Part of Vienna flooded after record rainfall in 150 years
Kyiv • UNN
Heavy rains in Austria led to floods and transportation disruptions. Vienna recorded a record rainfall of 110 liters per square meter, which caused chaos on roads and railways.
Heavy rains covered the alpine regions of Austria this weekend, causing serious damage and disrupting road and rail traffic. This was reported by Reuters, UNN.
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As noted, on Saturday, a record amount of precipitation fell in some parts of the Austrian capital. In particular, in one of Vienna's districts, Debling, precipitation was recorded at 110 liters per square meter.
According to Vienna meteorologist Kevin Hebenstreit, this is a record for August rainfall in the city. In particular, data from the meteorological company UBIMET show that on Saturday, a significant portion of the average summer rainfall fell in Vienna in just one hour.
On average, 68 liters of rain per square meter falls in August, and the historical record, set on May 15, 1885, is 139 liters.
High levels of precipitation were also recorded at the St. Anton ski resort.
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In total, the fire and rescue service and other emergency services made more than 450 visits as the heavy rains caused chaos on the roads and disrupted rail transport.
In many cases, services had to pump water out of basements and rescue people from elevators that were stuck due to flooding and power outages.
Due to the storm, the airport was temporarily shut down, flights arrived and departed several hours late, and one flight was canceled.
Flooding in some areas and damage to power lines affected suburban train routes.
