After the record rainfall in the federal capital on Saturday, one person must now continue to fight for his life. A woman (35) fell at a bus stop late in the afternoon and was pushed by the water under a stationary bus.
In Vienna-Döbling, 110 litres of rain fell per square metre. This is the highest summer value in the 152-year history of measurements on the Hohe Warte. And this was also clearly noticeable for the population: on Sunday morning, there had been more than 600 actions by the Vienna professional fire brigade and other aid organisations. For one woman, waiting for the bus in the afternoon ended fatally…
The pedestrian was on Gunoldstrasse when she suddenly fell into a stop zone. Due to the water masses and the strong current, the victim was pushed under a bus. Passers-by immediately rushed to help (see video above).
The woman’s condition is ‘life-threatening’
Ultimately, the 35-year-old could only be rescued with the help of the fire brigade and the vehicle was towed. She was taken to the intensive care unit of the Vienna General Hospital in critical condition and is still fighting for her life on Sunday. According to initial information, the woman’s condition was classified as “life-threatening”.
People were rescued from elevators
The many emergency calls in Vienna on Saturday forced the operations of the professional fire brigade to be split into blocks. Support was received from the Vienna Disaster Relief Service and the capital’s two volunteer fire brigades. Cellars and underpasses had to be pumped out and people had to be rescued from elevators, some of which were stuck due to power failures.
This is how the Viennese experienced the storm on Saturday:
Clean-up efforts continued on Sunday morning, with basements cleared of water and fallen trees removed.
Flight cancelled due to storm
The weather chaos also caused traffic at Vienna Schwechat Airport to come to a temporary standstill. Late in the evening, the airport’s departure and arrival boards showed delays that sometimes lasted for hours. According to the specialized website Flightradar24.com, 39 flights were delayed by an average of 70 minutes and one flight was canceled.
Source: Krone
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