Storm causes chaos: That's how badly Mödling was hit!

Storm causes chaos: That's how badly Mödling was hit!

A violent storm hit the Mödling district on Friday night and caused numerous damage. According to the Mödling district fire brigade command, around 50 missions were counted throughout the district, including that the Mödling fire brigade had to carry out technical operations. A warehouse on Friedrich Schillerstrasse was particularly affected, where hundreds of square meters of sheet metal roofing were covered. These pieces fell onto a municipal road and damaged several parked cars and a street lamp. Fortunately, no one was injured noe.ORF.at reported.

Technical operations and difficulties

The fire department also had to secure loose sheet metal parts from roofs and remove overturned garbage containers from the roadways. Another major operation took place in Himberg, where a tree fell on a power line. The fire brigade was also called upon in Vösendorf and other regions of the Mödling district meinkreis.at reported.

The fire brigade's operation included an extensive security effort that took over three hours. In order to eliminate the danger zone, roof parts had to be cut up with a cutter before they could be removed from the damaged cars. The affected road has been closed in the meantime so that the clean-up work can be carried out safely. The strongest storm peak was measured at an impressive 139 km/h at the Vienna Jubilee Observatory, which illustrates the severity of the weather situation.