This is certainly not how the organizers had imagined the start of the festival season: heavy rain showers have been gripping eastern Austria for days. Visitors to the Nova Rock Festival have been standing in the Gatsch since Wednesday. Severe thunderstorms passed over Vienna on Thursday afternoon. Does the summer night concert also end in the water? The organizer warns the visitors …
“According to the weather forecast, rain is expected during the summer night concert. We therefore advise all visitors to bring raincoats and warm clothes,” said the organizer of the Vienna Philharmonic on Facebook. But umbrellas must stay at home – they are not allowed on the event grounds. The spectacle starts at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Can get exciting in the next few hours
If you change the scene to nearby Burgenland in Nickelsdorf, tents and cars have been standing there deep in the mud since Wednesday. Rubber boots are already trendy festival accessories there. On Thursday afternoon, however, there is some hope: according to the Austrian Severe Weather Center, showers and thunderstorms have already formed south and west of the festival site, but it is still dry on the Nova Rock site. “Can also be exciting here in the coming hours!”, according to the UWZ.
Numerous showers and thunderstorms are also on the way in the other eastern regions of Austria. The strongest of them in the Hartberg region. In Kroisegg, almost 50 liters per square meter fell in the past hour and it also cooled down from 22 to 13 degrees. Things are also getting out of hand in Vienna. The situation will not calm down in the coming days – at least in the east of the country. The weather remains changeable, with heavy rain expected.
A cloudburst caused chaos in the federal capital on Wednesday. Dramatic images of flooded streets are causing a stir on the internet.
In addition, metro stations were partly under water. However, the professional fire brigade calmed down – the incidents were actually not too bad.
Source: Krone
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