It was another difficult and busy night for the fire brigades throughout Upper Austria. Due to the heavy rainfall, many streams overflowed their banks, for example in Mauerkirchen, where the Mattig and its tributaries caused flooding. Residents even had to be brought to safety by boat.
220 fire brigades with around 3,000 emergency services were busy all night with security, rescue and pumping work. The Innviertel was particularly affected this time, especially the town of Mauerkirchen, where a residential area was flooded and individual houses were evacuated. Nine people even had to be brought to safety in a boat. The affected people were temporarily accommodated in an event center in the community.
Large-scale flooding
In the Mühlviertel, for example, the Pesenbach burst its banks and the town of Mühldorf in Feldkirchen an der Donau was particularly affected. There were also floods in Pichl near Wels, where parts of the town centre had to be closed to traffic after the Innbach burst its banks. The Weilbach also caused problems. In Gunskirchen, the Grünbach caused flooding.
Major damage was prevented
This time, there were debris flows in Wallern an der Trattnach, among other places. In Offenhausen, a company building and the area around a sewage treatment plant were flooded. With great difficulty, however, major damage was just prevented.
The fire brigade also called for large-scale pumping operations at the Hausruck substation in Edt near Lambach. This successfully prevented a major power outage.
According to the Hydrographic Service, the Danube flooding had exceeded the emergency plan level 1 at Mauthausen during the night. The water levels on the Upper Austrian main waterways Salzach, Inn and Danube will continue to rise overall and the discharge peaks will probably not be reached until later in the day.
Source: Krone
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