Hailstorm injures six people in Prague

The Czech capital was hit by a severe hailstorm on Sunday night. Six people were injured; one man suffered a serious injury after glass from a broken roof window cut an artery on his leg. Another suffered a head wound after falling in the street and four women were treated for lighter injuries. Fire fighters were called over 130 times, pumping water from cellars and removing fallen trees and branches from streets in the Czech capital. According to the Czech Hydro-meteorological Institute, the city saw between 40 and 45 millimeters of precipitation in the night from Sunday to Monday. Meanwhile, the storms led to a rise in water levels of rivers in the Dečín region in the north of the country, which was badly flooded a week ago. Fire crews were called out 40 times during the night to help remove water from flooded houses.

Author: Sarah Borufka