Storm chaos in Eastern Saxony: Heavy rains demand fire brigade operations!

Storm chaos in Eastern Saxony: Heavy rains demand fire brigade operations!

On Thursday evening, a violent storm moved over Eastern Saxony and caused a lot of excitement and damage to the affected communities. The fire brigade's emergency services were called to numerous missions in Hoyerswerda and the surrounding area, while the rescue control center in Hoyerswerda allhowed and announced that the damage was not as catastrophic as originally feared. According to MDR in particular the Bautzen district and the towns of Weißwasser and Krauschwitz were affected.

The fire brigade had their hands full in the Bautzen district after several trees overturn on sidewalks, streets and even tracks. In Koitzsch, a tree fell on a woman who had to be taken to the hospital for medical care. In Weißwasser there was also considerable damage where a roof and the solar system was covered. The emergency services recorded several incidents of fallen trees and flooded underpass throughout the region.

high application volume

Already on Friday the next violent thunderstorms in East Saxony followed, which led to further missions. During this time, the fire brigade had to deploy a whopping 185 times in order to cope with fire brigade operations in the districts of Görlitz and Bautzen, such as TAG24 reported. The main areas of application were in Weißwasser, Oppach and Bautzen. Here, among other things, there were flooded roads that had transformed into true waterway as a result of heavy rain and exciting gullies.

The situations in Schirgiswalde and Wilthen were also precarious. In Schirgiswalde, fallen trees blocked the tracks and thus disturbed the train traffic between Wilthen and Ebersbach. In Wilthen, a tree also fell on a house, which luckily did not cause any injuries. A deployment in white water required the rescue of a driver that was locked by the water masses in his vehicle.

preliminary warnings of the German Weather Service

The German Weather Service had already warned of the storms and pointed out possible lightning strikes, falling trees and floods. The weather conditions were tense accordingly, and the warnings referred not only to Eastern Saxony, but also in Central Saxony and Saxon Switzerland.

Overall, the fire brigades were willing to take on their tasks and, through quick reactions, ensured that the damage could be limited and people in emergencies could be helped quickly. Another encounter with the weather is imminent for residents in the run -up to the coming weeks. With the still fluctuating weather conditions for the agricultural economy, which affects the topic of heat stress for animal husbandry, it is important to keep an eye on the situation. For this purpose, for example, the Agricultural meteorology department continuously provides current information so that farmers can plan well what is the order of the day, as the information on Wetterhahren.de