2024-01-04 14:06:45
A storm with speeds of up to 111 km/h swept across Vienna’s city center on Thursday. There were an “extraordinary” number of missions for the Vienna professional fire brigade. Several federal gardens were closed for safety reasons. According to Geosphere Austria, the Semmering/Sonnwendstein weather station recorded the highest wind peak in Austria on Thursday at 134 km/h. Accordingly, the wind will decrease significantly everywhere on Friday night.
The night was already stormy, with the focus of the storm on Thursday followingnoon being in eastern Austria. In Vienna, Geosphere Austria recorded wind peaks of up to 103 km/h on the Hohe Warte. On the Hohe Warte, such wind peaks occur every one to three years. In downtown Vienna, the 110.9 km/h measured was the fourth highest value since measurements began here in 1985. On the Feuerkogel in Upper Austria, the wind blew at up to 130 km/h. 126 km/h were recorded at the Vienna Jubilee Observatory and 107 km/h in Vienna-Unterlaa.
The Vienna professional fire brigade worked on around 50 storm operations in the followingnoon, as a spokesman explained in response to an APA request. In total, the fire department had been called out around 180 times by 1:30 p.m. However, the majority of these are limited to loose components, fallen objects or trees. Although the spokesman emphasized that the number of missions for the Vienna professional fire brigade was “already extraordinary”. “This is certainly a challenge for us,” he said.
Augarten, Volksgarten and Burggarten were closed on Thursday due to the storm warning, as was the southern part of Schönbrunn Palace Park. The Meiereitor and the Maria-Theresien-Tor were closed. “We ask for caution, as falling branches must always be expected,” it said on the Federal Gardens homepage. The Schönbrunn Zoo was open, but the Tirolerhof entrance was closed. It was announced that the federal gardens would be opened on Friday morning following a round of inspections.
The Wiener Linien also warned of the storm. “Please pay particular attention to your surroundings on the way to and from public transport today! Due to the violent storm, there may be delays in the network,” they informed on X (formerly Twitter).
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