- Title: Heavy thunderstorms hit UNESCO site in Romania
- Date: 6th August 2017
- Summary: BIERTAN, ROMANIA (AUGUST 6, 2017) (REUTERS) RAIN POURING IN UNESCO BIERTAN VILLAGE WITH ITS FAMOUS FORTIFIED CHURCH WATER STREAMING DOWN ROCKS CAR PASSING BY THROUGH PUDDLES ON STREET / VILLAGE HOUSES WATER STREAMING FROM GUTTER PIPE HEAVY RAIN POURING PUDDLE AND HEAVY RAIN POURING CAR DRIVING THROUGH PUDDLES ON STREET VARIOUS OF HEAVY RAIN HITTING ROOFS OF VILLAGE HOUSES STREAM OF WATER HITTING ROAD POLE CRACKS IN ROAD
- Embargoed: 20th August 2017 16:32
- Keywords: heatwave in Romania thunderstorm in Romania high temperatures in Romania Unesco site in Biertan
- Location: BIERTAN, ROMANIA
- City: BIERTAN, ROMANIA
- Country: Romania
- Topics: Environment,Nature/Wildlife
- Reuters ID: LVA0016T0Q2PZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:The Romanian village of Biertan, known for its UNESCO church, was hit by heavy thunderstorms on Sunday (August 6).
Torrential downpours battered Saxon village houses and fortified church in the town after days of temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104°F).
Swathes of southern and eastern Europe sweltered in high temperatures on Friday (August 4) in a heat wave nicknamed "Lucifer" that has fanned forest fires, triggered weather warning alerts and damaged crops.
Italy and the Balkans were worst affected, though areas as far north as southern Poland also basked in abnormally hot temperatures, and European weather hub Meteoalarm issued its highest grade "red" warnings for 10 countries.
At least two people have died from the heat - one in Romania and one in Poland - and many more have been taken to hospital suffering from sunstroke and other heat-related conditions. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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