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March 21–22 – 5 died in California from high winds by a bomb cyclone that also caused two tornadoes, including one in Montebello. [93] March 22–25 – 14 died in the town Baardhere, Jubaland state, Somalia, when flash floods hit the area. [94] March 24–26 – 26 people were killed in a tornado outbreak in the Southern United States. [95]
The National Meteorological Institute was established in 1919 shortly after Czechoslovakia was established at the end of World War I.On 1 January 1954, the National Meteorological Institute was united with the hydrology service and the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute was established.
Ostrava is also a major railway hub, sited on Railway Corridors II and III and serving as an important centre for cargo and passenger transport between the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. The city's largest railway stations are the main station (Ostrava hl.n.) and Ostrava-Svinov. These stations are important railway junctions.
The Czech Republic, [c] [12] also known as Czechia, [d] [13] and historically known as Bohemia, [14] is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. [ 15 ]
27 January – 2023 Czech presidential election: Czechs vote in the second round of the presidential election. [ 4 ] 28 January – The Czech Statistical Office reports that former NATO Military Committee chair Petr Pavel has been elected President of the Czech Republic , defeating former prime minister Andrej Babiš with 58 percent of the votes.
Extreme cold weather has reached -22.9 °C and extreme hot +42.0 °C. [4] Písek falls into 7a zone according to USDA zoning with average year absolute minimal temperature at −16.4 °C (2.5 °F) and into AHS heat zone 4 with only 15 days annually with temperatures crossing 86 °F (30 °C) – normal year has maximal temperature of 34.83 °C ...
On 5 June, the recorded temperature rose to 22.7 °C (72.9 °F), surpassing a record set in 2010 by 0.1 °C. [22] On 1 August 2023, the average sea surface temperature reached 20.96 °C (69.73 °F), the highest ever recorded. [23] In September, the sea ice in Antarctica was far below any previous recorded winter level. [24]
The Ostrava metropolitan area (Czech: Ostravská metropolitní oblast) is the metropolitan area with the city of Ostrava in the Czech Republic at its center. The Ostrava urban area is the largest urban area in the metropolitan area with a population of 365,000. [3] The metropolitan area has over 81% of the population of the Moravian-Silesian ...