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Tornado in the Czech Republic: dozens of houses destroyed, dead and injured

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A tornado hit homes in the South East of the Czech Republic, causing several victims and hundreds of injured: “Unfortunately we can confirm that there have been victims, but I can’t tell you the exact number,” the spokeswoman for the AFP told AFP. local emergency services. According to local media, however, the dead are at least three, but several people are still under the rubble.

Tornado overwhelms the southeast of the Czech Republic: the images are impressive

Interior Minister Jan Hamacek said that “all available rescue units are already in action and others are moving towards the affected region”. In addition to the Czech army, rescuers from Austria and Slovakia also rushed to the site. The tornado and tennis ball-sized hail struck several towns and villages including Hodonin, where a house, a retirement home and the local zoo were destroyed. The tornado also caused power outages and a traffic jam on the important highway connecting Prague with the Slovakian capital Bratislava. Video footage from the region on social networks showed buildings and cars destroyed, tree stumps felled and several fires.

“It’s a living hell,” said regional governor Jan Grolich after visiting the region. The Czech news agency CTK quoted the mayor of Hrusky as saying half of the village was razed to the ground. Storms passing over the Czech Republic forced Prime Minister Andrej Babis to stay in Brussels after the EU summit, as a landing in Prague would have been too dangerous. In neighboring Poland, a tornado hit the southern province of Malopolska, damaging roofs and injuring one person.

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