March the 27th, 2026 – The violent Zagreb storm that has been battering the capital since yesterday doesn’t appear to be shifting yet. The message from the city’s administration is clear: “Don’t go out if you don’t need to.”
Since yesterday, incredibly powerful winds have torn through Zagreb bringing an enormous drop in temperature, rain, hail, light snow and chaos. Trees have been ripped out of the ground by their roots, some have fallen onto cars, the emergency services are inundated with calls and schools have been closed.
If the weather forecasts are to be believed, this violent Zagreb storm will continue until tomorrow. A weak (2.6 on the Richter scale) earthquake has also been recorded with its epicentre in Medvednica not far from the centre of the city.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomašević has provided the latest information on the extremely bad storm currently battering Zagreb.
“We’ve currently got a more difficult situation on our hands than we did back in 2023. The wind gusts are stronger than they were then. Regarding the geography of the city, the greatest damage so far has primarily occurred in the area under the Sljeme Mountains and in the west of the city. The strongest wind gusts were recorded there,” said Tomašević, once again appealing for people to please not go outside unless it is absolutely necessary.
“The city is still under reconstruction, there’s a lot of scaffolding around and it is not safe to be outdoors right now,” he said. Tomašević added that the storm will last until tomorrow and that all city services and offices have been engaged. He also said that 112 received about a thousand calls, which is a very large number.
“It’s almost the same number in Zagreb as in the rest of Croatia. As for the injured, we have information about several minor injuries in Zagreb and one serious one that has occurred in the wider Zagreb County area,” he added and continued: “The damage estimates Zagreb are over 150 vehicles, over 50 roofs have been damaged. At the moment, the firefighters have 320 interventions pending, so we really are appealing for people to be patient and report only according to priorities.”
He also said that around 120 students from Zagreb are in field classes on Sljeme and that they will remain there until tomorrow.
“Their parents have been informed. The students are fine and the Red Cross has taken over. The cable car is not running, and the Sljeme road is closed due to many fallen trees,” he added. He said that the city has made the decision not to open schools today in order not to risk any bad situations, although it is possible for children to come to school if they have to and childcare will be organised, as it will in kindergartens.
