Hail Damage in Sempeter-Vrtojba Estimated at over EUR 11m

Šempeter pri Gorici, 15 July - Monday's hailstorm in the municipality of Sempeter-Vrtojba in western Slovenia has caused EUR 11.5m of damage, according to preliminary estimates. Sempeter-Vrtojba Mayor Dragan Valencic said Tuesday that the storm also caused an ecological disaster as the majority of asbestos-containing shingles in the area have been damaged.

Sempeter pri Gorici
Damage caused by Monday's hailstorm
Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

Šempeter pri Gorici, občina.
Novinarska konferenca štaba civilne zaščite občine Šempeter-Vrtojba o posledicah ponedeljkovega neurja s točo.
Poveljnik šempetrsko-vrtojbenske civilne zaščite Stan Črvič, župan občine Šempeter-Vrtojba Dragan Valenčič in predsednik občinske komisije za ocenjevanje škode Mladen Andrić.
Foto: Marko Cencič/STA

Sempeter pri Gorici
Damage caused by Monday's hailstorm
Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

Sempeter pri Gorici
Damage caused by Monday's hailstorm
Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

Sempeter pri Gorici
Damage caused by Monday's hailstorm
Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

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