9,000 lightning bolts: Heavy storms sweep across Switzerland
Hurricane-like gusts have swept across much of Switzerland on Sunday and Monday. Weather experts have counted at least 9,000 lightning bolts striking since Sunday.
As of Monday morning however, the storms have largely receded in most of the country.
Swiss weather service Meteonews said the canton of Bern was the heaviest hit, with 2,500 lightning strikes.
Around 850 were recorded in Uri, followed by Fribourg, Vaud and St Gallen.
Kurze Bilanz zu den nächtlichen #Gewittern: im #Flachland wurden mehrfach #Sturmböen registriert, auf den #Bergen vereinzelt #orkanartige Böen. Seit gestern wurden schweizweit über 9000 #Blitze verzeichnet, am Sonntag gab es in #Bern mit knapp 2500 mit Abstand am meisten. (gz) pic.twitter.com/qJFRDAOQ9b
— MeteoNews Schweiz (@MeteoNewsAG) July 4, 2022
Winds of 111km/h were recorded on the Weissfluhjoch summit, while wind speeds of 85km/h were recorded in Meiringen and Sitten.
Wer sagt denn, #Blitze kommen immer von oben? Und sie seien immer nur gezackt? Diese #Zeitlupenaufnahme dokumentiert, dass Blitze wie verästelte #Bäume quasi "aus dem Boden" in den #Himmel wachsen können. ^buc pic.twitter.com/E7BTmSu5zc
— SRF Meteo (@srfmeteo) July 3, 2022
Monday will experience some winds, but will largely be sunny.
Temperatures of 24C degrees are predicted in the north of the country, while heights of 30C are predicted for the centre and south.
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As of Monday morning however, the storms have largely receded in most of the country.
Swiss weather service Meteonews said the canton of Bern was the heaviest hit, with 2,500 lightning strikes.
Around 850 were recorded in Uri, followed by Fribourg, Vaud and St Gallen.
Kurze Bilanz zu den nächtlichen #Gewittern: im #Flachland wurden mehrfach #Sturmböen registriert, auf den #Bergen vereinzelt #orkanartige Böen. Seit gestern wurden schweizweit über 9000 #Blitze verzeichnet, am Sonntag gab es in #Bern mit knapp 2500 mit Abstand am meisten. (gz) pic.twitter.com/qJFRDAOQ9b
— MeteoNews Schweiz (@MeteoNewsAG) July 4, 2022
Winds of 111km/h were recorded on the Weissfluhjoch summit, while wind speeds of 85km/h were recorded in Meiringen and Sitten.
Wer sagt denn, #Blitze kommen immer von oben? Und sie seien immer nur gezackt? Diese #Zeitlupenaufnahme dokumentiert, dass Blitze wie verästelte #Bäume quasi "aus dem Boden" in den #Himmel wachsen können. ^buc pic.twitter.com/E7BTmSu5zc
— SRF Meteo (@srfmeteo) July 3, 2022
Monday will experience some winds, but will largely be sunny.
Temperatures of 24C degrees are predicted in the north of the country, while heights of 30C are predicted for the centre and south.
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