After the heat Central and Southern Europe again experience the fury of the weather and its changing of the climate. As a result of a strong storm in recent days, 12 people have died and many were injured. France, Italy and Austriaand most of them died from falling trees.

In the same time German authorities they warned southerners of impending storms and put search and rescue aircraft on high alert. The country’s national meteorological service has warned that the rains will be heavy and prolonged in the Alps region, with the amount of rainwater exceeding 140 liters per square meter within 48 hours, which could lead to flooding. The German Red Cross and its helicopters are already on alert to provide immediate assistance if needed.

tragedy in Austria.

On Thursday night, a real tragedy broke out in southern Austria: two girls of eight and four years old watched what was happening near the lake, crushed by trees uprooted by a strong wind. 13 people were also injured, two of them are in serious condition. All the victims of bad weather became visitors who spent their summer holidays in this area.

Twelve dead and dozens injured in Central and Southern Europe, mostly as a result of falling trees.

The mayor of the nearby town of Wolfsberg, Hannes Primus, said the place where the two children died looked like a battlefield. Three more women died in Lower Austria when lightning struck a tree near the town of Gamin, causing it to fall and crush them.

AT Corsica, five people also died, in Italy two people were killed in storm winds in Tuscany and four more were injured in a camp in Carrara, and bricks were knocked out of the bell tower of St. Mark in Venice. A state of emergency has been declared in Tuscany and Veneto.

Spain on fire

At the same time in Spain, in the eastern region of Valencia, an uncontrolled forest fire is still raging, which is considered the biggest this year. The fire continued yesterday for the fifth day in a row, burning everything in its path, despite the fact that hundreds of firefighters and 35 aircraft are making superhuman efforts to extinguish it. The flames have already covered about 190,000 hectares in a perimeter of 137 km.

Temporary rain on Thursday revived authorities’ hopes that they could quickly bring the outbreak under control, but the opposite happened as strong winds exacerbated the situation. Since Wednesday, four people have been hospitalized with very serious burns. They were injured while trying to escape when the train they were on was engulfed in flames. The regional government is already investigating why the railroad was allowed to pass through the burning area.