‘Mini-hurricane’ forecast to hit Slovakia tonight

The Slovak Hydro-Meteorolgical Institute (SHMÚ) has warned that a severe storm – known in Slovak as an orkan, or ‘mini-hurricane’ – may hit Slovakia in the next 24 hours.

The Slovak Hydro-Meteorolgical Institute (SHMÚ) has warned that a severe storm – known in Slovak as an orkan, or ‘mini-hurricane’ – may hit Slovakia in the next 24 hours.

The warning applies to all districts of Slovakia, except Kysucké Nové Mesto, the SITA newswire reported. The SHMÚ said wind speeds could reach 15 to 25 metres per second (54 to 90 kilometres per hour). Freezing temperatures and 10 to 30 centimetres of snow is also expected, with a risk that the snow will drift.

Marek Kučera, writing on the Meteoinfo.sk weather website, noted that current weather patterns are similar to those that resulted in the windstorm of November 2004, which devastated forests in the High Tatra mountains.

Sources: SITA, Meteoinfo.sk

Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská from press reports
The Slovak Spectator cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information presented in its Flash News postings.

Top stories

News digest: Rain causes flooding and driving difficulties in Bratislava. Slovakia under storm warning

A drunk driver gets a prison sentence, free events in Bratislava, and a corporate volunteering event returns.


7 h
Vrakuňa’s citizens presented apples washed in water with leaked toxins at the protest in 2016.

Chemical time bomb in Bratislava’s Vrakuňa keeps ticking

The state is failing to solve leaking chemical waste dump.


31. may
Jupiter (centre) and its Galilean moons: from left Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto. Juice with deployed antennas and arrays is in the bottom right.

From Košice to Ganymede: Slovak engineers are leaving their mark in space

Slovaks are active participants in two ongoing space missions.


20. may
The Supreme Administrative Court in Bratislava.

Q&A: How does the new justice reform affect people's lives?

The reform also known as the new map of courts became applicable on June 1 of this year.


6. jun
SkryťClose ad