Bürmoos citizens:

“We’ve never experienced anything like this before!”

Numerous cellars were under water in Bürmoos on Monday. Most of it was pushed into the houses via the canal.(Bild: Tschepp Markus)

The clean-up work in the flood zones in Flachgau began just hours after the heavy storm on Monday.

Torrential rain on Monday led to flooding and flooded cellars in Flachgau in a very short time - the "Krone" reported. The two municipalities of Bürmoos and Dorfbeuern were particularly affected. "It only lasted 45 minutes, but the raindrops were like hailstones," reported Adi Hinterhauser, head of Dorfbeuern. In the district of Thalhausen, two small streams became raging torrents. "There were blockages," reports Herbert Weiß, head of the municipality's building department and head of the fire department. A stream ran through the large garage at Mathias Landrichinger's farm. "I can even throw away the sausages I made on Sunday," he reports. Thanks to many helping hands, there was hardly any sign of the flooding on Tuesday afternoon.

Head of the village Cornelia Ecker (left) seeks contact with those affected.(Bild: Tröster Andreas)

Michaela Heberling has lived near the Kaiserbach in Berndorf for 20 years. However, it has not yet overflowed.(Bild: Tröster Andreas)

Erwin Strobl had stored pellets in the cellar. These are now no longer usable.(Bild: Tröster Andreas)

Herbert Weiß shows the "Krone" how two streams in Dorfbeuern caused the flooding.(Bild: Tröster Andreas)

In Dorfbeuern, some farm roads were severely damaged and had to be closed.(Bild: Tröster Andreas)

The people of Bürmoos were just as quick to get to work. Around 40 cellars were under water on Monday afternoon. Including that of Karl Heinz Brettl: "I've lived here since the 1970s, but nothing like this has ever happened before." The basement of Karl Heinz Pfeffer's neighboring family even had the screed pushed upwards. The smooth tiled floor is now adorned with a staircase in the middle of the room. "It's never been this bad," he reports. Michaela Heberling has lived by the Kaiserbach for 20 years. "It's never flooded," she says. By Tuesday, the cellar had already been cleared out and drained. It's not that quick for Erwin Strobl. He has to wait for a specialist company that can remove around four tons of wet pellets. "There's nothing you can do. If you look at the pictures from Germany, we got off lightly."

For many of those affected, the bureaucratic gauntlet now begins. Claims have to be submitted to the insurance companies. Mayor Cornelia Ecker is working with the state to obtain aid from the disaster fund. "We'll be making the first rounds to those affected on Thursday and Friday," says Ecker, who is in close contact with the residents.