Hundreds of cars in Bucharest and Ilfov, damaged after the strong wind has set hundreds of trees to the ground
Trees shot down by the strong wind in Bucharest. Hotnews photo collage. Photo source: ISU, Chitu Mirel, Mihai Vladut, Irina Minulescu
The weather alert of extreme phenomena has caused problems and inconvenience in Bucharest and Ilfov County. The powerful wind shot hundreds of trees, causing damage.
On Friday night, in Bucharest and Ilfov, in several areas water has accumulated on the road, drivers being unable to advance, and pedestrians were forced to clog the water on the sidewalks.
Public transport was also overwhelmed, the circulation of tram lines and trolleybus being affected due to the increased level of water on the routes.
Several traces were blocked from 7 pm, throughout Bucharest, according to the Bucharest Bulletin.
On several Facebook groups, people published on Saturday morning, pictures of registration plates lost by drivers in the previous evening.
Photo/video images from flooded Bucharest. Fallen trees, construction and damaged cars, affected cables and deviated flights / problems and other areas of the country
Hundreds of cars damaged by trees -down of the strong wind
The bad weather that has deviated from Thursday night on the capital and IFLOV County also caused material damage. Hundreds of trees were shot down in the capital and Ilfov county, most in Bucharest, according to the balance sheet presented on Saturday morning by ISU representatives.
“As a result of the weather phenomena manifested during the orange code, strong wind intensifications, between 02.10.2025, 8:00 pm-03.10.2025, 11:00 pm, ISU Firefighters managed 351 interventions in Bucharest and Ilfov,” said ISU-Ilfov on Saturday, according to News.ro.
In Bucharest there were 309 interventions: 218 for fallen trees, 59 for separated construction elements, 17 for affected electrical cables, 15 for water accumulation.
Following them, a victim with minor injuries was medically assisted. 163 cars were damaged in total.
In Ilfov County there were 42 interventions: 24 for fallen trees, 7 for separated construction elements, 2 for affected electrical cables, 9 for water accumulations.
Following them, a total of 3 cars were damaged.
What the mayors say
The mayor of Sector 6, Ciprian Ciucu, said on Friday evening that the authorities were working to release trees shot down by the wind, specifying that their number is very high, registering a record for the last decade.
“The colleagues at ADPDU told me that, at least in the last 10 years, there have not been so many fallen trees. There are 4 major causes that contributed: the trees have a lot of leaf and are heavy; the earth is very soft from so much water, and the roots are no longer fixed; We give it, it is simply working on automatic fire, ”Ciucu wrote on Friday night.
And the mayor of Sector 2, Rareș Hopincă, announced on Friday “significant damages” after the storm: 33 collapsed trees, broken branches and a roof detached from a block.
“An additional proof of the fact that the public space must be maintained with much discernment and reason, because the dry or non -tolerated trees can produce tragedies,” Hopincă wrote on his Facebook page.
Over 100 wind trees, announced the mayor of Sector 4, Daniel Băluță, according to the Bucharest Bulletin. The mayor mentioned that the trees destroyed 49 cars.
“The owners of the vehicles damaged by the fallen trees due to the strong wind will be compensated as soon as possible, as sector 4 has, for such emergency situations, a working procedure approved by HCL 4 no. 99/2025,” Băluță said.
The procedure is available here.
