The water masses of the past two days are now causing the first floods. The fire brigade is currently in continuous use to pump out houses and prevent flooding. Many rivers and streams threaten to overflow their banks in the coming hours.
In parts of Austria, up to 80 liters of rainwater per square meter has already accumulated from Wednesday morning to Saturday morning. According to weather experts, the amount of precipitation so far has already exceeded that of an average April. And the end is not yet in sight.
snow and rain
Although it even snows at higher altitudes, you have to take into account the enormous amounts of water in the lowlands. Volunteer fire brigades have been battling flooding and flooding since the early hours of the morning. The Upper Austrian districts of Eferding, Linz-Land and Steyr-Land are currently particularly affected. But there are also operations in the Urfahr area.
risk of flooding
In some areas, small bodies of water have already reached the first stage of flooding (ie floods occurring annually or even every five years). Since it would rain all Saturday and Sunday, it is not expected that the situation will improve for the time being.
More than 200 missions in Lower Austria
Also in Lower Austria – especially in the Mostviertel – the fire brigades were kept sharp. As of Saturday morning, nearly 1,000 men had been deployed to the state. More than 200 missions have already been counted. Among other things, the helpers had to rescue car occupants from the car who got stuck in an underpass due to a flood.
At least in Lower Austria, the situation is expected to improve. The rains subside. In particularly vulnerable flood areas along the Danube, such as in the Klosterneuburg area, the fire service did not have to intervene. There was no flood here
Source: Krone
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