When the storm decides to wreak havoc: Croatia faced a meteorological nightmare on Thursday night! Strong winds, heavy rain, and thunderstorm didn’t just ruin the night—they left over 3,000 people without power, with Brod-Posavina County hit the hardest. Imagine this: power lines snapped, transformer stations failed, and residents woke up to silence and darkness. The teams from Elektro Slavonski Brod jumped into action immediately, but full power restoration is expected only by morning and late morning hours.
Even Zagreb, the capital, wasn’t spared—around 3 AM, the city was hit by strong winds and heavy rain, and just before 8 AM, the storm returned with even greater force. In the west of the country, including Istria, hail was reported, and social media is flooded with photos of massive hailstones that look like they fell straight out of a disaster movie.
But wait, there’s more! Although DHMZ forecasts calmer weather during the day, instability won’t completely disappear. Occasional showers and thunderstorms are expected, especially inland and along the northern Adriatic. Temperatures? Despite the storm’s fury, the thermometer still shows real summer numbers—morning temps between 18 and 23°C, and daytime highs reaching 32°C, even 36°C in inland Dalmatia.
Is this weather or an apocalypse? Where exactly do you live if a storm can wake you up in the middle of the night and leave you powerless? Got similar stories or caught in the storm? Share away—maybe together we’ll realize we’re not alone in this meteorological madness!
