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Many factors were involved in an extreme flood
20. July 2018 at 0:00 TASR
JAROVNICE. As it was dark 20 years ago, a catastrophe occurred in the Czech Republic
Extreme storms accompanied by torrential rains on July 20, 1998 caused extensive floods in the east of the country and killed 50 people, including in the village of Jarovnice. Sabinov
Fifty Victims
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The initial number of 47 victims increased when the three missing
The survival of 56 people, whose lives were also threatened, 61 others were injured
Severe storms reached 82 municipalities in Šariš, Levočské vrchy and Braniska highlands
Rain started 15.00 ha In about half an hour, Rencišov, Dubovnica, Uzovske Peklany, Lipany, Jarovnice and other villages of Prešovský and Košick were flooded
Huge damage
In the affected villages, floods flooded houses, bridged bridges, swapped roads (19659002) Floods flooded wells, gardens and farmland
Floods directly affected 10,850 dwellings nts. Without shelter, there were 756 people.
In the affected area, 2,033 homes were flooded, 272 were significantly damaged or destroyed
13,881 hectares of agricultural land were flooded, 4,398 ha of meadows
and died 5
Several factors
The second half of July 1998 was typical of high-temperature weather conditions and intense storms and precipitation
19659002] According to meteorologists, about 100 millimeters of precipitation could fall during the storm in the Jarovec region , which is not an extraordinary quantity
For example, in thunderstorms in the Czech Orlicke Mountains, 1964 and 205 millimeters
The floods in Jarovnicia and the surrounding area were therefore associated with some number of factors, such as the low-pass geological base and terrain,
According to meteorologist Pavel Fask and Eugen Lexmann, in the SME newspaper of August 3, 1998, it can be assumed that a superce was created
It is a storm cell with extremely high output currents (air up to 50 m / s) , which turns like a small cyclone
"Superce, unlike ordinary clouds that last a few tens of minutes, also lives"
A torpedo of six meters
In all these circumstances, a torrential wave appeared , reaching a height of five to six meters at Jarovnice
At the confluence of small and large snakes reaches the water flow 200 cubic meters per second, which is the volume of the Danube only Slovak rivers
" Climate change is in If appropriate weather conditions are created, for example, during strong storms, a large amount of rain can fall in a short time. At the same time, irregularities in the distribution of rainfall in the region are highlighted, so there are places where many precipitations fall, but there is drought in the neighboring locality. We have been confronted with such situations this summer, "he added
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