“Vienna can flood,” Mayor Michael Ludwig summed up after the weekend. That this is the case is partly due to the powerful reservoirs in the west. In addition, there is a lot of sensitivity among those who live there when the water comes – even if the power goes out in the middle of the flood.
The previous record level of the Vienna River since measurements began – 390 centimetres – on 11 May 1951, was set to the nearest centimetre this weekend. This is no coincidence, but the result of the fact that water levels in Vienna are made by hand in the true sense of the word: The teams of the Vienna Water District Department 45 who control the mighty weirs and retention basins in Auhof in the region west are at the controls that Vienna has.
Source: Krone
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