Vas County storms

On January 7-8, 2024, wind gusts of 70-80 km/h reached Vas County, and due to previous rainfall, the softened, loose soil made trees a hazard to road traffic. In many locations, fallen trees obstructed traffic, and in some cases, traffic lights were ripped down by the storm. Firefighters in Vas County responded to nearly 50 damage sites. Trees fell on roads in Bozsok, the Óház street in Kőszeg, Királyvölgy street, Ipartelep street in Sárvár, Vasszilvágy, Szőce, and Csipkereki. In Kenyeri, a large tree was held aloft by an internet cable. In Szombathely, on Kilátó street, a tree damaged a parked car. A car also crashed into a tree that had fallen onto the road near Csákánydoroszló. On Zanati street in Szombathely, the wind damaged a traffic light. In Nemesbőd, on Alkotmány square, the wind uprooted a 14-meter-high pine tree. In Madách Imre street in Szombathely, the wind damaged the roof sheet of a residential building. On Kenyérhegyi street in Kőszeg, a large tree fell on power lines. On Forrás street in Kőszeg, a large thuja was uprooted, and in Baross street in Celldömölk, a 10-meter-high walnut tree fell on a building. On Rákóczi Ferenc street in Bozsok, a poplar tree damaged the roof structure of an old mill building.

Firefighters from Szombathely, Sárvár, Körmend, Vasvár, Répcelak, Kőszeg, and several volunteer teams from Kőszegszerdaháza, Kőszegdoroszló, Bozsok, Kenyér, and Porpács, totaling 320 people, responded to these incidents.

As a result of the events, no one had to leave their homes, and there was no need for civil protection measures.

The material damage was 7,469 EUR.

Between March 28-31, 2024 (Easter weekend), firefighters in Vas County responded to 26 storm-related incidents. On March 28, 2024, trees fell in Bajánsenye, Nagyrákos, Nagygeresd, and Hegyfalva, and in Szombathely, the wind damaged a billboard. In Vasvár, an acacia tree fell on power lines, and in Magyarnádalja, power lines were downed. In Szombathely’s Ady Endre square, the storm damaged the plaster of a building. On March 29, 2024, trees fell in Ivánc and Szentgotthárd, while in Bük, a wind began to damage an overhang, and in Csepreg, the wind started to damage a corrugated roof above a balcony. In Gór and Kőszeg, pine trees fell on power lines. On March 30, 2024, firefighters were called out once due to a fallen tree, where a tree fell on another near the Abért Lake in Kőszeg. On March 31, 2024, a 6-meter-high dry tree fell on the road in Hegyhátszentjakab, and in Csepreg, a pine tree posed a risk to the residential power grid. On the same day, loose roof tiles on a Kőszeg house posed a risk to pedestrians, and on Bolyai János street in Szombathely, the wind damaged roof plates. In Vasszécsény, Gencsapáti, and Répcelak, trees fell on the roads, obstructing traffic.

Firefighters from Szombathely, Körmend, Sárvár, and Szentgotthárd, as well as local teams from Répcelak, Vasvár, Csepreg, Kőszeg, Bajánsenye, Őriszentpéter, Jánosháza, and Ivánc, totaling nearly 120 people, responded to the damage. In cases where trees fell on power lines, the energy service providers were also called to the scene.

As a result of the events, no one had to leave their homes, and there was no need for civil protection measures.

The material damage was 125 EUR.