Storms on Tuesday

Situation critical, but great hope for relief

Flooding in the Tullnerfeld, recorded on Tuesday

(Bild: APA/HELMUT FOHRINGER)

There is finally some relief: after five days of continuous rain, the cloud cover broke up on Tuesday over the regions affected by the flooding. A small glimmer of hope for those who have lost everything. Read all the day's events from the flood regions.

The full extent of the disaster will only become clear in the coming days and weeks, until the water has completely receded. Until then, eastern Austria remains in crisis mode.

Die wichtigsten Ereignisse des Tages:

• Two more bodies were recovered in Lower Austria on Tuesday. A woman (81) died in the course of the storm disaster, her body was discovered by emergency services on Tuesday morning. The site resembles a swampland (see video ticker below). A short time later, the body of a man, believed to be around 50 years old, was found in the Danube between Klein Pöchlarn and Marbach in the district of Melkauf.

• Hadersdorf am Kamp (Lower Austria) was a hotspot for storm operations. The all-clear was given early Tuesday morning. According to Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP), the situation has also "eased somewhat" in other parts of Lower Austria.

• "The comrades of the fire department and all the emergency services are doing an almost inhuman job", emphasized Lower Austria's Deputy Governor Stephan Pernkopf (ÖVP).

• Due to the threat of melting snow caused by warmer temperatures, the Danube in Austria has been closed to all shipping. The melting snow could also cause water levels to rise again in Tyrol.

Alle Meldungen des Tages:

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.

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Flood hotline for those affected:
05/177 63 00 8 (9 a.m. to 6 p.m.)