Floods sweep through 3 Austrian states

Three Austrian states were hit by a bad weather wave, and thunderstorms and heavy rain caused severe material damage to the cities of Salzburg, Tirol, and Kärnten. Floods and mudslides inundated basements and basements, closed roads, stopped trains and isolated many cities and regions.

Today, firefighters and civil defense began removing the silt that had accumulated on the main roads, carrying out cleaning work and helping homeowners remove the rubble that had washed away.

The police reported that the Rettenbach River overflowed due to heavy rains in the state of Salzburg, which led to mudslides, causing severe material damage without causing human casualties, and civil defense sources stated that cities in the state of Tyrol set new records for The amount of rain, which amounted to about 100 mm per square meter within one hour,

Civil defense reports said that water overflowed from several lakes located in the vicinity of the cities of Innsbruck, which led to floods that flooded the streets and moved mudflows that blocked the main roads, and in the state of Karenten, thunderstorms accompanied by heavy rain and hail caused the sloping agricultural land to be unable to absorb The rains, and the accumulated water caused flooding of roads, stopping traffic and causing severe damage, necessitated the implementation of more than 200 tasks by firefighting teams and volunteers.

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