffic, ended up at the local station. In addition to cars, the storm destroyed houses and greenery.
Damaged cars were in the streets and in front of houses, which people had already started repairing on Friday. "It dragged on at night. Communications were difficult to pass through, it was a problem to get materials for home repairs," said Malášek.
09:1526. 6. 2021!Columns of firefighters from northern Bohemia arrived in southern Moravia. Firefighters from the Ústí Region arrived on the scene already on Friday evening, those from the Liberec Region around midnight. The teams slept in the Hodonín sports hall. In Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk, several villages were hit by a tornado on Thursday evening, which severely damaged them. The commander of the unit from the Liberec region is already on the survey of Mikulčice, where the firemen will be deployed today, the firemen said on their Twitter. Petr Pelikus, spokesman for the rescuers of the Ústí Region, told ČTK today that 30 firefighters will be deployed in Moravská Nová Ves.
08:5026. 6. 2021!A collection was also started in favor of Stebno in Lounsko, which was very likely also devastated by the tornado. You can help them by sending any amount to the transparent account of the Stebno 2020 Ornamentation Association. Please do not forget to include the message "tornado". Every penny helps. Account number: 2101141282/2010. Message to recipient: Tornado.
8:4726. 6. 2021!“There was complete silence and then a roar, as if an express train was approaching. All we had to do was run around the corner and curl up," Martin from Lužice described the seconds of terror. He and his partner Michaela were left with only what they were wearing. After two minutes of the element's rampage, they were met with a horrible sight. The hundred-year-old farm building, which they have been repairing for ten years and on which they paid off the mortgage last year, was left in ruins. Full story here>>>
08:2626. 6. 2021!Firefighters in the affected villages went back to work in the morning. It will focus on stabilizing those houses that can still be saved.
08:1826. 6. 2021Public transport in the part of South Moravia, which was hit by hail and a tornado on Thursday, remains paralyzed today. However, there are significantly fewer lines that do not run or change routes than on Friday. The main outage concerns the train connection between Břeclaví and Hodonín. Replacement buses are running instead of trains, but they are not going to the affected municipalities, where the police cordon continues, ČTK found out from the website of the integrated transport system.
Substitute bus transport is provided to a limited extent, according to the Czech Railways website. The Břeclav-Hodonín railway line, which also runs trains from Brno to Staré Město near Uherské Hradiště, runs relatively exactly in the path of Thursday's tornado. It is not yet clear how long the problems will last there. On its website, the railway carrier ČD Cargo anticipates the commissioning of diesel traction in the middle of next week.
7:4426. 6. 2021!Jiří Kovalský, a structural engineer of the special USAR team, who intervened, for example, in the massive explosion that decimated Beirut last summer, came up with encouraging words. Although the area that the tornado swept through looks truly apocalyptic, the condition of the buildings is actually much better than it might seem. "Of the 70 buildings we passed in Moravská Nová Ves, only four of them were marked for demolition," an expert on the stability of buildings told CT directly from the spot. The roofs - the covering and the structure - are gone, the lower floors, especially thanks to the good construction, the tornado's rampage has stopped.
Video On Thursday, June 24, 2021, a tornado swept through the village of Hruška and devastated it. Half of the houses are razed to the ground. - Jiří Nováček7:0226. 6. 2021!The director of the Hodonín hospital, Antonín Tesařík, spoke on social networks after midnight on Friday with a touching, sincere, tired, but nevertheless strong appeal.
“Dear friends, after 43 hours of being on my feet, except for 3 hours of short rest, I am going home to come again (now today). The TGM Hodonín Hospital fulfilled its main task, helping 191 injured victims of the tornado's rampage, but the situation here is now stabilized and I believe the worst is behind us. I went to check the situation in Moravská Nová Ves and Mikulčice, I arrived devastated. Now the people in the affected villages mainly need your help, do whatever you think is good to help these unfortunate and desperate people. Everything you do will be good and right," he wrote on Facebook. He also gave a short interview to Epicenter Blesku.
6:4026. 6. 2021!President Miloš Zeman will make an extraordinary televised speech this evening. In it, he will address citizens in connection with the natural disaster in southern Moravia, where a tornado destroyed several villages on Thursday. According to the president's spokesman Jiří Ovčáček, the speech will be filmed today in Lány, and will be included in the program at 18:50. According to spokesman Matěj Štýs, CNN Prima News will provide it for broadcast by other television channels.
6:3826. 6. 2021!At around one o'clock on Thursday afternoon, Jiří Kouřil announced to his fans and friends on Facebook that he is going to go to Moravia at night, because there will be a storm with the number three - that is, the strongest, most extreme level of storms. The users of the social network were still joking, but a few hours later their smiles froze. The experienced storm chaser assumed that a tornado could form in these extreme conditions, but he did not expect this.
"The colleague understands the models, it was quite clear that there would be an explosive development of those storms and that there would be supercells (a type of supermassive storm formed by one cell - editor's note). And that the tornado could easily be there. ESTOFEX (European Storm Forecast Experiment is an initiative of experts and enthusiasts who, among other things, predict strong convective storms in Europe - editor's note) issued a warning, level three for Moravia, and it was known that something like this could be there. The conditions were right for it," the hunter told the Blesk Podcast as he prepared to catch another valuable storm.
For Blesk, he spoke about the fascination with storms, which, of course, goes hand in hand with a responsible and safe approach. When he then saw amateur footage of people filming the tornado until the last moments before it struck, he was shocked. How to behave in storms?
Video Blesk Podcast: Superstorms in Hodonínsk were predicted by a storm chaser hours in advance - Jiří Marek, David Malík6:3126. 6. 2021The tornado also destroyed the Scout buildings - on the one hand, the clubhouse in Mikulčice, and on the other hand, the scout town with clubhouses in Hodonín, which leveled them all to the ground.
6:2526. 6. 2021The wave of solidarity is really huge. Until this morning, Czechs have sent almost 120 million crowns to the account of the Via Foundation through the collection on the Darujme portal alone. How can we help further?
6:2426. 6. 2021Good Saturday morning. Today we will also monitor developments in Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk, but also in Lounsk, where an unusually strong and rare for the Czech Republic, but devastating, tornado raged on Thursday evening.
The number one priority is clearing debris and ensuring the stability of buildings, as well as assessing whether they are repairable or will have to be demolished. The army and firefighters will start work again at the stroke of seven in the morning.
If volunteers would like to get involved in helping directly on the spot, they must contact either the local municipality in advance, or for example the infoline set up by the South Moravian Region. Yesterday, it happened that due to the raid of helpers, but also for example the curious, the access roads and surrounding roads were blocked, which prevented efficient operation. "We are very happy that people are willing to help. A lot of volunteers complicated our life, especially in terms of transportation. That is why it is necessary to make arrangements with the mayor of the village or the emergency team before arriving," appealed the director of the South Moravian fire brigade, Jiří Pelikán, to the public.
23:3025. 6. 2021Thank you for your attention to our extraordinary online broadcast. We will follow the cleanup of the consequences of the damage and further developments in the south of Moravia in detail again from Saturday morning. A quiet night if possible.
23:2525. 6. 2021KDU-ČSL head Marian Jurečka went to the affected villages to help with his tractor. He documented the situation on video. According to his own words, he did not expect such a disaster that he saw with his own eyes.
23:2125. 6. 2021In Lužice, about two dozen houses that have been identified as dangerous by structural engineers are awaiting demolition, Mayor Tomáš Klásek said.
23:1025. 6. 2021An authentic video from Lužice was handed over to the police by one of the residents of the village today. It was probably filmed by his wife. The footage shows a tornado approaching their home. Subsequently, a tall tree is broken, after a while you can hear how the strong wind of the glass panes is blown by these residents.
"Incredibly authentic video from Lusatia. It was brought to our patrol today by one of the local residents with really strong nerves," added the spokeswoman of the police presidium to the video.
22:3625. 6. 2021According to the mayor, 200 to 300 houses will have to be demolished in Mikulčice after the tornado. The natural element affected roughly a third of the 750 houses. All the trees in the village are also felled.
"Today, about three structural engineers walked around the village and marked the houses. We must also use psychological support, it is a terrible experience for citizens, they cannot accept the fact that they will lose their house. There will be about 200 to 300 of those houses that we will have to demolish," said the mayor of Mikulčic, Marie Otáhalová, in an interview with ČT.
According to the mayor, most of those who lost a roof over their heads looked for alternative accommodation. "About 20 citizens took refuge in the sports hall," the mayor added.
In Mikulčice, about 64 police officers were on guard overnight. Food is distributed in the local cultural center. According to the mayor, psychologists are also helping on the spot.
"I'm an optimist, as long as we don't have fatal injuries, I believe we'll make it," added Mayor Otáhalová
According to the governor of the South Moravian region, Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL), the crisis staff of the region is to meet in the morning. Among other things, he should deal with accommodation for families from damaged houses.
"We try to find accommodation in the nearest location as possible. We also have offers for long-term accommodation. We are not able to say right away whether the families who secured temporary accommodation have it for a day, two or a week," the governor added. According to Grolich, the army with heavy equipment should enter the affected villages tomorrow.
21:5525. 6. 2021
Over the past 24 hours, 1,200 firefighters have been involved in rescue and clean-up work in Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk. "And there will be more," promise the firefighters.
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Another public collection for Lužice, Mikulčice, Moravská Nova Ves and Hrušky in Břeclavsk. This time under the auspices of the Independent Trade Union and the Prison Service. "Proceeds will be used to restore the damaged homes of all residents of the affected municipalities, members and employees of the security forces," tweeted the Prison Service. People can contribute to the collection from Saturday until the end of July.
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For today, the army has suspended work on cleaning devastated villages and houses. The soldiers will return to the site again tomorrow.
"We're done for today. Tomorrow we continue again. As long as needed," the Ministry of Defense tweeted.
21:2025. 6. 2021
More rescue vehicles are headed for Hodonínsko. On the way, you can meet a convoy of fire engines and ambulances.
20:5125. 6. 2021The police will start towing vehicles damaged by Thursday's storms today in Lužice in Hodonínsk. Police spokesman Pavel Šváb told ČTK. The wrecks end up at the station. The municipality needs to free up space in the streets so that heavy equipment can work on the destroyed houses. Some cars in front of houses or on the streets would get in the way.
20:3925. 6. 2021The unprecedented devastation left behind by the storm and the huge tornado associated with it in Břeclav and Hodonín did not only affect people and their property. She has also made a mark on the lives of pets and there are a lot of stray dogs in the area. Good people provided temporary care to those they found. They published their likeness on a social network and are waiting for their man or woman to come for them.
20:2825. 6. 2021In Lužice in Hodonínsk, which was damaged by thunderstorms on Thursday, it started to rain lightly. Some of the roofs of damaged houses were repaired or covered with tarpaulins.
Video This is what it looked like today in Lužice and Mikulčice. The tornado finally stopped in the forest about 2 km behind Hodonín. - Hynek Zdeněk20:2025. 6. 2021!The collection of the Via Foundation to help devastated South Moravian municipalities raised more than 100 million crowns in less than 24 hours. "Never before in the history of Czech philanthropy has so much money been collected in such a short time," said Zdeněk Mihalco, director of the foundation. Tens of millions of crowns were also collected by other charitable organizations. Diocesan charity Brno collected over 50 million crowns. Companies and municipalities from all over the country also promised money or other help.
The Via Foundation will release part of the collected money for immediate aid to the affected municipalities. He will coordinate the distribution of the rest with other non-profit organizations and foundations. According to the foundation, this is a record wave of solidarity.
19:5325. 6. 2021!Prime Minister Andrej Babiš from the affected area repeated on TV NOVA that the government wants to send financial injections to the affected municipalities as soon as possible to restore property and roads.
“It is truly a disaster. It's unbelievable what happened. We will give a subsidy of two million for housing replacement, plus a loan of three million for 30 years. 450 million crowns to repair the infrastructure," said the prime minister.
The government wants to request the main sum for the reconstruction of damaged municipalities in Brussels on Monday. "We will ask for the largest amount on Monday after the damages have been calculated. It could be in the billions," added Babiš, adding that he expects money from the EU within days.
"The government must make a decision on Monday and the money must come quickly, because only quick help is effective," added the prime minister, adding that the government will meet online again if necessary.
19:3525. 6. 2021!The number of households disconnected from electricity supply has dropped from 70,000 in the morning to around 3,500 today, EG.D spokesman Radek Šperňák said today after 19:00. ČEZ is also still recording supply outages, in whose distribution network about 1,800 customers remain without power.
A state of emergency has been declared with effect from 20:00 on Thursday. "We continue to work intensively on eliminating faults in our distribution area. We have canceled all planned shutdowns in the most affected locations, and we are concentrating all our own and supplier's available forces on repairing the damage after the night storms," said Šperňák. Workers from other regions, which are currently not so affected, will also head to South Moravia.
19:1025. 6. 2021!President Miloš Zeman will make an extraordinary speech on Saturday at 18:50.
The President will speak about the situation in Hodonínsk and other areas that were ravaged by a devastating tornado on Thursday.
18:5425. 6. 2021After a day-long search in the rubble of demolished houses, the Prague firefighters report that they have not found any persons. "During the day, the team shifted more into liquidation work mode (removal of trees and debris)," said Martin Kavka, spokesman for the Prague fire department.
On Saturday, volunteer firefighters from Zbraslav, Letňany, Libuše and Řeporyjí will visit Moravská Nová Ves. "A total of 41 people will remain on site. In addition to chainsaws and other means for liquidation work, we will also bring shovels, wheelbarrows and other help from the humanitarian material warehouse of the Administration of Services in the capital. city of Prague. Our psychologist and a member of the post-traumatic care team is also in the team that is leaving Prague tomorrow morning to help colleagues and people from the South Moravian region," he added.
18:4825. 6. 2021Luhačovice in the Zlín region, which was damaged by a strong storm last night, announced a fundraiser to help people in the spa town, but also in other areas hit by devastating storms. Voluntary donors can donate to a transparent account set up by the charitable organization Korunka Pomáhá.
The account number is 2801896248/2010, variable symbol 2021. The specific purpose of the donation can also be stated in the note. The contribution can go not only to Luhačovice, but also to other affected areas, for example in Hodonínsk.
18:3225. 6. 2021The catastrophic impact of the tornado in the south of Moravia caused astronomical damage, injured dozens of people and claimed at least five lives. According to Slovak media, one of the victims was a young woman, Martina, originally from Prešov, daughter of the well-known musician František Cmar from the group Mloci. The tragedy is all the greater that she was supposed to be pregnant at the time of her death.
18:1925. 6. 2021Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in Moravská Nová Ves, which was destroyed by a tornado.
The Prime Minister and Minister Schiller were first in Hrušky, then continue to Mikulčice and Lužice, which were also ravaged by the storm. Babiš said that he did not wish to be accompanied by journalists any longer. He said he was not comfortable with it.
18:1225. 6. 2021Firefighters from the Karlovy Vary Region provided help to colleagues from the South Moravian Region, affected by storms and tornadoes, in the form of a special command vehicle with drones for monitoring the extent of damage. In the afternoon, almost fifty firefighters with special equipment went directly to the affected area.
The Karlovy Vary region is preparing the coordination of donations from people and will announce a collection to help the affected areas, Governor Petr Kulhánek (for STAN) told ČTK today. A number of mayors and regional politicians also expressed their participation and support on social networks.
17:5225. 6. 2021Inhabitants of the Strakon localities Považská, Volyňská, Nádražní and Šumavská are without hot water. After the storms, the Strakonická heating plant had to shut down the steam pipes supplying the exchanger station in Tovární street, the water is being pumped out with the fire brigade. Pavel Hřídel, CEO of the heating plant, told ČTK today.
"As the water level rose in various drains and streams, it flooded one part of the shaft near Volyňka, and we are pumping it out. We bought a new pump to get rid of it," Hřídel said. The exchange station in Tovární Street prepares hot water for the Šumavská, Považská, Volyňská and Nádražní areas. Steam pipes are flooded.
17:3525. 6. 2021Some people in South Moravian municipalities affected by storms welcome the visit of politicians, some are against it. Today, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) is walking through the affected villages with Finance Minister Alena Schillerová (for ANO). Some people see it as their duty, others see it as gathering political points before the October elections to the House of Representatives. The storms on Thursday evening hit Břeclavsko and Hodonínsko the most, where they destroyed houses and cars.
17:2525. 6. 2021In connection with the declaration of a state of danger in the Břeclav and Hodonín regions, the Ministry of Finance has prepared tax reliefs that will help affected citizens and companies cope with the difficult situation caused by the natural disaster of June 24. Finance Minister Alena Schillerová informed about it on her Twitter account.
17:1625. 6. 2021"Once again, we ask all volunteers who want to offer their strength, or humanitarian material, to wait and get information on the line 800 129 921. Communications within the affected municipalities and in the immediate vicinity are congested and we need to keep them passable. Thank you," South Moravian firefighters announced on Twitter.
16:5525. 6. 2021People in Lužice in Hodonínsk started repairing damaged roofs after night storms. They drop old bags, make new trusses. The storms destroyed 120 houses in the village, according to the mayor Tomáš Klásek, about 20 houses are expected to be demolished.
While in the morning the sirens of the rescue services could be heard in the area, in the afternoon the sounds of bags hitting the ground, hammers and chainsaws could already be heard. In a place where in the morning the roof was completely gone with the trusses, the trusses are now new and several young men are working there.
16:4825. 6. 2021"After ČEPS secured the very high voltage masts and thereby enabled traffic on the highway, it started preparations for the construction of an alternative transmission route via D2," tweeted Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček, adding that the number of households without electricity has already decreased to 7 thousand.
16:4625. 6. 2021The trail of the tornado in the south of Moravia is 26 kilometers long and 500 meters wide, said Petr Münster from the Brno branch of the ČHMÚ. The trail ends at Ratíškovice.
16:4325. 6. 2021Prime Minister Babiš said in the most destroyed part of the village of Hrušek that it looks the same as after the floods in 1997 in Troubky. The village was devastated by a storm on Thursday.
16:3325. 6. 2021The national football team also decided to contribute an unspecified amount to the removal of damage caused by Thursday's tornado rampage in southern Moravia.
16:2625. 6. 2021Traffic on the D46 in the direction from the D1 from Brno to Olomouc has been restored, Havlíček said. It was closed since morning, the storm damaged the high voltage line.
16:1925. 6. 2021A third of the buildings in Mikulčice are damaged, including the new day care center and school. According to the mayor, the village will probably be without power for several weeks.
16:1325. 6. 2021People in Lužice in Hodonínsk started repairing damaged roofs after the storms. They make new trusses and lay bags. The storms destroyed 120 houses in the village.
16:0025. 6. 2021In Vysočina, the region and municipalities are preparing financial aid for South Moravia damaged by the storm and tornado. Somewhere, the local councils will have an extraordinary meeting because of this. The region wants to donate ten million crowns to the South Moravian region. The representatives of Havlíčkobrod have tentatively agreed that they will release a million crowns for the benefit of the affected municipalities, which is the amount corresponding to the reward for the victory of Havlíčkov Brod in the Historic Town 2020 competition. ČTK was informed about this by representatives of the authorities.
The Vysočina Regional Council will approve the donation at a meeting called for July 5. "The South Moravian Region will then decide directly on the specific use of the donation according to the situation and its current needs," said the governor of Vysočina Vítězslav Schrek (ODS and STO) in a press release.
15:5225. 6. 2021The EG.D company declared a state of emergency due to the threat to the safety and reliability of the operation of the electricity system.
15:4025. 6. 2021Inhabitants of the Strakonic parts of Považská, Volyňská, Nádražní and Šumavská are without hot water. The heating plant shut down the flooded steam pipes after the storms.
15:4025. 6. 2021Matěj Hrabánek, a storm chaser from the Czech Thunderstorm Research Association, spoke for Blesk about the rampage of tornadoes in the Czech Republic. "I personally have not yet encountered a tornado, but we documented damage after a tornado in 2016 at Červená hora in Náchodsk or in September 2018 at Lišan in Rakovnick, but they were not on the same scale as in Moravia," he described.
“When I saw the first footage of the damage to the devastated villages yesterday, I got chills. It is truly something exceptional in our territory," he added. When a storm chaser wants to photograph a phenomenon such as a supercell from which a tornado originates, he must take extra care. "It is advisable to take photos a few kilometers away from its path, because the core of a supercell is accompanied by hail of large dimensions or even a tornado, as was the case in Moravia yesterday," said Hrabánek.
15:3525. 6. 2021In the morning, the labor offices received 13 requests for an extraordinary benefit from people from damaged municipalities in the south of Moravia and paid out 513,000 CZK, the spokeswoman of the office said.
15:3025. 6. 2021!The tornado in the south of Moravia was the most tragic in Europe since 2001. The most destructive tornado on the continent killed about 90 people in Russia in 1984, according to the Sever Weather server.
15:1925. 6. 2021!Collections to help storm-affected municipalities in Moravia are taking place all over the country, tens of millions of crowns have already been collected on donor accounts. For example, at 2:15 p.m. there were around 67 million crowns in the Via Foundation collection account. Another collection was announced by, for example, Diocesan charity Brno, the Hussite Diakonie, the donation platform znesnáze21, People in Need and Konto Bariéry. The Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic (SMO ČR) will release an amount of five million from the reserve for targeted aid, and is also organizing a fundraiser. The Karel Komárek Family Foundation and the Sazka company will donate 150 million crowns to the restoration of the region, the ČEZ Foundation will contribute ten million crowns. People and companies also offer material help - tools, clothes or tarpaulins to temporarily cover damaged roofs, offers appear mainly on social networks.
You can find a detailed overview of where and how you can help here.
15:0825. 6. 2021The government has approved the free provision of material reserves, especially fuel for the IZS units intervening in the municipalities devastated by the tornado, Švagr told ČTK.
14:5725. 6. 2021“880 firefighters are now working in the villages destroyed by the tornado, another 330 will arrive in the afternoon. 300 soldiers are also helping on the spot," said fire chief Ryba.
14:5625. 6. 2021Rescue work in South Moravia has so far mainly focused on human lives, now more property will be dealt with, South Moravian Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) told journalists today. Material damage to regional property alone will be in the hundreds of millions of crowns, according to Grolich's statement.
More accurate estimates of total damage are not yet available, the region is trying to quantify them due to a planned request for a special contribution from the European Union. "The aid of the European Union can be in the amount of 1.6 billion crowns. That certainly won't be enough," Grolich said.
14:5125. 6. 2021Rescuers in the South Moravian region took 83 patients to hospitals after the storm, 18 of them were seriously injured. Dozens more were treated on the spot.
14:4125. 6. 2021The Council for Research, Development and Innovation (RVVI) today called on research organizations and universities to help people from areas in the south of Moravia that were hit by strong storms and a tornado on Thursday. Its first vice-chairman, historian and philosopher Pavel Baran said this at the conference after the council meeting. Today, the RVVI also discussed, for example, the expenses of the science budget for next year. He insists on his proposal in the amount of 39.35 billion crowns. The council wants to discuss the budget proposal with the Minister of Finance Alena Schillerová (for ANO). The Ministry of Finance proposed a year-on-year reduction in the budget for science to 36.1 billion. RVVI and other research representatives do not agree with this.
"The Council for Research, Development and Innovation appeals to research organizations, colleagues working in research to consider their support and join the expressions of solidarity and collections announced to help the affected areas of South Moravia, which intervened on Thursday Destructive storms and tornadoes on June 24,” Baran said. He added that he believed that a number of research organizations, universities and other workplaces had already taken action on this matter.
14:3825. 6. 2021"At this moment, a team of meteorological experts is already in the south of Moravia, who will not only mark the damage, but also find out at what speed the tornado struck. The wind speed inside the tornado was around 200 km/h," meteorologist Dagmar Honsová said at the Lightning Epicenter.
14:3125. 6. 2021The night tornado destroyed a significant part of the zoo in Hodonín, including the dog shelter. The zoo management asked for help on Facebook.
14:2225. 6. 2021A tornado destroyed the production site of Groz-Beckert Czech in Lužice. Four people were injured. The plant, with around 450 employees, is out of service, assessing the damage.
14:1625. 6. 202160 psychologists will work daily in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk, which were hit by storms with a tornado at night and destroyed people's houses. Jaroslav Mikoška, spokesman for the South Moravian fire department, told ČTK. According to the spokesmen of the rescue services, people are in a bad state psychologically, some of them lost their roof over their heads in a short time.
Psychological help has already been offered to people by psychologists from the police or rescuers. "However, a psychological team is starting to be formed, which will operate in the affected area until Monday, in the number of 60 interventions per day," Mikoška said. According to him, the rescue services and charity joined the team.
14:1325. 6. 2021A tornado in Lužice in the Hodonín region destroyed, among other things, the MND technology park belonging to the KKCG group, the damage will be in the hundreds of millions of crowns. The founder of KKCG Karel Komárek will send at least 150 million crowns for the restoration of the region. The group announced this in a press release today.
Dana Dvořáková said on behalf of the group that the tornado damaged the new technology park of MND and the data center of the company DataSpring. None of the employees were injured in the area. "The amount of damage cannot be precisely determined at the moment, but it will be in the hundreds of millions of crowns," said Dvořáková.
14:0825. 6. 2021"There was enough material, we are pre-stocked both in terms of medical material and blood. We have a very strong base of blood donors at the hospital, with whom we cooperate very well," said the director of the Hodonín hospital, Antonín Tesařík, in the Blesku studio, adding that the most dramatic moment was the power outage.
"We have a backup source in case the outage cannot be resolved," he said.
14:0725. 6. 2021Bohumila Kučerová (86) lost everything due to a tornado at night.
14:0625. 6. 2021A strong wind destroyed the Vyško zoo, trees fell, roofs were damaged, and some animals escaped. The workers caught the kangaroo in the housing estate.
13:5925. 6. 2021Croatia offered the Czech Republic help in removing the consequences of the tornado that ravaged several municipalities in southern Moravia on Thursday evening. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković stated this today.
"We express our condolences to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and the Czech nation for the lost lives and great damage after the devastating tornado," wrote Plenković in a post on Twitter, accompanied by, among other things, a picture of a Czech firefighter resting on the ground in front of destroyed houses.
“The Ministry of the Interior and Civil Protection are in contact with the Czech authorities regarding the provision of assistance. In these challenging times, the Czech Republic can count on our support and solidarity," added the Croatian Prime Minister.
13:5725. 6. 2021Hail, thunderstorms and a whirlwind, most likely a tornado, swept the south of Moravia on Thursday evening. The destruction was captured by the athlete Kristiina Mäki, who trains there. The ice hockey national team and the football club Slovácko joined in helping the disabled.
13:5625. 6. 2021"We treated a total of 83 people, of which 45 were hospitalized. Six of them were seriously injured, and the most tragic event of the entire evening was the death of one of these people, who unfortunately could not be saved," said Antonín Tesařík, director of the Hodonín Hospital, in Epicenter Blesk, detailing the number of injured.
13:5625. 6. 2021Today, the government will decide via video conference on the use of fuel from the State Material Reserves for the intervention forces in South Moravia, which was ravaged by the tornado. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš told journalists in Brno.
State material reserves are ready to provide, in addition to fuel, other commodities from their warehouses, so far there has been no such request, added Finance Minister Alena Schillerová.
13:4925. 6. 2021Beverage companies and food banks are sending aid to Moravia. According to Veronika Láchová, director of the Czech Federation of Food Banks, it will be necessary to increase the distribution of aid in the area in the coming weeks.
"Since yesterday (Thursday) evening, a local food bank has been operating at the site - the Food Bank for Brno and the South Moravian Region. It is connected with the crisis staff and social unions. Their customers also include Charity Hodonín or Břeclav and a number of others who are certainly already in the field," reported ČTK Láchová.
13:4825. 6. 2021The energy transmission system operator ČEPS completed the removal of fallen wires after the tornado from the D2 highway near Břeclav after 1:00 p.m. Traffic on the highway has been restored, company spokeswoman Hana Klímová told ČTK. The conductors fell tonight after the collapse of eight cross-border power pylons due to extreme weather conditions, she recalled. A tornado raged in southern Moravia.
"The fallen ropes of the V497 line were cleared from the D2 highway near Břeclav shortly after 1:00 p.m. today. Energy workers have been working intensively on solving the situation since early morning, when heavy equipment started anchoring the surrounding masts on site. Subsequently, the technicians started working on clearing the fallen wires," said Klímová.
13:2725. 6. 2021Businessmen affected by the tornado are acutely in need of tarps to temporarily cover damaged buildings. President of the Chamber of Commerce Vladimír Dlouhý told ČTK. According to him, the damage caused to households and businesses cannot be realistically calculated at the moment.
"First of all, the components of the integrated rescue system must be put to work, then it will be necessary to restore damaged villages, repair infrastructure, demolish destroyed buildings, repair and build new houses. For that reason, we are currently mapping whether construction companies will have enough construction material and personnel capacity for these works," said Dlouhý.
13:2125. 6. 2021“All patients with severe injuries that we have in the department are stabilized. With great hope, we do not expect any further major deterioration in their health condition," informed the director of the Hodonín hospital, Antonín Tesařík, at Epicenter Blesk.
According to him, however, it is possible that the situation will worsen further and the number of injured will increase again. "The forecast for tonight is not encouraging," said the director.
13:1825. 6. 2021Poland lent Czech firefighters a helping hand when working in tornado-ravaged municipalities.
13:1725. 6. 2021Roudnice nad Labem will send one million crowns to the most affected municipalities.
13:0925. 6. 2021The Central Bohemian Region and a number of Central Bohemian cities will provide financial assistance to municipalities in South Moravia that were hit by a tornado on Thursday evening. The governor's office will contribute one million crowns, aid to municipalities affected by a natural disaster must be approved by the representatives on Monday, Governor Petra Pecková (STAN) said on her Facebook profile today.
According to Pecková, the region is not planning to establish another account where the public could send aid. "We are asking private donors to contribute to the already established transparent accounts. There are already several of them. And I will be an extremely proud governor that the people of Central Bohemia are helping in this way," said Pecková.
13:0725. 6. 2021The evening was the most difficult in the career of the director of Hodonín hospital, Antonín Tesařík. He said it in the Lightning Epicenter.
“She was unforgettable in terms of the human misery we had here. I also asked witnesses in our hospital if they had experienced something similar. Nobody, and they have been here for decades, remembers nothing like that," said Tesařík.
12:5725. 6. 2021Hodonín Region and Břeclav Region were hit by a tornado on Thursday evening, which will go down in the history of the Czech Republic as one of the strongest and most destructive. This extraordinary phenomenon, which can be predicted only a few minutes before its occurrence, has resulted in at least five human victims, hundreds of injuries and property in seven municipalities. How does a tornado form and why did it strike with such destructive force? How do they manage the situation in local hospitals and affected municipalities? From 1:00 p.m., watch the Lightning Epicenter with Hodonín Hospital director Antonín Tesařík and meteorologist Dagmar Honsová.
12:5925. 6. 2021Czech ice hockey players have decided to donate a significant part of their World Championship rewards to affected municipalities in South Moravia. They will send a million crowns with the union.
12:5425. 6. 2021Slovak authorities have set aside firefighters, as well as mountain service and police dog handlers in case the Czech Republic needs this form of help. Slovaks also organize a collection of things to help people in Moravia. In connection with the storms, several thousand consumers were left without electricity in Slovakia in the border areas with the Czech Republic.
According to the Minister of Social Affairs, Milan Krajniak, Slovakia has free accommodation capacity for children from children's homes, and the Bratislava and Trnava Regions also offer social service facilities for whole families. "Everywhere in the facilities, together with fellow experts, we are ready to provide comprehensive psychological and counseling help," the minister wrote on the social network. He added that he had already contacted his Czech colleague Jana Maláčová with an offer of help.
12:5025. 6. 2021Financial, material and human aid is heading from the Hradec Králové region to South Moravia, which was hit by a tornado and hailstorm. For example, one hundred thousand Hradec Králové wants to send a million crowns to the region. Dozens of police officers from the Hradec Králové Regional Police Directorate have already joined in helping in South Moravia. Representatives of local governments and the police told ČTK this today.
"The city management will present a proposal for financial aid from the city to the affected municipalities in South Moravia in the amount of one million crowns at the council meeting on Monday," said Kateřina Šmídová, the spokeswoman for the Hradec municipality today.
12:4625. 6. 2021Former football striker Vladimír Malár (45), who played in the league for Slavia, Sparta or Slovácko, was lucky in an accident. "We were outside the epicenter, but a hundred meters away there are houses without roofs and further on only bare walls," Vladimír Malár recounts for iSport.cz
12:4525. 6. 2021Tornadoes are created if suitable conditions in the atmosphere are met, Michal Žák, a meteorologist and teacher at the Department of Atmospheric Physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University, told Bleska. "The conditions must be suitable above all for the formation of vertically powerful storm clouds, which occurs ideally in the case of warm and moist air meeting cold and dry air (i.e. the contrast of temperature and humidity)," he described, adding that flow conditions are also important – because there must also be a sufficiently large vertical wind shear, which helps the formation of rotation. The vortex then descends to the ground, after touching the ground it is referred to as a tornado.
According to Žák, tornadoes occasionally occur in the Czech Republic, but they tend to be weaker. "The last time there was a strong tornado in Litovla was in 2004, when it reached EF3 strength on the extended Fujita scale (a tornado with a wind speed of 218-266 km/h, which destroys the roofs and walls of well-built houses and overturns even trains, editor's note), " says the meteorologist. According to him, yesterday's one fluctuates between EF3 and EF4 (a tornado with a wind speed of 267-322 km/h, which causes devastating damage - leveling well-built houses to the ground, carrying away buildings with weak foundations, flinging cars). But the intensity of a tornado fluctuates during its lifetime.
According to Žák, it is very difficult to predict a tornado, especially when and where it will appear. "In general, it's more about some probability of occurrence (which is still quite small), moreover, a tornado is a small phenomenon, so a successful forecast is all the more difficult," he adds. According to him, a tornado in Moravia was first well documented by meteorologist and geneticist J. G. Mendel in 1870 in Brno.
12:4425. 6. 2021The Prague USAR team has ended the search for people in the ruins of houses in Moravská Nová Ves. "All objects have been inspected. No one was found. Our activities are now focused on liquidation work, i.e. the removal of fallen trees and damaged electric poles," Prague fire department spokesman Martin Kavka said on Twitter.
12:4425. 6. 2021In Hodonín, 35 apartment buildings were damaged, one was evacuated due to a gas leak. The most needed are roofers, there is a lack of tarpaulins to cover the roofs.
12:3925. 6. 2021In Lužice, storms affected a third of the village and destroyed about 120 houses. Of these, about 20 must go to the ground, the mayor said. He estimates the damage in the hundreds of millions.
12:3525. 6. 2021The tornado significantly damaged the Pánov u Hodonín photovoltaic power plant, the power plant no longer exists in its original form, ČEZ said. The company is determining the amount of damages.
12:2725. 6. 2021The European Commission will submit Babiš's request for financial support to the European Parliament and the Council.
12:2325. 6. 2021The universities of Brno will gradually be involved in helping the municipalities affected by Thursday's storms in southern Moravia. The University of Technology is mobilizing its structural engineers, Masaryk University is offering accommodation in dormitories and volunteer work, Mendel University will provide wood for roof trusses, representatives of Brno universities informed. Offers of help from individuals and institutions come from all over the Czech Republic, even overwhelming the regional crisis line.
The management of the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Brno communicates with representatives of the region, a list of workers who are able to assess the statics of the affected buildings is created. The contacts will then be given to the crisis team.
"The faculty is also looking for student volunteers who, in addition to assessing the condition of damaged buildings, would also help with the cleanup of the consequences of a natural disaster. At the same time, however, they call on students not to go to the place on their own axis, because the rescue work is coordinated with the crisis staff of the region," said school spokeswoman Radana Koudelová.
12:1325. 6. 2021CEZ Group Foundation donates 10 million crowns to demolished municipalities for reconstruction.
12:1225. 6. 2021According to the ČHMÚ, the damage caused by Thursday's tornado corresponds to the strength of F3, when the wind speed is around 219 km/h. They did not rule out a higher degree either.
12:1125. 6. 2021The army sent 150 soldiers from the unit in Bučovice, they will help the firefighters in the affected villages in southern Moravia. It will reinforce the engineer detachment that is in place.
12:1025. 6. 2021The zoo in Hodonín is closed until further notice. The animals are in shock but fine. The shelter for abandoned dogs at the Hodonín Zoo was fully affected by yesterday's storm and tornado. Shelter for all dogs was offered by the Bulgaria shelter, to whom we are very grateful. Dog shelter account that was razed:
KB Hodonín 6535671/0100, var. symbol 4444
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The tornado that raged in South Moravia on Thursday caused, according to its estimate, hundreds to thousands of damages worth hundreds of millions of crowns to the clients of Generali Česká pojišťovna. Insurance company spokesman Jan Marek told ČTK. This number will be refined further. Other insurance companies said it was still too early to estimate damages.
"We record damage to health and property, as well as business entities and municipalities," he added.
12:0225. 6. 2021Like the STAN movement, the Přísaha political movement canceled the public assembly that was supposed to be held in Ostrava on Saturday after the devastating storm in South Moravia.
11:5625. 6. 2021According to scientists, it is very difficult to predict a tornado, in our country it is not possible at all. It is not even clear what effect climate change has on occurrence.
11:5125. 6. 2021Austrian President Van der Bellen expressed his condolences to the survivors of the tornado. He also thanked the Austrian rescuers for the intervention in South Moravia.
11:5025. 6. 2021There were about 30,500 customers without power in the Czech Republic after 11:00 a.m. after the storms. The most serious situation is still in southern Moravia, where 18,700 customers are without electricity.
11:4325. 6. 2021The storm severely damaged the village of Stebno u Kryr in Lounsko. Meteorologists do not rule out that the place was hit by a tornado. Damages are in the order of tens of millions of crowns. A hundred firefighters and volunteers are on the scene. Kryr Mayor Miroslav Brda told ČTK that no one was injured.
“Everything indicates that it was a smaller tornado. However, it still needs to be confirmed by an on-site investigation, the strength of the phenomenon will be assessed according to the damage found. So far, we have seen broken trees, collapsed roofs," Jana Ehertová from the Ústí branch of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ) told ČTK.
11:4125. 6. 2021Firefighters have already passed 99 percent of the South Moravian municipalities that were most affected by storms and strong winds on Thursday and should not find any more injured or dead there. Regional Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) said this after the meeting of the crisis team in Břeclav. People want to return to their homes at least for their possessions, Grolich said, but warned that the buildings can still be dangerous.
11:3725. 6. 2021Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau sympathizes with people in South Moravia who are dealing with the consequences of the devastating tornado and thunderstorms from Thursday evening.
"I would like to express my sympathy for all the injured and their families," wrote the head of Polish diplomacy on Twitter. He assured that Poland stands in solidarity with them and is ready to help.
11:3625. 6. 2021!The police have confirmed five victims after the storms in southern Moravia.
11:3525. 6. 2021Pilsen and the Pilsen Region are preparing financial aid for the South Moravian Region, which was hit by devastating storms and a tornado on Thursday. Pilsen is ready to provide a million crowns from its budget, the Pilsen region will decide on the amount on Monday at the council meeting. The region and the city will then convene extraordinary meetings of their councils on July 7 and 8, which will decide on aid to the affected areas, regional spokeswoman Eva Mertlová and Pilsen municipality Eva Barborková told ČTK today.
"It is a disaster that changed the lives and destinies of so many people in an instant. Unfortunately, even here in Pilsen, we still remember the devastating floods of August 2002, which is why we know how much support is needed now. The components of the integrated rescue system are doing a great job on the spot, but the complete elimination of the consequences will be a long road that will require a lot of money. That's why we also want to get involved," said Mayor Martin Baxa. By the time of the council meeting, the city will find out exactly where and for what purpose it will send the money. Individuals from Pilsen are also calling with offers of help.
11:3125. 6. 2021Only three minutes were enough to make their houses uninhabitable. By the time they are usually about to go to bed, they suddenly had to look for a place to stay because their houses had lost their roofs. The inhabitants of Lužice in the Hodonín region are mostly shaken, they described their experiences anonymously to a ČTK reporter, but their stories are similar.
"My girlfriend and I were watching TV, it was raining outside, a storm was approaching. Suddenly everything went quiet, the wind stopped and then there was a sound like a train approaching. As soon as we had time to step away from the window and hide behind the wall, the whole window was blown out. If we had stood there, we probably wouldn't have survived," described the man in his forties as he desperately walked around the house, which had been renovated for 600,000 crowns.
“I just paid off the mortgage and the house is about to be torn down. I don't know where to start, I just walk here and smoke,” he lamented. Even his two dogs survived the tornado, the cat managed to hide in the basement.
11:2525. 6. 2021Prime Minister Andrej Babiš requested a contribution from European Union funds to damaged municipalities.
11:2425. 6. 2021Leadovci leader Marian Jurečka expressed his joy at the solidarity of the Czechs. Roof battens, sails and tools are heading to the south of Moravia.
11:1625. 6. 2021Almost 100 transmitters across the country were out of order in the Vodafone network around half past four in the morning, when the situation was at its worst. Now, according to the spokesman Ondřej Luštinec, there are roughly 70 transmitters, mostly due to a power failure. Hodonínsko and Břeclavsko were and are the most affected.
"Our transmitters in the villages of Hrušky and Moravská Nová Ves were physically destroyed. We sent mobile base broadcasting stations to these villages. At the same time, we are reconfiguring our network to cover the affected municipalities. This is, for example, Moravská Nova Ves. The village of Týnec already has coverage thanks to the diesel generator. We have already brought spare parts to the village of Lužice and we are currently repairing the transmitter. We also want to help by providing our services to people and companies in the most affected areas for free," added Luštinec.
11:1225. 6. 2021Ústí nad Labem wants to send a million crowns to help South Moravian municipalities affected by tornadoes and hailstorms. The councilors will propose the approval of the financial aid to the representatives on Monday. City Hall spokeswoman Romana Macová told ČTK today. Děčín is ready to help financially and materially, collections are organized by companies and organizations in the north of Bohemia.
In addition to money, Ústí will provide municipalities with thousands of liters of disinfectants. The regional city called for the solidarity of the local government and published the accounts of the collections of specific organizations on the website.
11:1125. 6. 2021!Brno helps! The districts of Brno-Líšeň and Brno-Bystrc are vacating empty apartments for those affected by yesterday's tornado.
If you want to help, follow the website and social networks of the South Moravian Region, which carefully informs about the whole situation and has set up a crisis line: 800 129 921 and e-mail dobrovolnici@jmk.cz for the coordination of volunteers. For example, a public collection was announced by Diocesan charity Brno, you can donate to the account number: 4211325188/6800, variable symbol: 2002
11:1125. 6. 2021A storm with hail in southern Moravia damaged church buildings. The church in Moravská Nová Ves lost its roof and stained glass windows, the church tower fell in Hrušky.
11:0625. 6. 2021Online supermarkets and food chains want to help municipalities in Moravia that were hit by storms and tornadoes on Thursday. In addition to food and drinks, they will offer cleaning products. Some sellers have already sent help to the site in the morning. Business networks will also support employees directly affected by the natural disaster. This follows from a ČTK poll among traders.
According to its spokesman Václav Koukolíček, Tesco sent deliveries with blankets, dried meat, bottled water and other goods to Břeclav early in the morning. According to Koukolíček, the company is in contact with the local crisis team and the crisis team of the South Moravian region. The food bank in the region also offered help. "The element has also affected a number of our colleagues, to whom we will provide immediate assistance to help them cope with this difficult moment," he said.
11:0325. 6. 2021In Lužice near Hodonín, 120 houses, including municipal buildings, were damaged or destroyed after a night storm. Mayor Tomáš Klásek told Blesk.cz. He also confirmed the death of a woman who was seriously injured by the debris of the house.
11:0125. 6. 2021People clean up the aftermath of the devastating tornado that swept through Hodonínsk on the evening of June 24, 2021.
11:0025. 6. 2021After the storms in South Moravia, the Prison Service also records property damage, but the security of prisons is not threatened. The inmates will help clean up the aftermath.
10:5525. 6. 2021President Miloš Zeman decided to send the soldiers of the Castle Guard to the area affected by a sudden natural disaster to help the citizens with the removal of the consequences of the ravages of the natural element, informed the castle spokesman Jiří Ovčáček.
"The President of the Republic thanks the members of the integrated rescue system, mayors, governors, members of the government, charitable organizations and all citizens who participate in helping the affected area. "The President expresses immense regret over the loss of human life, expresses deep condolences to the survivors of the victims, wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured and expresses solidarity with the citizens who are facing the consequences of the natural disaster," the press spokesman wrote.
10:4925. 6. 2021As a result of the tornado and wind storm in southern Moravia, approximately 2,500 customers are currently without natural gas supplies, according to the distribution company GasNet.
10:4625. 6. 2021As in war, the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) describes the damage after Thursday's tornado rampage in southern Moravia. The best-selling German newspaper Bild comments on the footage of the ravaged villages as utter destruction.
"Trees across the street, exposed roofs, debris, cars scattered around, downed power lines," wrote Bild today, saying that the tornado had left seven villages devastated. "The hospital in Hodonín reports 200 injured and at least three dead! It is not known how many people are still under the rubble," he added.
In its article, Bild published a number of photos demonstrating the scale of the natural element's rampage. "Just yesterday these ruins were a home," he captioned a photo of a house with smashed windows, a damaged facade and collapsed ceilings. There is a picture of a church without a roof from the village of Hrušky. "Not even the church in this village of 1,500 inhabitants was spared," added Bild.
“Like in war. Dead and injured after a tornado in the Czech Republic," FAZ wrote in the headline. "A tropical tornado hit the southeast of the Czech Republic on Thursday evening," the newspaper noted. He also stated that in addition to roofs and cars, the element also threw off buses that stood in its way. FAZ also informed readers that rescuers from Austria and Slovakia helped in the affected municipalities.
10:3825. 6. 2021Storms in southern Moravia destroyed hundreds of houses according to the police, the damage is estimated to be tens to hundreds of millions of crowns. Police spokesman Pavel Šváb told ČTK. These are rough estimates. Hundreds of policemen and firemen intervene in the affected municipalities in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk.
According to Šváb, there are now about 350 police officers at the scene. The spokesman for the fire department, Jaroslav Mikoška, said that there are currently about 200 firefighters and about 500 volunteer firefighters.
10:2825. 6. 2021RegioJet will send special buses from Prague, Brno and Ostrava with supplies for the damaged communities.
10:2625. 6. 2021"Most regions are ready to provide financial assistance to these (South Moravian) municipalities. It is absolutely necessary that the mayors, who deal with the removal of debris there, are sure that when they are going to commission some work, they must have enough funds for it. We will be ready to help, we need to agree on where the help should go. It is important to define well where the aid should go," said South Bohemian Governor Martin Kuba, who already spoke with South Moravian Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) on Thursday.
10:2525. 6. 2021The state enterprise Lesy České republiky (LČR) will donate up to 50 cubic meters of wooden logs for a new roof or a financial gift of 100,000 crowns to the people in Hodonín region affected by Thursday's tornado. In the forests of Hodonínsk, the company will start with the clearing of fallen trees on roads. The Forests of the Czech Republic offered the help of people and machines to the firefighters. Eva Jouklová, the spokesperson of the company, said this today. Forests of the Czech Republic manage almost half of the forests in the country.
"We are thinking of all those who have suddenly found themselves without a roof over their heads. We give them wood for a new roof, which we also deliver to the nearest sawmill, or a donation of one hundred thousand," said LČR CEO Josef Vojáček. According to him, the company also donates 20 cubic meters of firewood to affected people.
10:2225. 6. 2021Stop "tornado" tourism! "I appeal to citizens who have a planned holiday in Břeclavsk and its surroundings in the coming days and weeks not to operate tourism in the affected municipalities! These are mainly cyclists. I ask vacationers who are going to South Moravia to skip visiting the affected villages "out of curiosity," said the mayor of Břeclav Svatopluk Pěček.
10:2225. 6. 2021The governor of South Moravia, Jan Grolich, is currently in Břeclav discussing damages and aid for the affected areas with mayors and deputy mayors of municipalities.
10:2025. 6. 2021Director of the Via Foundation Zdeněk Mihalco expressed his joy at the rapidly growing aid collection for Moravia.
10:1725. 6. 2021Vineyards in Lužice are devastated, the Agrodruzhstvo in Moravská Nová Ves is also completely destroyed. 30 bulls that were there for fattening died under the rubble.
10:1325. 6. 2021The supercell that caused damage in the south of Moravia originated in Austria and had a strength of F3/F4.
There was a tornado under the supercell, but it is not yet clear if there was one or more. "It was one of the stronger tornadoes that occurs under a supercell and contained so-called suction vortices. They lift objects with vacuum. The strength of the tornado was at least F3, according to the Fujita scale. We will know more information in the afternoon after the field survey, in any case, we suspect that it could also be force F4," Petr Münster from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute told Blesk Zprávy.
10:1225. 6. 2021The leadership of the South Moravian region also joined the appeal of Governor Jan Grolich. He warns of the seriousness of the situation and asks the public not to travel to the affected areas without instructions.
10:1025. 6. 2021One of the residents of Lusatia in Hodonínsk felt like the rumbling of tanks when the tornado that swept through the village on Thursday evening. An elderly man told ČTK that he hid in the basement. The storm took his roof, broke windows and walls.
The man has lived in the village for about 45 years, when he had a new house. Now the roof is gone, uprooted trees are leaning against the walls, the windows are completely broken. “When it came, it rumbled like tanks. It stopped a bit about the houses in front of us, but it took the roof. I hid in the basement," said the man.
He added that the wife and other residents of the house were moving in the lower part, the wife was injured. Now the man has found asylum with his daughter in nearby Dubňany. "There was a structural engineer here and he said that the structural engineering is good. I don't have damaged ceilings,” he said.
The family from the house on the main street whose roof was taken off by the storm is still waiting for the structural engineer. "One was looking forward to the weekend, to the barbecue, and here comes this. We pay the mortgage, it's bad," said the man from this house.
10:0425. 6. 2021"Two-member teams from employment offices have started handling extraordinary benefits of up to CZK 57,900 in the affected municipalities, the money will be paid out on the spot," a spokeswoman for the office told ČTK.
10:0325. 6. 2021!The tornado that swept through Moravia at night killed at least four people, Czech TV reported.
10:0325. 6. 2021In South Moravia, dozens of mobile transmitters are out of order due to interrupted power supply. Several base stations were destroyed by the tornado.
10:0225. 6. 2021An extraordinary council meeting will take place in Brno next week on Friday. It will provide ten million crowns in financial aid to municipalities destroyed by storms and tornadoes.
10:0025. 6. 2021250 policemen, 550 firefighters, 56 people from the rescue service and two teams to search for people in the rubble are deployed in Hodonínsk, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Jan Hamáček.
9:5925. 6. 2021Apparently, some residents of Hrušek in Břeclavsko, where approximately 1,600 people live, have had the worst night of their lives. Thursday's storm and the strong wind that blew through Hruška destroyed roughly a third of the village, and the houses there will probably have to be demolished. All that remained of them were the perimeter walls without windows and roofs. Most of the houses have destroyed roofs, only 15 percent remained unharmed, Hrušek Deputy Mayor Marek Babisz told ČTK. The locals have been working on cleaning since morning, but they cannot get to the most affected part, they have to wait for the structural engineer's inspection.
"I can't estimate the damage yet, some properties are about to be demolished. Seeing how things look here, I don't know when life will go back to normal. We don't have a roof at the elementary and kindergarten, the church tower is missing. We are still without electricity and gas. The structural engineer and people from the energy department go through the most affected parts and determine which house will be demolished and which one is fine, we gradually let the citizens there," Babisz notes. As the ČTK reporter found out on the spot, even the mobile signal is constantly falling out.
9:5025. 6. 2021"Lamentation, tears, hopelessness, a lot of blood everywhere, even though the floor was continuously being wiped," is how its director Antonín Tesařík described the evening and night at the Hodonín hospital for Blesk Zprávy. "Triage was done, patients were sorted according to the severity of their injuries, care was provided," he said, adding "deep admiration for everyone who made it through." After the trauma plan was activated, some employees could not arrive in their cars or other transport because there were fallen branches on the roads. Someone arrived on a bicycle, others ran and on foot. "It will remain with one victim, the condition of the others is stabilized," he said, noting that his hospital dealt with six serious cases.
9:5025. 6. 2021South Moravian Governor Jan Grolich appealed to the public to stay away from the damaged areas.
9:4725. 6. 2021Firefighters from the Liberec region to the south of Moravia sent a three-member rescue team, which operated in Lebanon last summer when searching for people in the rubble after two explosions in the port of Beirut. "There are two cynologists with dogs and a structural engineer in the team," regional fire department spokesman Jakub Sucharda told ČTK today. This is a group that operates as part of a special team of USAR firefighters.
"With additional help, we are waiting for what will come out of today's extraordinary council of the Liberec region and in what form we will provide it. Otherwise, we respond to what is required. Aid is coordinated to be as effective as possible," added Sucharda.
9:4625. 6. 2021Statistics with policemen are checking the condition of damaged buildings in Hodonísk. Houses marked with tape are dangerous to life, people should not enter them.
9:4325. 6. 2021A USAR team from Prague, specializing in searching for and rescuing people from the wreckage, was deployed in Moravská Nová Ves, which was hit by a tornado on Thursday. "We are looking for people and solving the stability of the damaged buildings," Prague fire department spokesman Martin Kavka said on Twitter.
9:3625. 6. 2021After a devastating storm in southern Moravia, the STAN movement canceled the Saturday assembly. The Pirates and STAN coalition suspended the campaign, the same move was announced by Spolu leader Petr Fiala.
9:3325. 6. 2021Three dozen police officers from the Pardubice region are also helping with the complicated situation after the devastating tornado that hit South Moravia on Thursday. Some went there on the day of the accident, others arrived today. Police spokeswoman Markéta Janovská told ČTK.
"Our police officers help in the municipalities of Hrušky, Lužice, Mikulčice and Moravská Nová Ves. Their primary task is to secure the entrusted area not only from looting, but also to warn residents of the danger of entering destroyed buildings," said Janovská.
9:3025. 6. 2021Prime Minister Andrej Babiš will visit Brno today. "I want to see on the spot what is needed," he said at a press conference. "It's a natural disaster that we've never experienced in our country."
9:2725. 6. 2021The Land Office released 100 million crowns to help people in Moravia. Forests of the Czech Republic will provide firewood or a financial gift to the owners of destroyed houses, the Ministry of Agriculture said.
9:2325. 6. 2021An instruction is being prepared for the financial administration to provide maximum relief to entrepreneurs damaged by the storm in the affected areas. “This means a deferral for the filing and payment of income tax from July 1 to August 31 and the remission of road tax advances. Individuals and companies that have property in the affected area will be able to deduct the amount of damage from their tax," said Minister Alena Schillerová.
9:2125. 6. 2021ŘSD urged drivers to avoid D2. The highway is still closed at the 50th kilometer near Břeclav due to fallen power lines, queues are forming.
9:2025. 6. 2021Due to fallen wires, the Directorate of Roads and Highways closed the crossing of the D1 and D46 highways.
9:1525. 6. 2021The American Embassy in Prague expressed its condolences and support to the people from the affected areas.
9:1225. 6. 2021The town halls in Břeclav and Hodonín urge people not to go to affected places. It focuses on coordinating assistance and finding accommodation for residents.
9:1125. 6. 2021The damage caused by the tornado made the D1 highway impossible to pass smoothly. Minister of Transport Karel Havlíček informed about it.
9:1025. 6. 2021!The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Jana Maláčová, wrote about Slovak aid on Twitter. At the border, neighbors are offered accommodation and psychological help.
9:0825. 6. 2021!The governor of South Moravia, Jan Grolich, spoke on CT about the need to mark those houses that are not safe to enter. He wants to provide the locals with a supply of drinking water and food for immediate consumption. The region also provides psychological assistance to residents.
9:0525. 6. 2021The police have hundreds of police officers, including students, at the scene around Hodonín after the storm, and there are dog handlers at the scene. Six drones monitor the location from above. Police spokeswoman Petra Hrůzová told ČTK.
Police officers in the most affected places perform a number of tasks. "We drive, direct traffic, search the rubble, search for people who could have stayed in it. We have police interventions there, who are available, patrols ensure their transportation to where they are needed," said the spokeswoman.
9:0225. 6. 2021!The head of the People's Party, Marian Jurečka, asked Czech agriculture and forestry on Twitter to donate beams and roof battens to the affected municipalities.
8:5825. 6. 2021According to ČEZ Group spokesperson Sonia Holingerová, the electricity supply should be restored in the affected areas by lunchtime today.
8:5525. 6. 2021!The state will release 420 million crowns to help municipalities after the storm. It will offer people up to 5 million for the reconstruction of destroyed housing, of which 2 million as a subsidy, the rest as a loan.
8:5125. 6. 2021People from the most affected regions are helped by mobile units from the Labor Office, which pays out immediate financial aid. According to spokeswoman Kateřina Beránková, it is possible to apply for help even without an identity card or identification, if the person in question has lost the documents due to events at night.
People will receive extraordinary immediate assistance, i.e. money in cash. Assistance is provided by the Office and municipalities.
The toll-free line of the Labor Office is at 800 77 99 00.
8:4925. 6. 2021According to the measured speed, the tornado that swept through Moravia at night was classified as very strong. In places it noticeably exceeded the speed of 300 kilometers per hour. Meteorologist Pavel Karas said this in CT.
8:4525. 6. 2021According to the forecast, the worst affected places in Bohemia should expect at most light showers today, the temperature will rise to 25 degrees in the east of Moravia. A flood warning is in effect until 6 p.m. today, meteorologist Pavel Karas summarized.
8:4125. 6. 2021!"Practically all residents of Valtice in the Břeclav region suffered some property damage during the storms on Thursday, roofs, windows, and cars were broken," mayor Pavel Trojan told ČTK. According to him, there is also damage to all buildings in the city's administration, including those protected as historical monuments. Hail like balls also "bombarded" the grounds of the castle. Neighboring Lednica avoided the worst damage, rather it is preparing to help the surrounding municipalities, said the local mayor, Libor Kabát.
“Every property in the city administration is somehow damaged. There is not a single citizen here who would tell me that he has no damage," Trojan told CTK. At the town hall, hail destroyed the historic stained glass windows. Hailstones were said to be falling like tennis balls. The restoration will take a long time, the mayor expects. There will be a shortage of specialists who can quickly repair all the damage.
8:4025. 6. 2021Brno Bishop Cikrle announced an extraordinary church collection for Sunday. It also encourages volunteers and medical professionals to help after storms in southern Moravia.
8:3925. 6. 2021The devastating storm in southern Moravia aroused solidarity in people. They help each other at the destroyed houses, they give refreshments to the rescue workers.
8:3225. 6. 2021In Břeclav Hospital, around 70 people were treated after the storm, 14 patients were hospitalized. A total of four patients are in the intensive care unit.
8:3225. 6. 2021Today, according to the meteorologist, there will no longer be conditions for the formation of very strong thunderstorms accompanied by dangerous phenomena. "Except for the tornado in the south of Moravia, which will be classified according to the Fujita scale as F3 - wind speed 73-95 m/s significant damage or F4 - 96-120 m/s severe damage, it will be among the strongest tornadoes recorded in the Czech Republic," she said Honsová Flash Report. "One of the strongest tornadoes in Europe occurred in August 2008 in Poland."
According to information from the meteorologist, the tornado apparently also occurred in the village of Stebno in Rakovnick, but it was nowhere near as strong.
"In the eastern half of the territory, there were very strong storms on Thursday accompanied by hail, wind with a speed of around 90 km/h and precipitation totals of up to 50 mm. In response to the precipitation and due to the saturation of the soil with water, the 2nd SPA on Haná in Vyškov temporarily occurred ," added Honsová.
8:2725. 6. 2021Minister of Finance Alena Schillerová and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Jana Maláčová spoke about immediate financial assistance to municipalities and those who lost their roof over their heads. Affected cities will receive subsidies for the reconstruction of buildings and public property, which will initially amount to half a billion crowns, Schillerová informed.
8:2225. 6. 2021The South Moravian Region launched a crisis line. People can call 800 129 921 to offer help to municipalities affected by the tornado. It will also work on the weekend.
8:2125. 6. 2021South Moravian police spokesman Pavel Šváb told CT in Lužice that work on the damage caused by the tornado could take several weeks.
8:1925. 6. 2021!Police are asking drivers to maintain a lane on the freeway between the lanes for ambulances and fire and police vehicles. Officers patrol the perimeter to prevent the public from flocking to the affected areas.
8:1725. 6. 2021Austria sent two helicopters to transport patients to Austrian hospitals. In an interview with ČT24, the spokeswoman for the Health and Rescue Service, Petra Homolová, praised the help of the neighbors.
8:1425. 6. 2021!In Hodonín Hospital, 83 people have been treated so far after the storm, the numbers are rising. 45 people remained hospitalized, including three children, their injuries were less serious.
8:1325. 6. 2021To help municipalities in Moravia, people sent 10 million crowns to the collection of the Via Foundation by morning. The collection was also announced by the Brno Diocesan Charity or the znesznáze21 platform.
8:0025. 6. 2021!See how the tornado destroyed the village of Hrušky in Břeslavsk on drone footage.
Video - 7:5225. 6. 2021!Thunderstorms at night interrupted traffic on 22 sections of railway lines.
Most of them are already in operation again, problems persist in the south of Bohemia and Moravia.
7:4025. 6. 2021!Public transport in the affected part of South Moravia is paralyzed, some lines are not running
Public transport in the part of southern Moravia, which was hit by thunderstorms, hail and a tornado on Thursday, is paralyzed. Some connections do not run at all, others have shortened or changed routes. The problems concern buses in particular. Expect diversions, irregularities and missed connections, Kordis, which operates the Integrated Transport System of the South Moravian Region, informs on its website.
Some sections of roads are impassable, for Moravská Nova Ves, Týnec and Hrušky in Břeclavsk, as well as for Hodonín, a police closure applies due to extensive damage. Rescuers and politicians call on the public not to travel to the affected villages, not even with the good intention of helping the affected. People can find all restrictions on the website www.idsjmk.cz.
7:3425. 6. 2021!After the storm, 75,000 customers are without power, most of them in the south of Moravia
After Thursday's storm, there are over 75,000 take-off points in the Czech Republic without electricity supply. The worst situation is in the south of Moravia, where the storm caused the most damage. In the vicinity of Hodonín, Břeclav and Vyškov, over 40,000 customers do not have electricity.
Energists from EG.D this morning recorded 42 faults on high voltage lines in their entire distribution area, which includes the Olomouc and Zlín Regions in addition to South Moravia. ČEZ has 11 faults on high voltage lines and they are in Vsetínsk, Frýdecko-Místek, Karvinsk or in the district of Praha západ.
7:3025. 6. 2021!Victims in South Moravia can be helped through the following transparent accounts:
Diocesan charity Brno: DMS DCHB 30, 60, 90 at 87777, registration no.: 4211325188/6800, vs: 2002
ADRA: registration no.: 66888866/0300, vs: 390
or via the Viaa Foundation Aid Fund
7:2325. 6. 2021The nightly rampage of the tornado did not escape even the Home for the elderly in Hodonín.
According to the director, nothing was left in its place. Dozens of clients had to be treated in hospital, others are being evacuated to a hotel.
7:1225. 6. 2021Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz expressed his condolences to the victims of the devastating tornado in South Moravia and said that Austrian rescue teams are ready to help.
7:0125. 6. 2021The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Jana Maláčová (ČSSD) informed that immediate financial assistance is available for affected citizens.
6:4525. 6. 2021Moravian-Silesian firefighters pumped water and removed fallen trees. They also helped in southern Moravia.
Moravian-Silesian firefighters had to go out about 90 times from Thursday evening until 06:00 today due to storms and bad weather. They pumped water and removed fallen trees. The most exits were in the districts of Karviná and Frýdek-Místek. The Ostrava USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) team, which consists of 30 professional firefighters from the Fire Rescue Service of the Moravian-Silesian Region, two dog handlers from the Rescue Unit of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic Hlučín, with specially trained dogs for searching for people and 11 vehicles, went out to help South Moravia.
“He went to South Moravia on Friday night to help devastated villages. Its goal is to search for buried persons in the area where the tornado passed, as well as to ensure the statics of disturbed objects. The USAR team includes experienced firefighters from Ostrava, trained to help people in damaged buildings in cities and towns, for example during earthquakes, explosions, natural disasters. They have a special search technique and time-tested tools, used to very quickly rescue found persons. They are always self-sufficient at the disaster site, they bring their tents, food and water, as well as enough fuel. That's how it is at the moment in South Moravia," said fire brigade spokesman Petr Kůdela.
6:3125. 6. 2021Three people died as a result of the storm that hit South Moravia on Thursday evening and night. Michaela Bothová, spokeswoman for the South Moravian Rescue Service, told Czech Television this morning. So far, there was information about one deceased, which was reported by the director of the Hodonín hospital, Antonín Tesařík, at night.
A storm with hail the size of tennis balls and a tornado swept through Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk on Thursday evening. The storm destroyed houses, cars and greenery. Both said that 63 people were treated and transported to hospitals by rescuers, ten of whom were seriously injured. "We were unable to save three patients," added the spokeswoman.
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Sad morning for the residents of Moravské Nové Ves. The tornado robbed them of almost everything.
6:1025. 6. 2021The D2 highway from Břeclav in the direction of Brno is open again after a night storm. Roads are open at the Břeclav, Podivín and Hustopeč intersections.
6:0925. 6. 2021!As reported by Czech Television, the devastating tornado in Moravia has already claimed three lives. One of the victims is allegedly a woman from the village of Lužice. She died in the Hodonín hospital.
6:0625. 6. 2021Daylight revealed to the residents of Moravská Nová Ves their damaged homes and property.
5:5925. 6. 2021Hodonín Zoo stated on its website that it is closed until further notice. The zoo denied the news that the tigers had escaped yesterday evening, saying that all the animals are safe and in their quarters.
5:5425. 6. 2021The tornado also destroyed the church of St. Bartholomew in the village of Hrušky. The church has no roof, the tower was also knocked down by the elements.
5:5225. 6. 2021Rescue work in the damaged village of Hrušky:
5:5125. 6. 2021The trigger left by the tornado in Moravská Nová Ves:
5:5025. 6. 2021First shots after the disaster: The devastated village of Hrušky
5:3825. 6. 2021Bořetice is asking for help for the affected villages: People can bring cleaning supplies (vacuum, cleaners, gloves, bags), packages of water or non-perishable food.
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Destroyed houses and cars in Břeclav
4:2125. 6. 2021This is what the devastating tornado in Hodonín looked like.
4:1525. 6. 2021Five dozen patients were taken to hospitals by rescue workers of the South Moravian Region. They believe there are many more injured.
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Firefighters of the South Moravian region showed the work of destruction on their footage: Destroyed houses without roofs and burning buildings.
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Chairman of KDU-ČSL Marián Jurečka offered personal help to people from the affected municipalities.
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"Of course, I have to contact the governor to visit those places," said Prime Minister Babiš after the night meeting in Brussels, saying that he wants to coordinate his visit with the regional leadership so as not to interfere with, for example, rescue work.
The Prime Minister stated that the weather prevented him from leaving Brussels earlier and that he will head to the Czech Republic around noon today after the second day of the summit. He added that he was in contact with the leadership of the affected region, with the Chief of the Army General Staff, Aleš Opata, and the Director of the Fire and Rescue Service, Drahoslav Ryba, even during the meeting of the heads of the Union states.
"If a government meeting were needed to release some funds, there is certainly no problem in doing it," said Babiš, according to whom the coordination of ministers is working well in the current crisis situation.
3:3625. 6. 2021The devastating tornado in the Czech Republic is already being noticed abroad:
3:3325. 6. 2021Storm in Břeclavsk
3:3125. 6. 2021Consequences of the storm in Moravská Nová Ves in the Břeclav region.
3:1425. 6. 2021!Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš wants to visit the area in southern Moravia this afternoon, which was hit by devastating storms and a tornado on Thursday evening. Babiš told journalists this morning in Brussels after the first day of the European Union summit. At the same time, he did not rule out an extraordinary meeting of the government in case a decision had to be made on the release of money for the affected municipalities.
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The Prague firefighters also went to help. The first part left at half past ten in the evening. The second part left at midnight. The special USAR team will be supplemented by firefighters from the Liberec region, who will bring two dog handlers and one static engineer.
3:0825. 6. 2021!Minister Jana Maláčová is also leaving for the affected areas in less than an hour, who said on Twitter that the labor offices will start paying immediate aid of 58,000 crowns.
3:0525. 6. 2021Alena Schillerová announced that the government will release 10 million crowns for the South Moravian Region.
1:5925. 6. 2021The city of Hodonín also asked restaurants for lunches and drinks for emergency services:
1:5825. 6. 2021The city of Hodonín has declared a state of danger, valid for the entire South Moravian region:
1:5625. 6. 2021The tornado also ravaged the village of Pánov.
1:4525. 6. 2021Minister of the Interior Jan Hamáček visited the crisis team in Brno and thanked everyone for their commitment.
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People who want to help affected areas can also find information in Facebook groups, e.g. here and here.
1:0125. 6. 2021Police of the Czech Republic uses the help of students, help comes from all over the Czech Republic:
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Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová also expressed her condolences to the people from the affected areas.
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Video of the Police of the Czech Republic from the scene of the tragedy:
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Thursday's storm in southern Moravia claimed at least one victim. The director of the Hodonín hospital, Antonín Tesařík, told Czech Television today that one person died in their facility.
"I can confirm one deceased person," Tesařík said in CT.
According to him, the hospital announced a trauma plan, dozens of vehicles, not just ambulances and firefighters, brought the injured to it. The injured had bruises, open fractures and head injuries. It wasn't dozens of people, but 150 to 200 wounded. They will find out the exact numbers only in the morning, he added.
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The hospital in Břeclav has already treated 70 patients.
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You can also contribute to help affected areas on the Darujme.cz portal. Within a few hours, people had already sent over two million
00:5125. 6. 2021!Diocese charity Brno announces a collection to help people affected by natural disasters in Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk. Account number 4211325188/6800, variable symbol 2002. It is also possible to contribute by sending a DMS in the form of DMS DCHB 30, 60, 90 to the number 87 777.
00:4725. 6. 2021The City of Hodonín issued a press release on the current situation:
00:4025. 6. 2021ČT24 reported that rescue workers are talking about dozens of dead.
00:3925. 6. 2021The Adra Foundation has already announced a fundraiser to help the affected areas.
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The corps and units of the Lysice volunteer firefighters go to help in Hodonín.
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The mass disaster module Golem and large-capacity vehicle Fenix left Prague for Hodonín. They are accompanied by two Prague PMJ patrols, who will go with them as far as Hodonín.
Video The mass disaster module Golem and large-capacity vehicle Fenix left Prague for Hodonín - Václav Burian00:2325. 6. 2021Almost the entire D2 in the direction of Brno is closed, it is only used for moving components of the Integrated Rescue System (IZS). The direction from Brno is passable.
0:2325. 6. 2021!Policemen, firefighters, constables and paramedics have their hands full in Hodonín. In the city, several dozen roofs of family houses are destroyed, a gas station is destroyed, and dozens of senior citizens had to be evacuated from the S-center in Hodonín. In many places, trees lie on the roads. Firefighters are doing what they can, but the storm was too destructive. This is how it looked shortly before midnight in Hodonín.
00:2225. 6. 2021!Police in Hodonínsk are working to search for people and open roads. 2 detachments of the USAR team and 3 detachments from the Rescue Department in Hlučín are heading to the place to search for people.
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A Czech Radio reporter shared photos of the destroyed church in Hrušky.
0:1625. 6. 2021A helicopter of the PČR Aviation Service is heading to the site. His task will be primarily monitoring and assistance in searching the surroundings.
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Minister of the Interior Jan Hamáček arrived at the crisis staff of the South Moravian Region, the region declared a state of danger for ORP Břeclav and Hodonín.
00:0725. 6. 2021Ambulances are heading to the affected areas.
00:0225. 6. 2021The House of Culture in Hodonín offers asylum in case of emergency to all those affected by the devastating storm.
23:5724. 6. 2021Some train connections have already been restored, for example the line Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště – Nedakonice, Czech Railways announced on their Twitter.
23:5524. 6. 2021According to Governor Jan Grolich, the most affected are Lužice, Mikulčice, Moravská Nová Ves and Hruška. There should no longer be a threat to health in Hrušky.
23:5424. 6. 2021“You offer help. Please hold and DO NOT BLOCK THE EMERGENCY LINE. Later, we will publish a contact for this purpose," the firefighters of the South Moravian Region urged on their Twitter, while also sharing chilling footage of ambulances driving through the devastated area.
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More chilling footage of devastation from ravaged villages that unfortunately needs no comment...
23:4724. 6. 2021!Rescuers from Prague travel to the South Moravian Region. "In the next few minutes, a convoy of emergency vehicles will leave Prague. They will be unmistakable, however, we still ask drivers to exercise maximum caution and, if you are standing in a queue, to strictly follow the rescue lane," asks the Police of the Czech Republic on Twitter.
23:4424. 6. 2021Transport Minister Karel Havlíček clarified on his Twitter what it looks like, for example, on the D2 highway and other roads in the affected area. "We coordinate all measures on the highway and Class I roads with the ŘSD. On D2 columns in both directions approx. 8 km around 50 km Břeclav. After an agreement with the Police of the Czech Republic, we free up the premises of the Highway Administration and Maintenance Center for the IZS - parking of vehicles, breaks...," he said.
23:4224. 6. 2021People and companies are starting to send monetary donations for damage removal after today's strong storms and hailstorms in southern Moravia. It also offers material assistance.
23:4024. 6. 2021The Governor of South Moravia, Jan Grolich, has asked the army for the deployment of two engineer detachments, i.e. units. The army also put the 7th mechanized brigade on alert.
23:3924. 6. 2021According to Deputy Mayor Ondřej Fialík (Movement for Hodonín), the tornado hit in Hodonín, among others, an elementary school, a sports hall, partly a zoo, a dog shelter and a retirement home. It is uninhabitable, the seniors have been moved to alternative accommodation. Several of them suffered minor injuries. "It looks very bad, but from what I have seen in the surrounding villages, they are worse off there. It's scary," said Fialík.
23:3824. 6. 2021!Hodonín Hospital also recorded deaths among patients it received after strong storms and hailstorms. He doesn't know the number. She treated an estimated 200 wounded.
"But we definitely had more than dozens of people here, maybe it could have been as many as 200. They were brought here by rescuers, firefighters, but also relatives' cars. It was an apocalypse. There was blood everywhere and helpless people in tears. They were saving their bare lives and lost a roof over their heads," said hospital director Antonín Tesařík.
According to him, the medical professionals behaved professionally. "We immediately launched a trauma plan and dealt with the worst cases. We have also had some deaths. Everyone helped," said the director.
23:3724. 6. 2021The French ambassador Alexis Dutertre also expressed his solidarity with the Czech Republic and especially with the affected areas on his Twitter. "Tonight we are all shocked by the images of the tornado in Moravia. I express my solidarity with the victims and their families," he wrote.
23:3424. 6. 2021According to Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger, seven Slovak ambulances are responding to devastating storms and hailstorms in the Czech Republic. Slovakia will help with the admission of patients.
23:3224. 6. 2021"In total, we currently have 194 units deployed with 267 pieces of equipment," the South Moravian region's firefighters said on their Twitter account. The police of the Czech Republic deployed police crisis interventions in the affected locations.
23:3024. 6. 2021The State Material Reserves Administration is ready to immediately release emergency supplies and equipment. It is only waiting for the requirements of the South Moravian Region, what exactly it needs. SSHR chairman Pavel Švagr announced this on Twitter.
23:2824. 6. 2021!"The current situation in energy. EG.D indicates 105 thousand households without electricity, ČEZd then 16 thousand. A total of approx. 121 thousand at the moment. households without energy. At the moment it is not possible to make repairs, they will start at 7 am," Minister Karel Havlíček announced on his Twitter.
23:2724. 6. 2021!"Municipalities are closed, among other things, due to gas leaks in several places. We are asking family members of local residents who you know do not have Twitter to provide them with as much information as possible," the Police of the Czech Republic called on their Twitter account.
23:2524. 6. 2021Firefighters of the South Moravian region took advantage of the offer of help from their Austrian colleagues. "Rescue forces from Austria are also working in the affected areas," they reported on their Twitter account.
23:1824. 6. 2021“Thanks for all the offers of help. Wait and do not go to the place under any circumstances. We will let you know when the situation becomes a little clearer," said Jan Grolich, governor of the South Moravian region, on Twitter. He added that the firefighters and IZS units have everything under control.
23:1324. 6. 2021"In view of the situation, the following municipalities are necessary to be closed for civilian vehicles: Hodonín, Hrušky, Moravská Nová Ves, Týnec," the Police of the Czech Republic warned on its Twitter.
23:0924. 6. 2021!"A tornado swept through the village, half of the village is razed to the ground, only the perimeter walls remain, without roofs or windows. The church has no roof, no tower, cars were thrown into family houses, people had nowhere to hide. The village practically does not exist from the church down. The school has no facade, no roof, I didn't even get to the kindergarten. Hundred-year-old lindens and spruces are uprooted, it's crazy," the deputy mayor of Hrušky, Marek Babisz, described the natural disaster.
He stated that there were injuries at the scene, according to him probably less than ten, some were more seriously injured. "I saved a mother with a two-month-old baby, she said that the neighbor's roof was in their yard. They had nowhere to go, they are with us," said Babisz. After 10:00 p.m., he said that the municipality is now trying to accommodate the residents of Hrušek, who have lost their roof over their heads. "We are trying to secure the entire area to prevent looting. We will solve everything in such a way that we can start cleaning tomorrow (Friday) and gradually put our village in order," he concluded.
23:0724. 6. 2021Firefighters: In Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk, we intervene at several dozen damaged buildings. We are sending additional forces and resources to the site, they said on their website.
23:0724. 6. 2021"Yes, I'm on my way, already in front of Brno," Deputy Prime Minister Alena Schillerová told Blesk Zprávy. "We are all now with the residents of the affected regions of southern Moravia. The most important thing is to get people to safety, everything else has a solution. Help will be adequate and fast. I'm going to the place," added Schillerová on Twitter.
23:0524. 6. 2021Břeclav Hospital has so far received around 50 injured people after severe storms. But the number is not yet final, ambulances are bringing more patients.
23:0424. 6. 2021In Hodonín, there is a damaged gas station in Brněnská street and gas is leaking there. There are injured people at the scene. Police recommend avoiding the area.
23:0324. 6. 2021"Slovak firefighters are ready to help their Czech colleagues after an extreme storm," the Slovak firefighters announced on their Facebook page.
23:0124. 6. 2021!"The number of dead has so far been confirmed," ambulance spokeswoman Hedvika Kropáčková told Blesk. "The first two seriously injured patients from Mikulčice flew by helicopter to clinics in Austria," she added.
A crisis team met in Břeclav. "We managed to find temporary housing for the residents of the hostel in Stará Břeclav, where the roof collapsed. The situation after hailstorms and strong storms is very complicated, all rescue services are overloaded..." said Jana Pelcová, spokeswoman for the city office, to Blesk.
22:5924. 6. 2021“There are times when everything goes astray and you need to help. The staff at my clinic are already on the phone and are ready to start right away. Brno University Hospital is ready to help the injured. We will each be ready where needed. Treat the wounded first, then financial aid will follow. We'll give it!," said Vladimír Válek, chairman of the TOP 09 parliamentary club, on Twitter.
22:5124. 6. 2021!“I confess that everything came very unexpectedly. Lightning began to fly and an air vortex formed out of nowhere. A tornado suddenly appeared in front of our house. I've never been so scared. It was basically coming right at us. We managed to hide under the table and in about 15 minutes we came out and saw the devastation it left behind. All we have left are eyes for crying," Martin Kučaba, a resident of Lužice and a direct witness of the tragedy, told CNN Prima News.
“I can compare it to some Hollywood movie where you see personal belongings on the ground, roofs and a desolate landscape that looks basically like after the apocalypse. Unfortunately, the data connection does not work here, and I mainly get information from the radio. I cannot confirm that half of Lužice was destroyed. However, our house is right at the beginning, the worst thing happened tens of meters from us. The situation here is very confusing, ambulances and firemen are honking everywhere. There is a lot of confusion," he added.
"Fortunately, it avoided us a few meters in front of the house, but I honestly thought it would take our roof, maybe even the house. Fortunately, we have a place to sleep and I feel really sorry for those who lost their roof over their heads and have to sleep outside their homes," concluded Kučaba.
22:4824. 6. 2021!Storms in the South Moravian region claimed lives, the rescue service said. But he doesn't know the number yet. Dozens are injured. The original estimate was 150. "We have confirmed victims, but we cannot specify the numbers yet. So far they are units, but nothing is certain," said Hedvika Kropáčková, spokeswoman for South Moravian rescuers.
22:4624. 6. 2021“I wish the intervening units of the IZS and the local residents a lot of strength. I am thinking about you! It will be difficult for everyone, but we will manage," police chief Jan Švejdar shared on Twitter.
22:4124. 6. 2021“We are all watching the incredible footage from Hodonínsk. I am in contact with the directors of hospitals in southern Moravia. They are ready. I also spoke with colleagues from Austria. They sent 20 ambulances and 2 rescue helicopters to the scene. I hope that the local residents are now safe," Health Minister Adam Vojtěch informed on his Twitter.
22:4024. 6. 2021“I would like to thank the interior ministers of Slovakia and Austria for their quick offer of help. We are evaluating the situation, and if necessary, we will use it," thanked Minister of the Interior Jan Hamáček on his Twitter account.
22:3924. 6. 2021"We ask all drivers not to drive to the affected areas in Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk in the following hours. Current information regarding the situation on the roads can be found at dopravniinfo.cz, the situation on the railway at the website: grapp.spravazeleznic.cz," the Ministry of Transport urged on its Twitter.
22:3924. 6. 2021Dozens of firefighters and police officers began evacuating seniors from the S-center in Hodonín to alternative accommodation. The building has a damaged roof.
22:3724. 6. 2021“I have information that at least 7 other municipalities were affected as massively as Hrušky. I myself am now moving to Mikulčič, which was also very affected. Moravská Nová Ves is in a similar situation, it is not a single municipality. Unfortunately, there is more," Jaroslav Mikoška, spokesman for the fire department of the South Moravian region, told CNN Prima News.
22:3524. 6. 2021Interior Minister Jan Hamáček is also heading to the South Moravian Region. "I'm on my way to South Moravia, the situation is very serious, all elements of the IZS are working with maximum effort," he informed on Twitter.
22:3224. 6. 2021!"In the crisis team, we have population protection experts who know how to proceed to keep people safe. They then have contacts at various institutions in the municipalities, with whom they deal with alternative accommodation. We have created mechanisms for this, and I dare to say that we will manage to provide alternative accommodation for everyone," Jaroslav Mikoška, spokesman for the fire department of the South Moravian Region, told CNN Prima News.
“Our operations center is overwhelmed with calls, within an hour there were about 300 reported incidents. The operations center had to filter out the most serious notifications, where there was a risk of loss of life, and we went to such places as quickly as possible. Flooded cellars and fallen trees are not a priority for us now," added Mikoška.
22:2724. 6. 2021!"I was right on the spot and it's a disaster," South Moravian governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) told Blesk Zprávy. He visited Moravská Nova Ves, but did not get to Mikulčice. He called a crisis team to Brno.
22:2924. 6. 2021Deputy Prime Minister Alena Schillerová (for ANO) heads along the D1 highway to the center of the Fire and Rescue Service in Brno, from where the work is managed. ČTK Schillerová said that according to information from the fire department, she would not be able to get any further. In Brno, he wants to find out the extent of the disaster and how the government can help. He does not yet know whether he will convene the cabinet. "Now I have to find out what and how," she stated.
22:2824. 6. 2021!"At the moment, we have asked for detachments from other regions. They should come to us soon and help us, which will be a very significant help. We have all professional and volunteer firefighters on site at this time. In layman's terms, anything with arms and legs helps on the spot. We have declared a special level of alert and established a crisis staff for the effective distribution of the deployment of units. Now is the time to focus on rescuing people in the affected areas," Jaroslav Mikoška, spokesman for the fire department of the South Moravian Region, described the current situation for CNN Prima News.
22:2624. 6. 2021“It looks catastrophic, we have a shelter in a terrible state, you could say it doesn't exist. We are trying to move dogs. The animals are all fine, everything is closed, no damage. Mainly trees, enclosures are gone, fences, buildings are holding. Gone is everything that was made of sheet metal, made of wood, who knows where. Pieces of concrete were flying here, it's crazy," Zoo director Hodonín described its destruction, saying that the zoo literally disappeared before his eyes.
22:2424. 6. 2021!More scary photos of South Moravian firefighters from Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk. The rescue services continue to strengthen their units in the most affected places.
22:2324. 6. 2021“At this time, I cannot confirm or deny that there are any casualties on the scene. But the situation is unclear and very serious. I say again that at this moment, unfortunately, it is impossible to disprove the loss of life," Jaroslav Mikoška, spokesman for the fire department of the South Moravian region, told CNN Prima News.
22:1824. 6. 2021!South Moravian governor Jan Grolich called a crisis team at 10:30 p.m. due to the storm. She destroyed houses in the villages. He was in Moravská Nová Ves, he didn't even get to Mikulčice.
22:1324. 6. 2021An exceptionally strong storm also affected the Hodonín Zoo, trees fell, enclosures were destroyed, according to the director, the dog shelter basically does not exist. The animals survived.
22:1124. 6. 2021According to the Blesk.cz newsletter, the Hodonín bypass is completely impassable. There are trees across the road. Firefighters and police are on the scene.
22:0924. 6. 2021People on social networks are calling for help for Hodonínsko for the next few days, sharing photos, videos, checking the situation in their surroundings and fearing more storms.
22:0824. 6. 2021!Police of the Czech Republic asks that drivers avoid policemen, firefighters and paramedics heading to the South Moravian Region.
“6 drones of the Aviation Service of the Czech Republic and special thermal imaging are heading for Hodonínsko and Břeclavsko. Police vehicles will travel in convoys, so we ask the public to allow them to pass as smoothly as possible. Hundreds of police officers are coming from all over the Czech Republic to help South Moravia. Please watch your rearview mirrors and clear the way not only for us, but also for firefighters and paramedics. At the same time, we are asking the radio media to interpret this request on the air. Thank you," the Police of the Czech Republic said on their Twitter account.
22:0424. 6. 2021“IZS is prepared for such situations. My advice to people is to stay at home, turn on the TV or the radio and listen to what's going on. If people have a problem, they should call 112 and ask for help. But it is necessary to keep calm. If it does not affect people personally, they are not affected by it, so please stay at home. They should also follow the instructions of the members of the IZS," Interior Minister Jan Hamáček told CNN Prima News.
22:0324. 6. 2021!The army is on alert regarding the situation in the South Moravian Region, it has activated engineers. But he is waiting for a statement from the crisis team, whether he will ask for help. Magdalena Dvořáková, spokeswoman for the General Staff, told ČTK. Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk were hit by exceptionally strong storms and a whirlwind, over 100 people were injured and houses were destroyed.
"At this moment we are on standby, we have activated the engineers," said the spokeswoman. She said that a crisis staff is supposed to be meeting in South Moravia now. "We are waiting for a statement from the crisis team, if they will ask for help," said Dvořáková. She added that currently (before 22:00) the army is not intervening anywhere.
22:0224. 6. 202114 railway lines are closed due to storms. The most important transmission system was not affected by the weather, the ŘSD emergency team went to D2, Transport Minister Karel Havlíček told ČTK.
22:0124. 6. 2021Mikulčice in Hodonínsk, according to mayor Otáhalová, looks like after the war. A bus overturned in the village, they provide shelter for people in the sports hall.
22:0024. 6. 2021!Rescuers register up to 150 injured due to storms in southern Moravia. They deal with accidents, people crushed in houses and by trees. Ambulances from elsewhere are helping.
22:0024. 6. 2021!"If the situation allows, I intend to go to South Moravia in the morning to evaluate everything personally. I say quite frankly that at this moment it is about saving human lives. We need to find out if anyone is under the rubble. First aid is the priority at the moment," said Interior Minister Jan Hamáček for CNN Prima News.
21:5824. 6. 2021"The President of the Republic Miloš Zeman thanks the integrated rescue system for the help in the event of a sudden natural disaster, as well as the mayors, governors and members of the government. The President of the Republic expresses his sympathy for the citizens who are facing the dramatic consequences of the rampage of the natural element," said the President's spokesman Jiří Ovčáček on Twitter.
21:5624. 6. 2021!A USAR team is on its way from Prague. They carry specific equipment with them. "We are sending a medium USAR team to Hodonínsko, based on the request of the HZS CR. The first team to search for people under the rubble of houses carries with them slit cameras, echo-locators and other equipment to rescue people. A total of over 30 specially trained firefighters will gradually arrive at the scene," the Prague fire department said on Twitter.
21:5424. 6. 2021!"The situation is very serious both in Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk. It happened there that a tornado swept through several villages. There are collapsed buildings on the site, probably also people buried under the rubble. All IZS units, including the police, are on the scene. The governor has also requested support from national units, rescue teams from Hlučín and Jihlava with special equipment are on their way, and if necessary, the deployment of the army and heavy engineering equipment is also ready," Interior Minister Jan Hamáček told CNN Prima News.
"The situation is very confusing, the information is only tens of minutes old. Unfortunately, it looks like a very serious situation," added the Minister of the Interior. "At this stage, I have very limited information, but I am in contact with both the governor and the fire and police command. We don't have any specific numbers, we are still at the stage where everyone is trying to get to the place and find out the damage. And above all to save human lives," he concluded.
21:5124. 6. 2021Police of the Czech Republic is sending reinforcements to the affected areas. "Two hundred police reinforcements from all over the country are moving to the affected area. In case of need or request of crisis teams, we are ready to send more," they informed on Twitter.
21:5024. 6. 2021A tornado in Hodonín destroyed everything in its path.
21:4324. 6. 202132,000 EG.D customers are without electricity after a strong storm in southern Moravia in the evening. 15,000 places in the Zlín region and 2,000 in the Vysočina also do not have electricity.
21:4024. 6. 2021"It's like in America here, houses are without roofs, damaged, trees uprooted, industrial enterprises, the two biggest ones we have here have glass windows. We are currently evacuating people to the falconry and providing them with the essentials. It's about dozens of people, especially those who lost a roof over their heads," said the deputy mayor of the affected municipality of Lužice, Jakub Buchta.
21:3924. 6. 2021!“We have declared a special level of alarm. We are establishing a crisis team and are planning the help of detachments from other regions," the South Moravian region's firefighters announced on their Twitter account.
21:3724. 6. 2021"Current traffic situation in southern Moravia. All emergency units of the Railway Administration from the Brno regional headquarters are already moving to the affected area, trains are standing still. D2 is impassable in the south, traffic is stopped in both directions across the border with SR. Emergency teams of the ŘSD are heading to the location," wrote Transport Minister Karel Havlíček on his Twitter.
21:3524. 6. 2021!Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) cannot return from Brussels due to the weather. He asked Finance Minister Alena Schiller (for ANO) to be available to Governor Jan Grolich to help people affected by the storm.
Babiš stated that he spoke with the Chief of the General Staff Aleš Opata and the Director of the Fire and Rescue Service Drahoslav Ryba. "I have asked Deputy Prime Minister Alena Schiller to be available to Governor Grolich for immediate government assistance to affected citizens and their families," the prime minister added.
21:3424. 6. 2021In Hodonín, a storm blew off the roof of the sports hall, damaged the athletics stadium and the grandstand, as well as the home for the elderly. According to Deputy Mayor Libor Ambrozek (KDU-ČSL), there are elderly people injured at the scene and the house needs to be evacuated. "It's an enormous hit," said Ambrozek. The city has therefore convened a crisis team for the area of the municipality with extended powers.
21:2924. 6. 2021"An orange warning for very strong thunderstorms is currently in effect. According to the footage I saw, it is not at all excluded that the area was indeed hit by a tornado, i.e. a very strong vortex that occurs under the lower base of the storm," meteorologist Jan Šrámek from the CHMÚ told CNN Prima News. According to him, experts will go to the place tomorrow to determine what the locals were dealing with.
21:2924. 6. 2021!Complete destruction caused by a strong storm in the village of Lužice. "We are activating the crisis team, we are providing emergency accommodation for people who have lost a roof over their heads," the mayor of Lužice told CT, adding that there are also injured people on the scene. In the village, people who need it are evacuated to the falconry. About a third of the village is affected, the houses are without roofs.
21:2524. 6. 2021"The situation in Hodonínsk is serious, we are sending 4 USAR rescue squads to the site," the firefighters said on Twitter. Their specialization is searching for overwhelmed people.
21:2424. 6. 2021The hospital in Hodonín has dozens of injured people due to storms. Rescuers and people drive them. The city called a crisis team. The roof of the sports hall blew off.
21:2324. 6. 2021The convoy of vehicles on D2 starts at the 44th km in the direction of Bratislava and from the 56th km in the direction of Brno. There are fallen pillars, rescuers can't get there.
21:2124. 6. 2021“The apocalyptic images and videos from Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk are like something from a disaster movie. I would like to express my sympathy to all those affected. It is necessary for the government to provide quick help to all those affected," Petr Fiala (ODS) posted on his Twitter.
21:2024. 6. 2021!A bus overturned in Hodonínsk due to storms. According to preliminary information, there are four injuries at the scene. Rescuers have an emergency.
21:1924. 6. 2021!"All available IZS units incl. rescue units and USAR teams intervene or move to Hodonínsko, where several municipalities were hit by a tornado," Interior Minister Jan Hamáček said on his Twitter. "Everything that has arms and legs is going there. There is already a debate on the deployment of the army," the minister added. "The governor has to call the army, that's up to him," he added. Hamáček has already negotiated with South Moravian Governor Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL).
21:1724. 6. 2021!Half of the village of Hrušky in the Břeclav region is razed to the ground, according to the deputy mayor, a tornado passed through the village. Cars were thrown against houses, the church is without a roof.
21:1524. 6. 2021Overwhelming shots from Hodonín:
21:1224. 6. 2021“In the affected areas, all available police officers are helping, and patrols from the immediate area and a special order unit are also coming. We ask the public not to go to the affected areas, unless it is absolutely necessary," informed the police of the South Moravian Region.
21:1024. 6. 2021“Most likely in the near future we will establish a staff that will take command and try to divide the forces as efficiently as possible to help people as quickly as we can. At this time, it is prioritizing cases with reported injuries. For example, serious traffic accidents. We have also had reports of fires or destruction of buildings, where there is also a risk of collapse. These are the cases we are handling now. We ask the public for their understanding, because at the moment we cannot attend to some cases immediately," added the spokesperson of the HZS of the South Moravian Region.
21:0924. 6. 2021"The situation is extremely bad in Hodonínsk and Břeclavsk, it can be said that everything that has wheels leaves there. We send all possible units and move from place to place. Event types are varied. Up until now, we have mostly encountered water pumping and fallen trees, now it is various destruction of buildings, trees on cars, traffic accidents and so on," said Jaroslav Mikoška, spokesman for the HZS of the South Moravian region, for ČT24.
21:0724. 6. 2021Due to a flooded track, traffic on the railway in the Dobronín - Jihlava section was stopped after 19:30 today. "The water is still flowing there. As soon as it stops raining and the water stops receding there, it will be possible to resume operations," said Dušan Gavenda, a spokesman for the Railway Administration, before 21:00. In Nové Město na Morava, a storm knocked out the security equipment right in the station.
21:0024. 6. 2021!The storms limited public transport, the worst situation is in the Hodonín region, spokeswoman for the Railway Administration Dušan Gavenda and Květoslav Havlík, a spokesman for Kordis, which coordinates transport in the region, told ČTK. In Hodonín and its surroundings, most bus lines stopped, trees fell across the road. Firefighters are urging people on Twitter not to go out and travel.
Trains stop in the Hodonín-Hrušky section. "After the storm, the security equipment and the traction line fell out there. Traffic is stopped from 19:30. We do not yet have detailed information on where exactly the defect is," Gavenda said. Hodonínsko was hit by heavy rain, wind and hail. "Transport is still at a standstill. Drivers are waiting for the situation to calm down and for the firemen to clear the roads," added Květoslav Havlík.
20:5724. 6. 2021The D2 highway in the vicinity of Břeclav is impassable in both directions due to fallen power lines.
20:5624. 6. 2021According to meteorologists, a tornado has most likely appeared in the south of Moravia. Michaela Valachová from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute told ČTK. People captured the tornado in photographs. According to the website, which is run by meteorological amateurs cooperating with ČHMÚ, the last time there was a tornado in the Czech Republic was in September 2018 in České Budějovice.
"From the CHMÚ's point of view, we have no measurements that would confirm that it was a tornado. But from all the photos from people and the like, it's obviously a tornado. At the same time, I can confirm that the meteorological conditions were suitable for this," said Valachová. According to her, there are an average of five tornadoes per year in the Czech Republic. "It's average. There are years when there are ten, fifteen, there are years when there is none,” she said.
20:5624. 6. 2021!Firefighters confirm the extent of the destruction and talk about the injured. We are now registering over 330 events. Obviously, this storm took its toll. However, the exact numbers are not known at this time, the fire department said on Twitter.
20:4924. 6. 2021!
Rescuers in the south of Moravia have declared an emergency of the third degree, it is a location in Břeclavsk. Hedvika Kropáčková, spokesperson for rescuers, does not have more detailed information yet. The declaration of a third degree emergency means that it is a mass disability of more people. An exceptionally strong storm swept through the region. "We have an extraordinary event of the third degree, in Břeclavsk, there is a mass disability of more people," said Kropáčková.
20:4524. 6. 2021!"The municipalities of Lužice and Hruška were badly affected, but there will also be other municipalities where damage was done," said Jaroslav Mikoška, the spokesman for the fire department of the South Moravian region. "We have several hundred firefighters in the field, there are dozens of units. At the moment we are trying to intervene where there are injured people. We ask people for patience, we really have to prioritize the more serious cases," he added
20:4224. 6. 2021Bus service has stopped in Hodonínsk. “Most bus lines stopped, tornado likely. Trees, house roofs, and traffic lights are down in Hodonín and its surroundings. The drivers are waiting for the situation to calm down," the Integrated Transport System of the South Moravian Region said on Twitter, adding that the train is also standing still in the Hodonín-Hruška section.
20:3824. 6. 2021!People in Břeclavsk and Hodonínsk should not go outside, firemen warn. According to them, the situation is serious due to storms and hail. Handles hundreds of events.
20:3324. 6. 2021!This is how the weather turned out in Valtice in the Břeclav region. Hail the size of tennis shoes fell.
20:2924. 6. 2021“Firefighters in southern Moravia are facing an extreme rush of emergency calls. The priority is now cases with an immediate threat to the health of persons," said Brno radio Krokodyl in connection with the rampage of the elements in the south of Moravia.
20:2924. 6. 2021In Hodonín, in the Pánov district, households are without electricity. The reason is downed electrical wires due to storms and hail. The supplier is solving the situation.
20:2624. 6. 2021A tree fell on a car in Oráčov na Rakovnick, the passengers escaped without injury, but could not get out. Firefighters freed them. A strong storm swept through the district in the early evening, the firefighters had 25 trips due to the weather, said Dagmar Zemanová, spokeswoman for the Central Bohemian fire department, to ČTK.
Mostly it was necessary to remove trees that had fallen on the roads, in Děków firefighters pumped water from flooded cellars. In Oráčov, they were rescuing two passengers whose car had been hit by a tree. "They couldn't get out, the firefighters had to gradually cut through to them. The tree remained on the roof and blocked the exit from the vehicle," added Homolová.
20:2524. 6. 2021In the Ústí Region, at least ten fire brigades intervene in Lounsk and Chomutovsk due to a strong storm that brought with it hail and strong wind. A part of a barn collapsed onto a tractor in Lounsk, trees fell and roofs flew off. This was told to ČTK today at 19:45 by the operations officer of the regional fire brigade and the spokesman of the regional fire brigade Petr Pelikus. Dušan Gavenda, a spokesman for the Railway Administration, said that the trees also fell on the railway.
"After 18:00 in the vicinity of Kryr (in Lounsko) and the village of Blatno (in Chomutovska) a strong storm swept through and hail fell. It destroyed houses and trees," Pelikus described. The storm also partially affected Děčín. The operations officer of the fire brigade added that the firemen go out most often to the roofs that were blown away by the wind.
20:2324. 6. 2021The South Moravian firefighters have about 250 incidents reported in about an hour due to the storm. They don't have time to intervene everywhere. Part of the events is rescuing people.
20:2024. 6. 2021A storm and hail damaged the roof and windows of the castle in Valtice. According to the castellan, the damages will amount to millions of crowns. The hailstones were as big as balls.
20:1724. 6. 2021Scary footage from Hodonín, where the tornado swept through.
20:1124. 6. 2021The tornado that hit Hodonín also raged in Slovakia. It passed through the town of Holíč, approximately 6 kilometers from Hodonín.
19:5424. 6. 2021!A tornado is raging in the Hodonín Region, suggest photos and videos from social networks of discussions about the weather. Information about him is also confirmed by the local fire department.
19:5024. 6. 2021The D2 highway is impassable in both directions in Břeclavsk. The reason is the fallen wires of the power line. The region was hit by storms and hail in the evening.
19:4524. 6. 2021“The village of Hrušky is mainly affected now. Damage to the roofs of houses," said the firefighters of the South Moravian Region.
19:4324. 6. 2021Thunderstorms and hail hit the South Moravian region in the evening, especially Břeclav. Firefighters have 30 exits so far, dealing with torn off roofs and fallen trees. And the storms are moving from Moravia again over Bohemia, radar data shows.
19:0124. 6. 2021Up to five centimeter hail was recorded in Valašské Meziříčí. "I was afraid of hail, luckily it was to a lesser extent ... but I've never seen it this big in my life. According to the radar, we were caught by the edge of the strongest one. Fortunately, the garden looks OK, I just have a broken plastic, corrugated roof on the pergola," said one of the discussants on the website In-počasí.cz. Another of the discussants added his experience from Horní Bečva: "It was raining for about 10 minutes at a time, fortunately not very heavily. The diameter is usually 3-4 cm."
18:2524. 6. 2021Strong thunderstorms are currently in Vysočina and southern Moravia, radar data show.
17:5324. 6. 2021Firefighters in the Central Bohemia region have had a difficult night, where in addition to the enormous number of interventions associated with a strong storm, they also went out to a barn fire in Božec, which is part of the Krakovany municipality in the Kolín region.
17:1124. 6. 2021In Komárovská Street, Prague firefighters found baby jays in the crown of a waterlogged tree, which they handed over to the veterinary service. The tree was then removed from the road.
16:3024. 6. 2021Roads in Tepelsko covered with hail.
16:2924. 6. 2021Roads are impassable in Mariánské Lázně. Melted snow and chunks of ice are pouring down the hill.
16:1124. 6. 2021Thunderstorms and heavy downpours also flooded some roads in Germany.
15:5324. 6. 2021"We are currently solving 15 faults on high-voltage lines in Central Bohemia alone, we managed to repair the faults in the Hradec Králové region," ČEZ Distribuce spokeswoman Soňa Holingerová said in the afternoon.
In the Hradec Králové Region, there were seven faults in the high voltage line in the morning, as well as in the Ústí Region. ČEZ Energetiky is still employing repairs in Prague-west, Benešovské, Mělnické, Kolínské and Příbramské. "We expect the supply to resume today," added Holingerová.
15:3624. 6. 2021Night storms in the Czech Republic caused problems on the railways, fallen trees and power and security equipment failures stopped or limited traffic in about 40 places.
15:1124. 6. 2021ČEZ Distribuce recorded 15,000 take-off points without electricity at 11:00 a.m., according to company spokesperson Sonia Holingerová, in the morning there were 35,000 and around 2:00 a.m. around 97,000.
14:5024. 6. 2021Energy workers in the Králové Hradec Králové and Pardubice regions managed to eliminate the disturbances caused by night storms and strong winds by 14:00 today. About 3,000 households in the region were without electricity this morning. Šárka Lapáčková Beránková, regional spokeswoman for ČEZ, told ČTK.
Hradec and Rychnov in the Hradec Králové region were the most affected, where energy workers had seven faults on high-voltage lines in the morning. In the Pardubice region, there was one fault on the high voltage line in Orlickousteck.
Energy utilities continue to remain on alert as forecasters predict severe thunderstorms again from early tonight into Friday morning. "We have strengthened the workers in the control room and the breakdown teams have also been strengthened," said the spokeswoman.
14:4524. 6. 2021Czech Television on Twitter shared advice on how to behave and what to watch out for during a storm.
14:2524. 6. 2021The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute published a map on Twitter showing the places in the Czech Republic where flood warnings and alerts apply.
14:1124. 6. 2021The family house in Blovice in the Pilsen Region caught fire after a night storm. The discharge that hit the house is to blame. The fire spread quickly and it was a big fire. Nothing happened to the people inside, they managed to escape the flames in time. "The fire affected the roof and attic space. The residential part of the house was saved. We had six units on the scene," said fire department spokesman Petr Poncar. Even so, the damage is high. Firefighters have preliminarily calculated it at three quarters of a million crowns.
14:1024. 6. 2021Night storms interrupted electricity supplies in a number of places in southern Bohemia. Around noon, almost 6,500 households in the region remained without it. In the morning there were almost 10,000 of them. In the vast majority of failures, trees fell into the power lines. E.ON company spokesman Roman Šperňák stated this in a press release.
"The most serious situation is in the Tábor region, specifically around Mladá Vožica, another affected region is the northern part of České Budějovice, and repairs are also underway in Český Krumlov," he said.
13:4324. 6. 2021"Due to strong soil saturation and predicted intense rainfall, flows may rise again to the first and second stage of flood activity," meteorologists warned. According to data on the ČHMÚ website, the risk of water spillage from rivers is mainly in the Central Bohemia, South Bohemia and Pilsen Regions and in Prague. In other regions, this danger is less.
13:2924. 6. 2021In southern Bohemia, the sky lit up many times a second at night.
13:0624. 6. 2021During the whole morning, the Prague firefighters were eliminating the consequences of the storm and heavy downpours. "We are still pumping water from underground areas in other places. We register six dozen cases from the night until 11:00 a.m.," said their spokesman Martin Kavka.
The heaviest downpours hit Prague between one and three in the morning. "They were accompanied by extreme rainfall totals, when it fell from 10 to 80 mm. For example, it rained 85 mm in Radotín, 70 mm in Žižkov, 57 mm in Břevnov, and 53 mm in Stodůlky. These were the most intense storms of this week," meteorologist Dagmar Honsová told Bleska. "The last band of strong storms will pass over the Czech Republic during the night on Friday - the storms may again be accompanied by torrential rain of up to 40 mm, hail and gusts of wind. After that, the frontal interface will move from our territory to the east," she added.
12:5724. 6. 2021Due to current and expected intense rainfall, river levels may rise again, in most of the Czech Republic. The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ) informed about it.
"During Thursday (today's) evening and Friday night, in connection with the passage of a frontal wave, very strong thunderstorms will occur in most areas, which may be locally accompanied by torrential rainfall with totals of around 50 millimeters, wind gusts of around 90 kilometers per hour and hailstones of larger sizes," meteorologists said. The high degree of danger of these storms applies to the entire country, with the exception of Karlovy Vary, Ústí and part of the Liberec region, where the risk is lower.
12:3124. 6. 2021The night in Bavorov was illuminated by lightning, one after another appeared.
11:4824. 6. 2021Almost 22,000 collection points remained without electricity after 10:00 a.m. after the storms. Energy workers continue to work mainly in Benešovské, around Prague and in Táborsk.
11:1224. 6. 2021The Temelín nuclear power plant shut down overnight for today due to the consequences of storm II. block. Masts belonging to the ČEPS company, which ensures the operation of the transmission system, fell. The block's two-month shutdown thus began a week earlier than planned. Temelín spokesman Marek Sviták told ČTK today. Night storms interrupted electricity supplies in the south of Bohemia, 10,000 households are without it.
The storm and strong wind caused the fall of three masts of the very high voltage line that connects Temelín and the Kočín substation. The line, which is outside the site of the power plant, was shut down and the second Temelín block could not discharge electricity and the automatic systems shut down the block. "The management of the power plant decided to start the planned shutdown a week earlier. The safety of the Temelín power plant is not affected. The first Temelín block is working at full capacity," said the spokesperson.
10:4524. 6. 2021The storm also caused damage in the vicinity of the Temelín nuclear power plant. South Bohemian Governor Martin Kuba posted photos of the fallen poles on Twitter.
10:2424. 6. 2021Prague firefighters were dealing with 30 cases caused by storms and downpour by six o'clock in the morning.
10:0324. 6. 2021!According to meteorologist Dagmar Honsová, the conditions for the formation of very strong thunderstorms will prevail in the entire territory of the Czech Republic until Friday, she mainly pointed to warm and humid air and an outflow supported by a wavy frontal interface.
"Another band of storms will hit the Czech Republic on the night of Friday - strong storms will start to form in places from 8 p.m. The model outputs again give high CAPE energy numbers for the formation of strong storms and high wind shear, which are ideal conditions for the formation of supercells. Storms can thus reach the same intensity as during the night on Thursday," Honsová wrote to Blesku Zprávám.
"Due to the saturation of the soil with water after previous rains, there is a risk of more extensive flooding of streams and the uprooting of trees," added the meteorologist.
9:5524. 6. 2021During the night storm, 72.2 mm of precipitation fell on the territory of Strakonic.
9:3224. 6/2021Falled trees and power and security equipment outages stopped or limited rail service in more than 30 locations after overnight storms.
Before 08:45, the Railway Administration company announced on Twitter that traffic had been restored on more than 20 lines with the help of firefighters and operational employees. "We are dealing with the biggest consequences of storms between Nemanice and Strakonice, where the traction line is damaged in three sections, and on the Černý Kříž - Nové Údolí line, where a large number of trees have fallen," the company said.
9:2224. 6. 2021The giant memorial linden tree in Táborsk did not survive the overnight storm and hailstorm in southern Bohemia, it broke in half.
9:1124. 6. 2021Thunderstorms and downpours also raged in Germany, torrential rains flooded the roads.
8:4924. 6. 2021After the rains, the level of the Jevišovka River in Znojmo rose to the first level of flood activity in two places, which indicates vigilance, during the night the flow briefly reached the second level. The level doesn't rise anymore. This follows from the Povodí Morava website.
On the first stage, the river is at the outlet of the Jevišovice dam. Around 8:00 a.m. the water level reached 56 centimeters, the first flood level is declared when 55 centimeters is reached. The highest was around 02:00, when the water level in the place reached 66 centimeters and the second flood stage. She stayed on it for an hour later, then began to descend.
8:3024. 6. 2021Thunderstorm hunters add videos of night lightning to Facebook.
8:1224. 6. 2021Central Bohemian firefighters intervened in 296 cases, most often removing fallen trees.
8:0524. 6. 2021In just six hours, firefighters helped with 509 technical problems. They counted the most departures in the Central Bohemian and South Bohemian regions.
8:0224. 6. 2021According to its spokesman Roman Šperňák, the eg.d company recorded 32 faults on high-voltage lines and approximately 9,900 households with limited electricity supply, mainly in the south of Bohemia, as of this morning. "The most serious situation is in the Tábor region, around Týn nad Vltavou and in the Český Krumlov region," said the spokesman. The company experienced a short-term supply failure in Písecko.
According to Holingerová, the situation in the ČEZ distribution area was the most serious in the Central Bohemia region. "This mainly concerns the Benešova location, Prague-east and Prague-west. We also have disturbances in Nymburk and Příbram," said the spokeswoman.
07:4724. 6. 2021This is what the storm looked like after midnight in Most in North Bohemia.
07:3624. 6. 2021!After the storms, there are 45,000 points without electricity in the Czech Republic, mainly in central and southern Bohemia. ČEZ registered almost 100,000 places without electricity at night.
ČEZ Distribuce registered 35,000 take-off points without electricity in the morning, around 02:00 there were around 97,000, according to company spokeswoman Sonia Holingerová. Faults on high-voltage lines decreased from 70 to 55 in the morning. There are 38 of them in Central Bohemia, seven each in the Královéhradecky and Ústí regions.
07:3224. 6. 2021Volunteer firefighters also joined in removing the consequences. In Písek alone, they record over 20 hits within a few hours. Most often, they clear fallen trees and pump out water.
07:2124. 6. 2021In the south of Bohemia, the hail was in places the size of golf balls, people show on social networks.
07:1224. 6. 2021The storms that passed through the Czech Republic at night were, according to meteorologist Dagmar Honsová, the strongest of the entire week. "During the night on Thursday, the Czech Republic was again hit by a band of strong storms - the strongest was in the band - Vimperk - Prague - Pardubice. The storms were also accompanied by extreme rainfall totals, abundant lightning activity, hail and strong winds in Strakonick. These were the most intense storms of the week - 98 mm fell at Volyně na Strakonicko station (114 mm fell there since Tuesday), 85 mm rained in Prague-Radotín, 70 mm in Prague-Žižkov, 60 mm in Příbram," Honsová told Blesk Zprávám .
07:0724. 6. 2021There are big problems around Vrané nad Vltavou. In the direction of Davle, the railway line is flooded, and in the direction of Prague's Zbraslav, it is covered with mud and stones.
07:0224. 6. 2021Otava in Sušice and Rejštejn in Klatovsk and Volyňka in Němětice in Strakonick were on the second flood alert level before 05:30.
6:5124. 6. 2021Prague firefighters intervened in more than 30 cases during the night from Wednesday to Thursday due to a strong storm. "These were lagoons on roads, fallen trees or rainwater flowing into basements and apartments," their spokesman Martin Kavka described the trigger. "We also monitored Botič, which reached level 3 of flood activity, and released its outlet on Rašín embankment," he added. They also go out for interventions during Thursday morning, mostly dealing with fallen trees.
06:4524. 6. 2021!Thunderstorms brought extreme torrential rains in places. According to the ČHMÚ, nearly 100 millimeters of water, i.e. 100 liters of water per square meter, poured into Strakonick.
06:2024. 6. 2021!The warning against strong storms is valid until Friday, according to meteorologists, the south of Bohemia is most at risk.
05:5524. 6. 2021!Thunderstorms at night raised the levels of smaller streams in a dozen places in western, central and southern Bohemia, in Prague and in southern Moravia. Otava exceeded the second flood level, Volyňka and Botič temporarily exceeded the third level. Levels have mostly already fallen or are falling. This follows from information on the website of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ). Meteorologists warned against flooding of smaller streams after storms.
05:3524. 6/2021Falled trees and power and security equipment outages after overnight storms halted or limited rail service in more than 20 locations. The problems are mainly in southern and central Bohemia, mostly on regional lines. Some restrictions have already been removed. At Vrané nad Vltavou, the track is flooded with water and mud. This follows from information provided to ČTK by the Railway Administration.
"The passage of strong thunderstorms at night results in significant complications for railway traffic due to malfunctions of security equipment, fallen trees and the like," said Dušan Gavenda, a spokesman for the Railway Administration. According to him, the company is continuously working on putting the tracks into operation.
05:1524. 6. 2021Severe storms were sometimes accompanied by hail, mainly in the south of Bohemia. Social networks are flooded with photos of giant hailstones, for example from Rožmberk nad Vltavou.
05:0024. 6. 2021!Good morning, strong storms swept through the Czech Republic again on Wednesday night. They left a trail behind on the railway, damming a dozen streams. Flash news follows the aftermath in an online broadcast.
18:3022. 6. 2021Dear readers, thank you for your attention, for the moment our online broadcast ends. The Blesk Zpráv team continues to monitor the weather in the Czech Republic, you can always find the latest and most important information on our website.
18:2122. 6. 2021We will once again return to Dolní Bojanovice, which was devastated by the storm on Monday evening.
18:1022. 6. 2021The firefighters in Kudlovice in the Uherskohradišť region were also busy. The storm was breaking trees here, the roads were covered with deposits of mud.
17:3022. 6. 2021According to the State Office for Nuclear Safety, today's storms are also affecting their equipment.
"We also monitor them on our Early Detection Network (EDN). During heavy rains, natural radionuclides are washed away and the dose rates around the SVZ stations will increase slightly," the office wrote on Twitter.
17:0522. 6. 2021This is what the current warning of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute looks like. There is a threat of storms in the night on Wednesday mainly in the southern part of Bohemia and also in the Moravian-Silesian and part of the Olomouc region.
16:2322. 6. 2021Firefighters in Dolní Bojanovice recorded 43 out of more than 200 events on Monday afternoon and evening. They pumped water there from flooded basements, garages and houses. They intervened on site until 03:00 and are still on site now. "Four units are still working here, people are still calling that they have water or mud in their basements. We have to proceed carefully, everything is checked by the statics. People try to help each other, we give out garbage bags, which they can then put in front of the house and the office workers will take them away," said the mayor.
16:0522. 6. 2021The village of Dolní Bojanovice in Hodonínsk is still dealing with the consequences of Monday's storm even after several hours. Water flooded basements there and hail also damaged several roofs and broke skylights. Over two thirds of the village are affected. Its mayor Eva Rajchmanová does not remember similar weather effects.
15:4822. 6. 2021Tropical temperatures gave way to heavy rains, which caused considerable damage in many places. However, the storm surges of water avoided the vineyards where the vines are currently blooming. "Our vineyards in the vicinity of Velké Bílovice, Sedlec near Mikulov, the vicinity of Pavlov and in Bzenecko were not caught by heavy rains, the thunderstorm just missed us. It rained around 15 to 20 mm, which was beneficial for the vines after the previous hot days," says Josef Svoboda, vineyard manager of the BOHEMIA SEKT group. "The rain also purified the air, which definitely made the work of our winemakers more pleasant after the heat wave," adds Josef Svoboda.
15:3722. 6. 2021A storm damaged several roofs in Komín in Brno.
15:0922. 6. 2021South Moravian Governor Jan Grolich has canceled his program for tomorrow, he is planning a trip to Dolní Bojanovice.
14:5622. 6. 2021Due to strong storms that swept through the entire Czech Republic, according to spokesman Roman Šperňák, on Tuesday morning the distribution company eg.d recorded 25 breakdowns on high-voltage lines and roughly 9,000 households with limited electricity supplies. The most common cause was trees falling into the power lines. He has been repairing faults and restoring deliveries since morning. In the afternoon, the last few dozen households in South Moravia in the Hodonín area and roughly 600 customers in the south of Bohemia in the Vyšší Brod area were already restricted. There, the work was complicated by a fallen tree across the Vltava river and inaccessible terrain.
During this afternoon, all power supplies should be restored.
14:3322. 6. 2021A storm uprooted several trees in Králov Pol, Brno. Some damaged cars.
14:0922. 6. 2021In Drnovice in the Vyškov region, torrential rain flooded the road.
13:0622. 6. 2021In the Olomouc Region, Monday's storm employed firefighters in approximately forty cases. They dealt with fallen trees, flooded garages and a torn roof.
12:4222. 6. 2021Thunderstorm hunters took advantage of yesterday's weather, sharing photos taken from all corners of the country on Facebook.
11:5022. 6. 2021
South Moravian firefighters went out to another 18 storm-related cases from the morning.
11:2522. 6. 2021!The distribution company eg.d from the E.ON group does not register any new faults today.
"Since the morning, there have been no new breakdowns, on the contrary, we are managing to repair the existing ones and restore supplies. We currently register approximately 5,800 households without electricity supplies," said company spokesman Roman Šperňák.
11:1622. 6. 2021Strong thunderstorms with torrential rain and hail may also affect the southern part of the Czech Republic from 22:00 today until 05:00 Wednesday. In addition to the South Bohemian and South Moravian regions, the warning also applies to the entire Vysočina and the southeast of the Pilsen and Central Bohemian regions. Even in their case, meteorologists warn of exceptionally strong storms with torrential rain and gusts of wind. It can rain about 35 liters of water per square meter.
11:0622. 6. 2021In the north of Moravia and in Silesia this afternoon there may be strong thunderstorms accompanied by torrential rain and hail. In addition, it will also blow strongly, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ) warned today. From this evening until Wednesday morning, the same risk will also be present in southern Bohemia, the Highlands and southern Moravia.
The warning against the possibility of strong thunderstorms applies to the entire Moravian-Silesian region, together with the districts of Jeseník and Šumperk, from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. today. Thunderstorms can be accompanied by torrential rain, during which around 30 liters of water fall per square meter. According to meteorologists, flooding of streams or flooding of driveways and basements cannot be ruled out. Storms can also bring hail and gusts of strong wind with a speed of about 70 kilometers per hour to the north of Moravia.
9:5622. 6. 2021Central Bohemian firefighters responded to 35 events related to rain and storms from midnight to 08:00. They mainly cleared trees that had fallen on roads, their spokeswoman Dagmar Zemanová told ČTK. In Prague, firefighters removed two trees that fell into the street due to waterlogging. "The storm didn't bother Prague this time," they wrote on Twitter.
9:3422. 6. 2021!During Monday afternoon, it rained and stormed mainly in eastern Bohemia and Moravia and Silesia. "The storms were accompanied by both hail and torrential rain - for example, 48 mm fell at the Vilémov station near Olomouc, 50 mm at the Staré Hutě station near Uherské Hradiště, and thirdly by strong winds, which in gusts reached a speed of around 80 km/h," she explained meteorologist Dagmar Honsová.
9:2822. 6. 2021"Further strong storms are expected during the night on Wednesday, especially in the Pilsen region, the South Bohemian Region and the Vysočina region - again, in some places, these may be very strong storms accompanied by dangerous phenomena, i.e. hail, torrential rain of around 40 mm and strong wind," meteorologist Dagmar Honsová told Bleska Zprávám.
"Probably the strongest storms will be recorded in our territory on the night from Wednesday to Thursday. Due to the previous saturation of the soil with water, streams will flood in several places during torrential rainfall," warned Honsová.
9:2722. 6. 2021!25 thousand lightning bolts over the Czech Republic!
"Early in the morning, Brno and Prostějovsk reported strong thunderstorms - accompanied by hail and hourly rainfall totals of up to 25 mm, in total up to 40 mm fell in them. Over 25,000 lightnings lit up the sky during the night," said meteorologist Dagmar Honsová, adding: "Now the precipitation is leaving our territory and moving further north - storms in the Moravian-Silesian region. Rainfall and thunderstorms will stop completely during the morning hours.'
9:2622. 6. 2021"During the night on Tuesday, a band of precipitation and storms across our territory slowly moved from the southwest to the northeast - rarely brought very strong thunderstorms accompanied by torrential rain - 75 mm fell in Železná ruda (of which 50 mm per hour) , Prašíly reports 67 mm. Due to heavy rainfall, the Křemelná River rose at the Stodůlky station (Otavy basin) to the 2nd SPA (now it has fallen to the 1st SPA) and at Otava in Rejštejn to the 1st SPA," meteorologist Dagmar Honsová told Blesk Zprávy.
9:0622. 6. 2021Czechs have used the hail in their own way, they are also cooling their alcohol with pieces of ice.
8:4822. 6. 2021South Moravian firefighters specified the number of trips, by Tuesday morning there were 290 cases. Most often, it involved fallen trees and pumping water from flooded buildings. The last units returned from Dolní Bojanovice in Hodonínsk three hours after midnight on Monday. The morning band of storms required another twenty departures. The sky is blue and sunny in Brno and its surroundings. However, water lagoons remain in many places in the city.
8:4522. 6. 2021In one hour, firefighters from the Central Bohemian Region went out to 14 new weather-related cases.
8:1522. 6. 2021Downpours flooded parts of the Pardubice region, firefighters warned on Twitter of further, even stronger storms.
8:0522. 6. 2021In the Central Bohemia region, firefighters responded to 10 cases of fallen trees on roads from midnight to seven in the morning.
8:0222. 6. 2021According to EG.D company spokesman Roman Šperňák, there are now five faults on high voltage lines in Vysočina. The energy workers had to fix faults even on Monday evening, at one point up to 7,000 collection points were without supplies.
7:4122. 6. 2021Energy experts from EG.D currently register nine thousand households without electricity. "The most complicated situation is in Hodonínsk, where storms caused an outage already on Monday evening," said EG.D spokesman Roman Šperňák.
There are 4,800 households without electricity in the South Moravian Region, 2,000 households do not have electricity in the South Bohemian Region, namely in the area of Vyšší Brod, Olšiny and Chýšek. There are 1,600 households without electricity in the Zlín region and 600 in the Jihlav region.
7:3722. 6. 2021!Firemen were cleaning up the aftermath of storms in southern Moravia. The most affected municipality is Dolní Bojanovice in Hodonínsk. Firefighters helped clear flooded basements on Monday at 11 p.m. Mayor Eva Rajchmanová (KDU-ČSL) confirmed that the village was hit by heavy torrential rain with hail. "There were two torrential rains, about a meter of water was rolling down the street directly in front of the municipal office," the mayor told Czech Television. About a hundred cellars in the village are flooded and several houses have broken roofs. About 20 fire brigades intervened in the village.
"There were almost no other incidents at night and the units dealt with the consequences of the afternoon storms. In total, they intervened in approximately 270 events. In Dolní Bojanovice, our activity was terminated around 3 o'clock in the morning," the firemen of the South Moravian Region then stated.
7:3322. 6. 2021!Due to strong storms, E.ON recorded 25 breakdowns on high-voltage lines and 9,000 households with limited electricity supply, most in southern Moravia.
7:1222. 6. 2021It is also raining in Prague, but in connection with the weather, the Prague firefighters have so far intervened in only one case - tree branches falling on a passenger vehicle in Vinohrady, informed their spokesman Martin Kavka.
6:2422. 6. 2021Throughout Tuesday, storms will temporarily weaken, but they may appear again in the following days of this week.
6:1522. 6. 2021According to meteorologists, the strongest and most dangerous should have been those that hit the western half of the Czech Republic on Tuesday night. The warning with a high degree of danger applies to all Czech regions and the Highlands from Tuesday midnight until 12:00, according to information on the website of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ).
"An isolated occurrence of strong thunderstorms with torrential rainfall of around 50 millimeters, wind gusts of around 80 kilometers per hour and hail is expected. These intense rainfalls can locally raise the levels of smaller watercourses in particular," warned the meteorologists. Gusts of wind can break branches or topple trees, hail and lightning can also be dangerous. Property damage, power outages and transport problems can be expected. People should secure windows, doors, greenhouses or loose objects, they should not enter or drive into flowing water and flooded areas. When driving a vehicle in a storm, motorists should reduce their driving speed and drive very carefully.
6:0722. 6. 2021!The village of Dolní Bojanovice found itself under water and mud deposits within a few tens of minutes. Firefighters intervened in it. There are also problems in other places. Firefighters have over 70 units in the field with almost a hundred pieces of equipment. Most often, they draw water from flooded houses, garages and basements. "In Drnovice in Blanensko, they once again had to deal with the accumulation of mud and the amount of water that also entered family houses," added Jaroslav Mikoška, the spokesman for the fire department. At the same time, Drnovice was hit by torrential rain 11 days ago.
Thousands of people are without power. "Due to the strong storms that swept through the Vysočina Region and the South Moravian Region, we currently have approximately 6,000 households without electricity supplies. In the vast majority of cases, these are failures caused by trees and branches falling into the power lines," said e.gd spokesman Roman Šperňák. Hodonínsk has the highest number of breakdowns reported by energy companies.
A tree also fell onto the tracks in Znojmo, firefighters evacuated eight people from the train.
6:0522. 6. 2021!Thunderstorms already arrived in Moravia and Silesia during Monday afternoon. They are accompanied by hail in places. The storm swept Dolní Bojanovice in the Znojmo region, according to locals, the hailstones were up to five centimeters in size.
6:0022. 6. 2021Good morning, the Czech Republic has had a night full of storms, which continued in part of the country on Tuesday morning. Where lightning still rages and what storms and torrential rains have done, we will watch online on Lightning News.
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