Hurricanes torment Europe and Asia. In mid-September, from the hurricane "Ofelia" in Ireland, two people were killed. A woman died in a car on which a tree fell. A man died when a chainsaw tried to cut this tree. Gusts of winds that drove trees and structures in Ireland reached 176 km / h. No electricity left over 360 thousand people. Weather services warned people in advance of an impending hurricane, a red alert was declared and recommended to refrain from traveling. However, Ophelia became the most powerful hurricane in Ireland in the last 50 years.

In the east of Asia, hurricane Hanun. From floods and landslides, which were the result of his arrival, only in Vietnam killed at least 68 people. In addition, about 34 thousand houses were damaged, 230 thousand head of livestock were killed, 22 thousand hectares of rice fields were destroyed.

On the northern part of Europe there is a hurricane "Gervart". Emergency mode was announced in Berlin and Hamburg. In Berlin, the wind tore trees with roots, damaged power lines. The movement of trains was disrupted. The coast of the North Sea was subjected to a storm with gusts of wind at 100 and 115 km / h.

On the night of October 29, the hurricane was so strong that, due to the fall of trees, the main autobahns were blocked in Berlin and Brandenburg.

Austria and the Czech Republic prepared for the storm. Vienna closed public parks and gardens. Hurricane walked through Poland. Sad account: two people died in Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland. Most people died when trees fell on cars. In Germany, a man drowned during a storm tide. In Hamburg, surf water raised the water level in Elbe, the river came out of the banks and flooded the streets of the city.

The wind in the Czech Republic reached 180 km / h, it took down the roofs and left tens of thousands of families without electricity. Due to heavy rain, the water level in the rivers rose sharply. In Prague, it was necessary to close the zoo and the international exhibition Designblok. Hurricane destroyed wooden Orthodox church in Most.

The arrival of the hurricane was prepared by Belarus and the Kaliningrad region of Russia. The orange level of danger is declared in Belarus. In the Kaliningrad region on October 30, a storm warning. There and before the arrival of the hurricane, more than a third of the monthly rainfall rate has already fallen in a day, the city already has 30 places for flooding the sidewalks and the roadway, and three dozen cellars in the houses have been flooded. On the Bold Alley can no longer drive cars - engines stall. The flow of water demolished the fencing of the Kaliningrad zoo and the old German bridge in the village of Ugryumovo. Due to flooding, it may be necessary to disconnect the CHP-1 equipment in Kaliningrad itself. Emergency brigades of city enterprises "GDSR", "Purity", "Vodokanal" purify storm drains and gratings.

Meteorologists warn of the upcoming strengthening of the north-west wind, which will reach 25 m / s.