Everything came at once: in the south of Austria and the neighboring countries of Slovenia and Croatia, the amount of rain fell in a few days, as usual in a whole month. Floods, flooded cellars and fatalities were the result. Why did the Drau and the Mur burst their banks with such force and how can we prepare for the next flood to prevent worse? We asked around.
Thomas Hein is deputy head of the Institute for Hydrobiology and Water Management at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna. He is also involved in the National Scientific Hub for Biodiversity and Water at the Danube University Krems. In an interview, he reveals what can be done to mitigate the effects of increasingly frequent extreme weather events.
Source: Krone
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