18 injured when thunderstorm hits Romanian capital
Baku, May 24 (AZERTAC). Authorities say 18 people, including one in a coma, have been taken to hospitals after a tent collapsed when heavy rain and strong winds hit Bucharest, Romania.
Interior ministry spokeswoman Andra Chesaru said trees were uprooted in and around the capital and billboards collapsed during the hour-long thunderstorm.
The National Weather Institute says winds reached 80 kilometres per hour. Some 17,000 residents were without electric power near the capital, authorities said.
Four flights that were scheduled to land at Bucharest's Henri Coanda airport were diverted to the Black Sea port of Constanta because of the storm, transportation officials said.
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