Storms with heavy rain have flooded two towns in Lower Austria. The heavens had opened their floodgates over Hollabrunn and Gloggnitz.
Mother Nature repeatedly shows her power in Gloggnitz, in the district of Neunkirchen, and not only during frequent earthquakes. On Saturday, the heavens opened their floodgates over the city and the region from Maria Schutz to Trattenbach. “Huge amounts of rain fell and entire streets were flooded,” the emergency services report.
Driver rescued
300 firefighters fought the flooding in cellars, garages and gardens. A railway underpass was also flooded – a driver underestimated the situation, his car got stuck and the Gloggnitz city fire brigade had to rescue the man from the car.
“Fine grinding” only after removing the mud
Meanwhile, cleanup efforts continued in Hollabrunn on Sunday. The most difficult part, removing the tons of mud that had washed up on the city, required heavy equipment before the work could continue.
There was great relief when the dilapidated railway line was repaired and trains to Vienna and Znojmo were able to run again.
Underwater transformer station
What made matters worse was that in some regions there was no power supply. Here they were lucky: the water rose higher and higher at the main transformer, which supplies the city with the high-voltage grid.
“We were about to turn off the tap – miraculously the water level had stabilized five centimeters earlier,” the emergency services report. They also watched the weather data with fascination: “A storm cell approached again over the weekend, but it disappeared again,” a Floriani reports.
Source: Krone
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