Local media say the rainfall has caused serious damage in some areas of the country and disrupted road and rail transport.
Heavy rains have hit Austria’s alpine regions, leaving several areas of the capital, Vienna, underwater. Local media claim that the rainfall have caused serious damage in some areas of the country and have interrupted road and rail transport.
The Austrian public broadcasting company, ORF, reported that a woman was dragged under a bus by the floods in the Döbling area in the north of Vienna and She was taken to the hospital in critical condition..
The amount of rain that falls on the Austrian capital is the highest since records began more than 150 years ago. Meanwhile, clean-up operations continue in the Alpine town of St. Anton am Arlberg, where workers are trying to remove mud and gravel of the road and the town within the framework of a device in which several trucks and excavators are being used.
The road to the Arlberg massif has remained closed waiting for the decision that the authorities will make this Monday.
“At the moment, there are many machines in the area and trucks down in St. Anton am Arlberg, and when there is traffic, of course, this is a big inconvenience. Now we have to see how we can resolve the situation down here, halfway. The decision will be made this afternoon,” says Helmut Mall, mayor of St. Anton am Arlberg.
According to local authorities cleaning tasks in St. Anton am Arlberg will take weeks to complete and a group of volunteers will help clean the houses of the alpine town.
