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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Daniel Harris (MetDesk)

Weather tracker: Summer storms end hot spell in Slovenia

Aerial image of flooded properties
A flooded area in Ravne na Koroškem, about 40 miles north-east of Ljubljana, Slovenia, last summer. Photograph: Gregor Ravnjak/AP

Slovenia was hit by heavy rain and strong winds on Friday as a series of storms brought an abrupt end to a prolonged hot and dry spell.

More than 230 weather-related events including flooding and landslides have been reported across the country. The worst-hit regions were in the Gorenjska municipality of Preddvor, and in Koroška in the north, which experienced similarly devastating floods last August.

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