Chaos in Ljubljana, more than 500 buildings flooded: "This amount of rain falls once in 250 years"

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A strong storm followed by heavy rain, which hit Slovenia last night, flooded more than 500 buildings in Ljubljana, Slovenia alone, where 88 liters of rain fell per square meter, which, according to estimates, happens once in 250 years.

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Emergency services received more than 2,700 calls from citizens between 8 pm and midnight, 24ur writes.

Na ljubljanski zelezniski postaji voda odnasala beton. pic.twitter.com/o96ZWtPO7Z— Svet (@Svet_KanalA) September 29, 2021

Streets were flooded, as well as underground garages. Numerous cars were destroyed, people were stuck in others, in very high water, Index.hr reports.

The problem is that a huge amount of rain fell in an extremely short period of time, in Ljubljana as much as 88 liters per square meter.

Along with the stormy rain, a strong wind was blowing, which knocked down trees onto the streets.

According to information this morning, no one was injured.

(Telegraf.rs)