Sturm destroys the oldest oak of Merzdorf - newly new!

Sturm destroys the oldest oak of Merzdorf - newly new!

Merzdorf, Deutschland - It was a huge storm that swept across the south of Elbe-Elster on June 18, 2024 and caused millions in Merzdorf near Elsterwerda. Not only was the oldest oak in the place, a proud stealing oak from 1830 with an impressive trunk circumference of around 2.20 meters. The nature of the nature had also left its mark in the leisure area: in the local outdoor pool, a poplar fell onto the border wall, while a table tennis plate blessed the time. This reports lr-online.de .

The damage could not be overlooked and caused a great breath when the Vetter nursery from Lampertswalde and the general practitioner Dierk Bade joined together and donated a new stemal oak worth around 250 euros. Together, the residents of Merzdorf immediately swung their shovels and put the new tree into the ground. A bank is to be placed as a memory of the old natural monument.

a region in storm and weather chaos

But Merzdorf was not the only place that suffered from the storm relationships. In the entire district of Elbe-Elster, the fire brigade was rightly numerous operations, and the extreme weather conditions also caused excitement in other regions. The danger in the entire southern Brandenburg region was particularly deeply stacked, where a 58-year-old man floats to his car after a tree fall. He and a 60-year-old driver urgently need help when her vehicle was hit on a forest path near Großthiemig during the storm. The fire brigade had to free the two men from the wreck, whereby the younger one was transported to a special hospital in Dresden, such as the rbb24.de reported.

in Cottbus the storm was also active and let the roof structure of a single -family house, hit by lightning strikes, open in flames. Fortunately, there were no injuries. Power failures and fallen trees also affected the lives of many citizens in the region. The trains between Dresden and Berlin had to deal with considerable delays, and passengers of a Eurocity to Prague were immediately evacuated.

an outlook on the future

The extreme weather events we experience today are not just the result of accidents or natural disasters, they are part of a major problem: climate change. A current study shows that since 2004 more than 570,000 people have been killed by the ten most fatal weather events worldwide. Extreme weather is becoming increasingly and more intense, which causes climate change to be caused by the combustion of fossil fuels and deforestation. In Europe alone, in 2022, over 53,000 people died due to heat waves, a trend that continues brutally. Without the consequences of climate change, many of these deaths could have been avoided, such as Tageschau.de

The scientists agree: political measures to reduce fossil fuels and to protect people are necessary in order to better prepare the next generations for the upcoming challenges. The climate change ultimately affects everyone, and while some of the more or less calmly deal with the weather, we all have to tackle to improve the situation.