(Reuters) – Heavy rains lashed the Austrian Alps over the weekend, flooding elements of Vienna, wreaking havoc in elements of the nation and disrupting street and rail transport, authorities and native media mentioned.
Video posted on social media confirmed a fast-moving torrent of mud and water sweeping over automobiles within the St. Anton ski resort in western Austria on Friday. In the meantime, state broadcaster ORF mentioned document rainfall hit elements of Vienna within the east of the nation on Saturday.
A girl was dragged underneath a bus by floodwaters within the Doebling space within the north of town on Saturday, ORF mentioned. She was taken to hospital in essential situation, the report added.
The capital’s fireplace service was referred to as out greater than 450 occasions on Saturday as heavy downpours brought on visitors chaos and disrupted rail transport, in keeping with ORF.
“Robust storms brought on big injury to many elements of Austria,” Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer mentioned on X, thanking officers who have been working to scrub up the injury.
In Vienna’s Doebling district, formally recorded rainfall was 110 liters per sq. meter, which ORF Vienna meteorologist Kevin Hebenstreit mentioned was a document rainfall for town in August.
A big portion of Vienna’s common summer time rainfall fell in only one hour on Saturday, in keeping with climate information firm UBIMET.
In response to ORF, the common rainfall per sq. meter in August is 68 liters, with the historic document being 139 liters per sq. meter on Could 15, 1885.
