31 fire brigades with 465 men and women were deployed, the state alarm and warning center reported on Friday at the request of the APA. The municipalities of Radenthein, Bad Kleinkirchheim (district of Spittal an der Drau) and Gnesau (district of Feldkirchen) were particularly affected.
During the night there was a civil defense alarm in the affected area. People have been asked to stay in their homes. The alarm for Radenthein was lifted again on Friday morning. In the village of Leoben in Krems, there was initially a civil defense warning, but this should soon be lifted. In the morning, seven fire departments in Radenthein and Bad Kleinkirchheim were still busy with the clean-up work.
The police reported that the Kaningerbach and the Rossbach flooded and washed out streets. Adjacent houses had to be evacuated. There was considerable property damage, but there were no injuries. Some roads in the Döbriach, Radenthein and Bad Kleinkirchheim areas had to be closed. The emergency services pumped out the basement and made the streets passable again. In the district of Feldkirchen, the Turracher Straße (B95) became impassable due to flooding and mudslides. Water has repeatedly penetrated the ground floor of a residential building in Gnesau within a few weeks, causing extensive property damage.
Source: Nachrichten
