Firefighters were dispatched more than a thousand times on Friday, and homes were without power in the Czech Republic

Especially people in Blanensko and Hodonnsko, as well as in Prostjovsk and Vysoin around Bystice nad Perntejnem, are without electricity.

EG.D spokesman Lubomr Budn said: “Our crews identified some faults, in some cases they carried out prolonged operations and quickly succeeded in restoring power supply.”

The damage was caused by five gusts of wind that broke off trees and branches. In some places, there were multiple faults on one line, the spokesman added. The Czech hydrometeorological warning for severe thunderstorms is valid until 02:00 on Saturday.

Buky stopped supplying to the distribution location EG.D in the second half of the year. Due to them, the company recorded power outages in 18,000 households in the middle of the night.

erpn Water supply and evacuation of children from camps

The 1201 technical assistance line was in full swing throughout the public day. The St. X fire department said the greatest workload was felt by colleagues from the South Moravia, Styć and Vysojna regions.

In the north of the forest, beech trees are struggling to grow in the afternoon. Firefighters from the Stek region cleared fallen trees, loose structures and pumped out water. They made 554 interventions in Litomiec, 23 in Teplice, 19 in Disk, 17 in Mostek, 6 in Stek and 1 in Artek.

In the Zynsk region, firefighters intervened most in Uherskohradisku, where uprooted trees slid down in slabs. Depending on the number of blocked culverts and canals, or in eight cases, leaks. As a precautionary measure, we evacuated the children’s camp from Stttee nad Bevou, to the satisfaction of Mayor Zub, who manages the camp, said David Martinec, spokesman for the fire department.