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Senior citizen on rollator rescued from house in storm

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16.06.2024 13:00

We are stunned during our local inspection in St. Radegund _ that anyone made it out of this house in one piece under these circumstances? A very elderly pensioner on a rollator was evacuated. She needs help.

"It's all a nightmare for my mother, she can't believe it, she's severely traumatized," says Manfred L. He and his sister were the ones who immediately responded to the very elderly Styrian's phone call for help - and managed to get her out of the house under thunder and lightning, while the water was pouring in all around. Literally. The Kalkbach stream, about 50 meters away, swelled into a raging torrent, its flash flood sweeping everything around the house away. "The water also pushed in the garage door! It entered the cellar, flooded it completely and destroyed all the belongings inside."

Senior citizen walks on a rollator
The mother, who is still recovering from a fractured neck of femur sustained in a fall and can only move with difficulty on a rollator, is completely exhausted. Manfred L.: "Nobody dares to tell her that the house might no longer be habitable in the future. It's her home, she's lived there since her 20s, how is she supposed to cope? .?"

The basement was flooded. (Bild: Leitner)
The basement was flooded.
The fire department had to come out to clean it up. (Bild: Leitner)
The fire department had to come out to clean it up.

The house had already been affected by heavy rainfall three times the previous year, and the family also experienced a similar storm in 1978, "but not as extreme in its impact". The son also wants answers: Namely, whether the stream, which had repeatedly become overgrown, had been properly "maintained".

A trail of destruction (Bild: Jauschowetz Christian/Christian Jauschowetz)
A trail of destruction

But first, the senior citizen needs help. If you would like to support her: "Die Krone hilft - Steiermark", account no. AT152081500044569523, keyword Unwetter 2024/Seniorin. Your donation is tax deductible!

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