(Reuters) -Heavy rains lashed Alpine areas of Austria and left components of Vienna below water on the weekend, inflicting extreme injury in components of the nation and disrupting street and rail transport, authorities and native media mentioned.
Quick-moving torrents of muddy water swept vehicles by means of the ski resort of St. Anton, in western Austria, on Friday, footage posted on social media confirmed. In the meantime document rainfall hit components of Vienna within the east of the nation on Saturday, state broadcaster ORF mentioned.
A girl was dragged below a bus by the pressure of flooding within the Doebling space within the north of town on Saturday, ORF mentioned. She was taken to hospital in a essential situation, it added.
Fireplace providers within the capital have been referred to as out greater than 450 occasions on Saturday because the downpours precipitated site visitors chaos and disrupted rail transport, in accordance with ORF.
“Heavy storms have done great damage in many parts of Austria,” Chancellor Karl Nehammer mentioned on X, thanking officers who have been working to clear up the injury.
In Vienna’s Doebling district, officers registered 110 litres of rain per sq. metre, which ORF Vienna meteorologist Kevin Hebenstreit mentioned was a document for August rainfall within the metropolis.
A big proportion of Vienna’s common summer time rainfall hit on Saturday in only one hour, in accordance with climate information agency UBIMET.
On common in August it rains a complete of 68 litres per sq. metre, with the all-time document being 139 litres on Might 15, 1885, in accordance with ORF.
