Powerful storm kills Croatian firefighter, raising the death toll to six after a scorching heatwave engulfed the Balkans
Parts of a crane brought down by a storm in the capital Zagreb, seriously injuring one person who was operating the machinery. / Photo: AFPThree more people died on Wednesday in Croatia, one in Slovenia and one in Bosnia. Serbia's police said emergency crews saved 40 people and put out 20 fires caused by lightning.
“Four dead people from a storm like this is a terrible, huge tragedy,” said Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic as he visited a park in the capital, Zagreb, where more than 200 trees were blown down. Plenkovic said Croatia will establish a warning system for natural disasters and other dangers like Wednesday's storm.
“There are not too many ways to counter this type of storm,” Plenkovic added. “It comes swiftly, it is powerful and it then moves on.”Emergency measures are usually declared for floods or similar natural disasters to enable local authorities to draw more funds and people during a crisis situation.
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