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Torrential rain causes flooding in Austria

2024-08-18 18:10:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Torrential rain causes flooding in Austria

Heavy rain, which submerged part of the Austrian Alps and part of Vienna this weekend, caused extensive damage in parts of the country as well as problems with road and rail transport, authorities and local media said.

 According to footage posted on social media, landslides caused cars to get stuck in the ski resort of St. Anton in Western Austria. At the same time, record rainfall was also recorded in the rest of Vienna.

Meanwhile, a woman was found under a bus when she was kidnapped by water in the Dembling district in the northern part of the city on Saturday, while she was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

According to official information, the fire service in the capital received at least 450 calls on Saturday after torrential rain caused traffic chaos and rail problems, according to public television.

"Severe storms have caused extensive damage in many parts of Austria," Austrian Chancellor Karl Neuhammer told X, thanking officials working to control the damage.

In Vienna's Dembling district, officials recorded 110 liters of water per square meter, which Vienna meteorologist Kevin Hebenstreit told public television was a record rainfall for the month of August in the city.

According to climate data company UBIMET, most of Austria's average summer rainfall fell on Saturday in just one hour.

On average, a total of 68 liters of water falls per square meter in August with the historical record reaching 139 liters on May 15, 1885, according to ORF./ CNA





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