Storm devastates village in northeastern Serbia

High winds described as a tornado struck the village of Torda in the Žitište municipality over the weekend, causing damages on over 100 structures.

Izvor: Blic

Tuesday, 02.04.2013.

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ZITISTE High winds described as a tornado struck the village of Torda in the Zitiste municipality over the weekend, causing damages on over 100 structures. Belgrade-based daily Blic is writing that there have been no casualties, but that the material damage is "enormous". Storm devastates village in northeastern Serbia The storm ripped off roofs from houses, turned over vehicles, and ripped out trees. Police, firefighters, electric grid maintenance workers, and those from utilities companies of the municipality of Zitiste, where the village is located, were all at the scene. Janos Dobai, head of the Local Community Office (MZ), told reporters that 80 households so far reported damage, while some 100 structures in all were affected. According to him, the village suffered damages worth "millions". Zitiste Municipality President Dusan Micev said that the local authorities were organizing assistance to the village, but appealed on the provincial and state authorities to help. Torda is an ethnic Hungarian village that has some 1,400 residents who were celebrating Easter when the storm struck on Sunday. Blic

Storm devastates village in northeastern Serbia

The storm ripped off roofs from houses, turned over vehicles, and ripped out trees.

Police, firefighters, electric grid maintenance workers, and those from utilities companies of the municipality of Žitište, where the village is located, were all at the scene.

Janoš Dobai, head of the Local Community Office (MZ), told reporters that 80 households so far reported damage, while some 100 structures in all were affected. According to him, the village suffered damages worth "millions".

Žitište Municipality President Dušan Mićev said that the local authorities were organizing assistance to the village, but appealed on the provincial and state authorities to help.

Torda is an ethnic Hungarian village that has some 1,400 residents who were celebrating Easter when the storm struck on Sunday.

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