“The hydrological forecasts are becoming more intense and more severe,” said Deputy Governor Stephan Pernkopf (ÖVP). The fire service had to be called out on numerous occasions due to persistent rain and storms. Precautionary evacuations were being prepared and are underway. In the Waldviertel, flooding is expected to last up to 100 years, “and in some places on the Kamp even longer,” said Pernkopf.
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Several communities have been declared disaster areas due to the risk of flooding: in the Zwettl district, the cadastral community of Wegscheid am Kamp in Pölla and in the Horn district, St. Bernhard-Frauenhofen, the cadastral communities of Steinegg and Altenburg/Rauschermühle in Altenburg, the cadastral communities of Rosenburg and Stallegg in Rosenburg-Mold and the cadastral communities of Gars am Kamp and Kamegg, Thunau am Kamp, Zitternberg and Buchberg in Gars am Kamp. In the Krems district, Gedersdorf, Grafenegg, Hadersdorf-Kammern, Krumau, the cadastral communities of Gobelsburg, Haindorf, Langenlois and Zöbing in Langenlois, the cadastral community of Mottingeramt in Rastenfeld, the cadastral communities of Plank am Kamp, Schönberg and Stiefern in Schönberg are affected. In the Tulln district, Grafenwörth was declared a disaster area.
“Municipalities and district authorities are preparing possible precautionary evacuations and informing the population specifically affected,” said Pernkopf. The first evacuations had already taken place in some municipalities on Friday evening. However, these affected garden settlements and second homes.
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Image: APA/FF HADERSDORF AM KAMP
Source: Nachrichten
