Ndemi Photography and Art Work

On 19 November 2004 between 03:00 p.m. and 08:00 p.m., the territory of the Slovak Republic was hit by whirlwind with the biggest adverse effect on forest ecosystems in the regions of the upper flow of the Hron-river. Force of wind in gusts attained the speed of almost 200 km/h. Windstorm left behind calamity affecting forests on the territory with the total area of 330 thousand hectares. The total volume of wood of broken or windthrown trees hit by the calamity represents the volume of approximately 4.7 million m3 of wood. 3.75 million m3 were destroyed on forest lands in state ownership, while the extent of calamity in forests not owned by the state represents 0.95 million m3.

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