Storm tears down roof
The violent storm "Niklas" tore half a roof onto the street at Merkurstrasse in Zurich on Tuesday.
Under the copper roof weighing several hundred kilograms, three cars were buried and heavily damaged, as the city police writes. In the opposite house, a balcony was partially torn down.
The Zurich city police received about 30 reports due to the storm until 1 pm. Most of them involved uprooted trees or fallen branches blocking roads and damaging parked cars. In addition, the police officers had to deal with fallen construction barriers, scaffolding, traffic signs and ships that had broken loose.
The storm also raged elsewhere in Switzerland, covering roofs, toppling trees and causing extensive damage to property. Various people were injured and had to be taken to hospital; in Andelfingen, one person lost his life as a result of the hurricane.
According to Meteo Switzerland, gusts of between 70 and 90 km/h were measured in the Central Plateau. The highest value of 120 km/h was recorded in Steckborn in Thurgau.
