Photo from open sources
Tens of thousands of homes were left without electricity. Whole forest in the mountains Piliš, southeast of Budapest, was covered in a cloud of fog when it started to rain. As a result, formed on all trees ice cover.
Falling trees and breaking branches led to shutdown electricity, and about 40,000 houses on the outskirts of Budapest remained no light on tuesday. Trees brought down power lines, said representative of the disaster management team Hungarian agency. Not only large branches fell, but whole trees, as ice 10 centimeters (4 inches) thick has covered them. A threat arose for the entire forest at an altitude of more than 400 meters, told people who dared to visit these areas.
A photo from open sources Forestry service representatives covered large tracts of territory located higher than 400 meters above sea level to prevent injury. Heavy however injuries and deaths, fortunately, have not been reported. Forester, who visited the northern part of the Börzen Mountains of Budapest, stated that the forests were announced by loud peals due to falling branches, tree cod and hissing sounds when branches and trunks gave way to tons of ice.
On Sunday, ice rains fell in Lower Austria. Fire department The service has received over 200 calls. There were also trips electricity and chaos on the roads. A thick layer of ice bound trees and many of them fell, including very large ones with a trunk diameter more than one meter.
The video gives an idea of the scale of the weather phenomenon.
