In Mautern, a civil defense warning was issued by the mayor. Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are affecting the community of Styria. The population is asked to retreat to higher floors and follow the instructions of the emergency services.
Thunderstorm cells, including heavy rain and hail, had Austria under control in many places on Saturday afternoon – and Styria was also hit early in the evening. “Upper Styria in particular is affected,” says Ubimet meteorologist Andreas Demel. For example, 68 liters of rain fell on the Semmering Pass on the border with Lower Austria.
Warning to the population
A little later, the community of Mautern in the district of Leoben was hit: a civil defense warning had to be issued here, reports Hubert Demmerer of the local fire brigade association. “We have to get to the bottom of the situation first. There was heavy rainfall, mudslides and possible flash flooding,” confirms Harald Zach of the state warning center.
Because many basements are already flooded, the warning center is calling on people to go to higher floors. “Follow the instructions of the emergency services! Seek shelter outside in time!” it continues. You should close windows, doors and garage doors – temporary power outages are expected.
Fortunately, there was a slight clearing in the evening hours: “The rain decreased relatively quickly, even though we currently still have around 30 to 40 operational locations,” says Stefan Riemelmoser of the Leoben fire brigade association. “But we have to make sure that we get the situation under control again quickly. If something happens again, it will be extremely dangerous,” he says.
Source: Krone
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