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Austria trembles under squalls and storms
It's hard to believe that Austria was still groaning under a never-ending heatwave just a short time ago! A few hours ago, a change in the weather brought us snowfall, the risk of flooding, heavy rain and squalls. The whole country is on alert. You can read about Saturday's events in the comprehensive overview.
Snowfall, danger of avalanches and continuous rain - plus "maximum temperatures" between eight and eleven degrees. The cold snap has the country firmly in its grip. Throughout the weekend, numerous operations and "massive stress tests" are expected throughout the country. Let's hope that the rain decreases and the dams hold. krone.at will be back live for you on Sunday from 5.30 am.
The most important news at a glance:
- Due to the storms, access to the cemeteries in Vienna will remain closed on Sunday. The 46 municipal cemeteries will remain closed for safety reasons, a spokeswoman for Vienna Cemeteries announced on Saturday evening.
- In Lower Austria, the fire departments have been called out to hundreds of operations since Friday evening. Floods of up to 30 years are expected on the Danube. It will "come to a head" along the Kamp in particular. In the Waldviertel region, "challenges of historic proportions" are imminent. A total of 42 municipalities have been declared disaster areas.
The severe storm continued to cause numerous fire department operations in Burgenland on Saturday. Since Thursday afternoon, the fire brigades have had to deploy a total of 213 times.
- On Saturday evening, around 10,000 households in Styria were without power and further outages were to be expected.
- In Carinthia, 1600 households have been without power since Saturday morning. Higher-lying areas in Villach-Land, Feldkirchen and Spittal were particularly affected.
- Emergency services are also working continuously in Salzburg. From Thursday to Saturday morning, there were 72 operations in the province of Salzburg, which were dealt with by 613 firefighters from 43 fire departments.
- In Upper Austria, mobile flood protection was set up in Linz, Steyr and Mauthausen. The greatest danger is likely to come from local flooding; the first warning limits were reached. In the Steyr-Land district, the heavy rain caused one injury.
Read the news from Saturday:
Numerous events have been canceled in large parts of the country. Emergency services are on permanent standby. In higher regions, there was repeated snowfall with problems on traffic routes and with power connections.
The heavy continuous rain is currently causing water levels to rise dangerously in Austria. There are still warnings of flash floods and severe flooding. In addition, the snow line continues to fall.
Please help!
The flood situation in the country is getting worse - the "Krone" with our large family of readers and Caritas want to help those affected by the storms quickly and unbureaucratically. Volunteers who want to lend a hand can register online at fuereinand.at.
Caritas donation account:
Keyword "Katastrophenhilfe Österreich"
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Flood hotline for those affected:
05/177 63 00 8 (9 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
"Avoid unnecessary journeys!"
Rail routes and roads are partially closed, air traffic is also delayed. Major disruptions to public transport, such as the Wiener Linien, were not expected for the time being.
The City of Vienna has even advised people to "avoid unnecessary journeys and only spend time in public spaces if necessary and only for a short time".
Pictures of operations in Austria:
- According to Geosphere Austria, it will rain most on Saturday in the area from Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland to Upper Austria, most of Salzburg and Upper Styria to the Tyrolean lowlands.
- According to the current forecast, the rain will subside in the west of Austria on Sunday , while it will continue to rain in the north and east, with heavy rain at times.
- On Monday , the rain will focus on the area from Vienna and Eisenstadt to Salzburg.
According to the meteorologists, a total of 100 to 200 millimetres of rain will fall across most of Austria from Friday to Tuesday.
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