A rare tornado and strong storms struck along the Czech Republic's southern border on Thursday to destroy parts of some towns, killing at least three people and injuring dozens more, emergency services and media said.

The tornado, reported in towns around Hodonin, along with the Slovak and Austrian borders and 270 km (167 miles) southeast of Prague, the capital, may have reached wind speeds above 332 kph (206 mph), a Czech Television meteorologist said.

That would make it the strongest in the modern history of the central European nation and its first tornado since 2018.

Video shows a lightning storm over the capital Prague at around 11pm on June 24.

This footage was filmed and produced 24 June 2021

A rare tornado and strong storms struck along the Czech Republic's southern border on Thursday to destroy parts of some towns, killing at least three people and injuring dozens more, emergency services and media said.

The tornado, reported in towns around Hodonin, along with the Slovak and Austrian borders and 270 km (167 miles) southeast of Prague, the capital, may have reached wind speeds above 332 kph (206 mph), a Czech Television meteorologist said.

That would make it the strongest in the modern history of the central European nation and its first tornado since 2018.

The video was filmed around 11 PM on June 24th.