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Severe Storm Batters Split Coast, Hospitalizes 24 and Damages Maritime Infrastructure

DHMZ has kept dangerous weather alerts active along Croatia’s coast following intense heatwaves.

Overview

  • Twenty-four people were hospitalized in the Split area with fractures and bruises after the July 8–9 storm.
  • Strong winds and heavy rain at Brodosplit shipyard caused a portal crane to collapse and tore roofs off production halls.
  • Scaffolding from an open-air festival stage fell onto a crowded parking lot, adding to the property damage.
  • Coast guard crews rescued occupants from two distressed vessels at sea, including a sailboat with five people after its engine failed.
  • DHMZ has issued “potentially dangerous” to “dangerous” warnings along the Adriatic and eastern Croatia and forecasters anticipate more storms.